Product Liability

Household and commercial products are assumed to be safe for anticipated uses under normal conditions.  Some products, however, are found to be unreasonably dangerous - either due to an engineering defect or a manufacturing defect.  In those cases, not only does the person who has been injured by the product need to be compensated, but the company making the product needs to either needs to recall and fix the dangerously defective products or pull the product off the market entirely.

The law firm of Gregory A. Yates, P.C. has had exceptional success with getting compensation for victims of unreasonably dangerous products as well as compelling the companies making those products to get the dangerous products off the market.  Some of Mr. Yates' more significant product liability cases have included:

• Large, heavy bottles of water were made of glass. A housewife lifting one of those bottles dropped it, and the bottle shattered, severely cutting her arms, including significant tendon damage.  Mr. Yates got compensation for the victim's injuries - in addition, the company developed a plastic bottle so that others would not be injured by the broken glass.
• Beer kegs had unregulated pressure valves on the taps.  Occasionally during use, the pressure would build up high enough that the kegs would explode, resulting in serious injuries to anyone standing around them at the time.  Mr. Yates helped victims get money damages for their injuries.  As a result of these cases, the beer kegs, which were manufactured by Firestone and distributed primarily by Anheuser-Busch, now carry warning labels about the pressure danger.
• Older models of commercial washers, often found in Laundromats, were not sufficiently equipped to stop turning when the door was opened.  Mr. Yates handled a case where a 5-1/2 year old boy lost an arm in an accident with one of these machines.  The boy received compensation for his injury, and the company made every effort to get to all of the remaining machines, either retrofitting them with better safety devices, modifying the safety devices that were present, or getting the machines out of circulation.

The Law Offices of Gregory A. Yates is working on VIOXX cases and invite those clients who have taken VIOXX and who have Cardiovascular or Gastrointestinal symptoms or disease, including wrongful deaths, to contact our offices for possible representation.

For information about Mr. Yates' skill with cases involving defective automobiles, please read Motor Vehicle Defects.

If you have been injured by an unreasonably dangerous product, Mr. Yates and his associates can help you get the compensation you deserve as well as making sure that others are not injured in the same way.  Contact the firm to set up an initial consultation about your product liability case.  The law firm of Gregory A. Yates, P.C. handles product liability cases in Ventura County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, and Riverside County.