Products Liability
As a Sacramento Products liability lawyer since 1982, I’ve seen lots of serious injuries caused by or associated with consumer products over the years. As part of my continuing series, Just the stats, here are some of the more serious and injuries, courtesy of the Consumer Products Safety Commission for 2012.
- Defective Flooring material 1,500,000 injuries
- Defects in stairs or steps 1,300,000 injuries
- Defects in beds 709,000 injuries
- Bicycles 566,000 injuries
- Knives 402,000 injuries
- Chairs 390,000 injuries
- Ceilings and Walls 378,000 injuries
- Doors 328,000 injuries
- Tables 324,000 injuries
- Bathtubs and showers 324,000 injuries
- Bottles, Jars and other containers 320,000 injuries
- Porches and Balconies 153,000 injuries
- Fences or Fence Posts 124,000 injuries
- Windows 118,000 injuries
- Skateboards 114,000 injuries
- Swimming Pools 98,000 injuries
- Trampolines 94,000 injuries
- Saws 84,000 injuries
- Lawn Mowers 83,000 injuries
- Pruning, trimming and Edging equipment 49,000 injuries
- Hot water 45,000 injuries
- Chain Saws 30,000 injuries
- Elevators and escalators 22,000 injuries
This is just a sample of the number of injuries every year associated with household products. Every injury, of course, is not Caused by every product. If you have a severe injury, however, and have used one of the above categories of product or any other household product, please give me a call.
I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento Products Liability Lawyer since 1982. You can find out more about my firm on Yelp, Avvo or by looking at my website www.AutoAccident.com.
Feel free to call me anytime at 916-921-6400 in Sacramento for free, friendly, advice on any products liability question.