Product liability is an area of the law which holds a manufacturer or seller of a dangerous or defective product responsible for personal injury or property damage resulting from use of such a product. A product is defective if it is unreasonably dangerous for its intended use and it does not provide the level of safety the public is entitled to expect. Many products, including automobiles, tires, drugs, construction equipment, industrial machinery, appliances, food, medical devices, and tobacco have been found to be defective. Depending on the facts surrounding the claim, there are several theories of recovery available to an injured party, including negligence, breach of warranty and strict liability. An experienced lawyer can help you navigate the complicated issues involved in pursuing a product liability claim.
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Consumer fraud includes a wide variety of improper practices involved in the advertising, marketing, sale, or lease of goods or services. Many consumer fraud cases involve allegations that sellers of a product misrepresented the product’s features, quality, or other characteristics, while others claim that products do not perform as advertised. Consumer frauds also take place when companies overcharge customers for products or services, or mislead consumers about the terms of sales agreements or the existence and duration of warranties. Most states have consumer protection statutes that provide remedies for individuals that have been defrauded by unscrupulous business practices.

Many individuals also sustain financial damages when companies do not comply with the terms of contracts involved in consumer transactions. In these instances, consumers may file breach of contract cases to recover monetary compensation for the damages they sustained, and also to require the breaching company to fulfill its contractual obligations.
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Toxic tort lawsuits seek monetary compensation and other relief for injuries resulting from environmental contamination and hazardous chemical exposure. People are often exposed to toxic chemicals from pharmaceuticals, from consumer products, and from their home or work environment. While a significant number of toxic tort cases arise from exposure to pharmaceutical drugs, there are also many occupational toxic tort cases, because industrial and other workers are often chronically exposed to toxic chemicals - more so than consumers and residents. Most of the law in this area arises from asbestos exposure, but thousands of toxic chemicals are used in industry and American workers suffer a variety of toxic injuries from different industrial chemicals. In many cases, industrial workers are regularly exposed to much higher levels of chemicals and therefore have a greater risk of developing disease from particular chemical exposures than the general population. Toxic tort cases also arise when people are exposed to toxic consumer products such as pesticides and suffer injury. While harmful environmental exposures can occur in several ways, they most commonly result from toxins present in the air people breathe or the water they drink.
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