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(314) 500-HURTProduct liability law firm in Rolling Meadows, IL. If you were injured because a manufacturer did not make a safe product, call the Rolling Meadows, IL product liability firm of Burger Law at (779) 800-HURT or contact us through our website to discuss your case for free.
Products are ubiquitous in contemporary society. When we purchase products, we not only assume they are effective at their stated purpose, but that they have been adequately evaluated for any risks of injury and are safe for us to use. But too many dangerous products somehow make it to the market. A faulty automobile part can cause an accident, a a medical device may fail early and some products like tanning beds can even produce cancer. Every injury attorney at Burger Law’s product liability law firm in Rolling Meadows, IL insists on nothing but full compensation for their clients’ injuries.
If you buy a product, it passed through a lot of hands from design, marketing, distribution and sale. Going against a large corporation is not as easy as filing a claim. If they accept responsibility for your injuries, their insurance premiums will rise and they risk the chances of having to pay more people once their negligence has been discovered. But consumers have rights when it comes to defective products, and with the tenacious Rolling Meadows, IL lawyers of Burger Law by your side, these negligent organizations will be held responsible.
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In 2021, Over 11 million people sought emergency medical care because of injuries related to consumer goods. While that number alone seems staggering, pre-pandemic injuries were much, much higher. According to research from the Consumer Products Safety Commission, defective products cost the U.S. over $1 trillion annually, and defective products lead to over 29.4 million injuries and 21,400 deaths each year.
According to data gathered by the Insurance Information Institute, product liability claims have the highest average jury awards of all injury claims. The median verdict in 2020 was $7,058,106, while the mean average was $3,908,111. For claims that were not decided at a jury trial, the middle 50 percent of all awards was between $20,000 and just over half a million dollars. As those totals are far beyond typical car accident or slip and fall claims, they indicate how devastating the consequences of an unsafe product can be.
In Illinois, product liability lawsuits are filed based on one of three types of liability:
The vast majority of personal injury claims come down to proving negligence on the part of the defendant. If you are making your claim under the legal theory of negligence, you must demonstrate the following five things:
A manufacturer may be liable for negligence in Rolling Meadows, IL if they did not properly check for safety hazards before allowing the product to hit the shelves, or that they were aware of a defect but did not issue a recall.
In Illinois, the doctrine of strict product liability stipulates that a manufacturer, distributor or vendor can be found liable for your injuries, regardless of whether they owed you a duty of care and breached it. The chain of distribution can include:
In order to prove a strict liability claim, you must show that your injuries resulted from a defect, that it was an unreasonable hazard and that the condition was present when it left the manufacturer’s control. The duty of care is assumed because they created a product of commercial use.
You may have a breach of warranty case simply if the product does not work as intended. There are two types of warranties:
While it is not always a requirement to prove that a manufacturer, distributor or vendor disregarded your safety through negligence, simply sustaining an injury may not be enough for a successful claim. Illinois laws that apply to defective product claims are set forth in 735 ILCS 5/2-621 and 735 ILCS 5/13-213. Making a valid product liability claim in Rolling Meadows, IL depends, in part, on how you can answer a few questions:
If you think you may have a claim, call the Rolling Meadows, IL product liability law firm of Burger Law without delay at (779) 800-HURT. We use our honed investigation skills to hold negligent manufacturers, distributors and vendors responsible for the harm they cause.
Much of what your product liability claim will come down to is the idea of reasonableness: whether you were reasonable or unreasonable in how you used the product, or whether there was an inherent danger in the product that was unreasonable. The term “reasonable” is key to most injury cases. Individuals and organizations need to act in an appropriate way to try to avoid harming others. If a dog owner knows their dog is vicious, but walks them without a leash, they are not being reasonable.
In a product liability case in Rolling Meadows, IL, the “fact-finder”, will determine if you behaved in a reasonable manner. If you were using a cleaning solution as the directions intended, but the chemical still burned you, a jury would likely find that you had acted reasonably. If you were were driving 120 mph when the brakes stopped working, you likely would not have a successful claim as that was not reasonably anticipated use.
Manufacturers, vendors and distributors are also held to the same reasonableness standard. Some products, such as drain cleaners or chainsaws, carry inherent risk. For others, we can expect to use in a reasonable manner and not sustain an injury. Cancer-causing talcum powders is an example of a product that is unreasonably dangerous. There are three things that can make consumer goods unreasonable dangerous:
Product liability defense attorneys love to try and argue that you were unreasonable. The Rolling Meadows, IL products liability law firm of Burger Law has been fighting back against these companies for over three decades, and will not let them blame you for their dangerous product.
Following any accident, your first priority is to make sure no one is in danger of further harm, and promptly seek medical attention. Even if you do not think your injuries are serious, you should still see your general practitioner in the following days to make sure. Next, if you have been injured by a dangerous product, you should start taking important steps to improve your chances of getting great compensation:
Your financial recovery is meant to compensate you for every way a defective product has affected your life; no more, no less. While the defendants will try to devalue your claim, with the dedicated and fierce Rolling Meadows, IL product liability law firm of Burger Law, you will make a full financial recovery for:
Certain factors, such as if your injuries result in permanent disability or whether or not we can pursue punitive damages, will result in much higher financial recoveries.
When it comes to getting you damages in your case, we are never satisfied with 50 percent, 75 percent or even 95 percent. We do not back down until you receive the financial recovery that encompasses all of your damages.
Our Rolling Meadows, IL product liability law firm has more than 30 years of fighting for our clients in defective product lawsuits. We have grown accustomed to companies hiring an army of litigation defense lawyers to try to have the case thrown out, refuse to take responsibility for the harm their products caused or try to convince a jury that the company does not bear responsibility. Through our experience, dedication and hard work, we have learned how to fight back against ridiculous defenses, hold negligent manufacturers, distributors and vendors accountable and balance the scaled of justice.
One thing we do when we litigate a product liability case is to ascertain if more units of a product and more people have been affected. Currently, Burger Law is litigating two class action lawsuits with the goal of getting a financial recovery for people in Rolling Meadows, IL and in other parts of the United States who have been injured or suffered financial loss because of a defective product.
Exactech is a medical device manufacturer that largely produces orthopeadic implants. Our Exactech recall lawsuit is centered on the harm caused by three different implants:
When the inserts were shipped, they did not contain an essential second barrier layer of Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol, even though it was included in the design and was needed to protect the inserts from exposure to too much oxygen. Failing to include the layer led to oxidation, which can degrade the inserts. For some Exactech insert recipients, the joint replacements led to:
While Exactech will replace the inserts for free, Burger Law’s Rolling Meadows, IL product liability law firm is determined to hold them accountable for physical and emotional harm they have caused as well.
Ferrari recently recalled almost every Ferrari vehicle sold in the U.S. between 2005 and 2022. In our Ferrari brake recall lawsuit, we lay out how Ferrari and manufacturer Robert Bosch installed faulty brake fluid reservoir caps, may have known about the defect since as early as 2015 and should have caught the issue through testing.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued two separate recalls for different Ferrari models in Oct. 2021 and Jul. 2022. While a manufacturer must fix any motor vehicle component recall for free, doing so does not compensate anyone for other damages they sustained. Burger Law is seeking compensation for Ferrari owners for:
Find out more about the Ferrari brake recall lawsuit here, or by checking out the links below:
If you are an Exactech joint insert recipient or Ferrari owner in Rolling Meadows, IL who sustained losses because of the manufacturer’s defective products, do not wait to reach out to Burger Law at (779) 800-HURT or complete online form.
Burger Law’s Rolling Meadows, IL product liability law firm has the experience, skill and determination to aggressively pursue justice in your case. While we prefer to reach a fair settlement, we feel right at home in court. We know advanced trial law and are constantly honing our skills to get our clients throughout Rolling Meadows, IL the financial recovery they deserve. Among the great recoveries we have secured includes a $113 million trial verdict in a class action case that even reached the Missouri Supreme Court.
Once you have retained our services, we immediately get to work getting the evidence and expert testimony to prove your claim. Throughout your claim, whether that means months or years, we will be by your side. we pride ourselves on our client communication and are always available to answer any legal questions that arise.
Product liability claims often go to federal court, and Burger Law is admitted to practice in various federal courts, and has done so successfully for clients seeking compensation in product liability claims.
Other cases we handle in Rolling Meadows, IL include:
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Burger Law knows the ruinous injuries defective product can cause. We have visited Rolling Meadows, IL clients in the hospital and stood by families as they recounted painful details of their loved one’s passing. An injured person going against multinational organizations is not a fair fight; for that reason we have committed our lives to using everything we have to stand up to rule breakers. If you or someone you know has been hurt by a defective product, call the Rolling Meadows, IL product liability law firm of Burger Law now at (779) 800-HURT or contact us online.
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This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by Founding Partner, Gary Burger who has more than 30 years of legal experience as a practicing personal injury trial attorney. Gary’s robust legal knowledge is recognized by his peers as demonstrated by his industry awards and frequent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) lectures.
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