Crocs a Defective Product?
The plastic footwear, Crocs, have reportedly caused 186 escalator injuries in the United States. An additional 50 incidents have been reported in other countries. These incidents have turned into several personal injury lawsuits, alleging the shoes are unsafe or defective products that can prove harmful to consumers.
The reported incidents deal with injuries resulting from Crocs-wearers tripping, slipping and becoming entrapped on escalators. The company stated the shoes have a slightly marginal risk of being caught in escalators, but refuses to settle any cases as they are claiming any allegations are without merit. However, the company is also adding escalator safety tags on their shoes this year.
The product-liability lawsuits all allege that the shoes can cause harm to consumers and that the company failed to adequately warn consumers about the possible associated harms. The company rebuts that escalator safety features, warning signs along with other premises liability issues and riding behavior are more likely culprits of the said incidents over their products.
Typically, product manufacturers, retailers, distributors and anyone else involved in the production of goods has a duty of reasonable care to ensure consumers that their products are safe when used in the proper, intended manner. If a product is found defective or inherently unsafe, those involved in its production will be likely held accountable for any resulting injuries sustained by consumers.
Product safety is usually judged in terms of the product design, manufacturing or warning adequacy in combination with assessing a typical negligence claim—finding whether or not a duty of reasonable care has been breached and causes consumer injury. In the Crocs case, if manufacturers are found to have made an inherently unsafe product or failed to warn consumers about possible safety issues, they will likely be found liable for any damages incurred.
However, there are always smaller issues and circumstantial facts that are crucial in products liability cases. In order to determine fault and liability, it is important to contact an experienced Missouri product liability lawyer if you feel you or a loved one has been harmed through proper product use.
The attorney you choose to represent you in a product liability lawsuit can greatly impact the outcome of your claim. In order to ensure the best possibility of just compensation, it is essential that you contact an experienced personal injury lawyer.
As a St. Louis personal injury lawyer and partner at the Page Cagle Law Firm, I have the experience and proven success to aggressively represent personal injury victims. If you have any questions or concerns involving a product liability claim or any other personal injury claim, I will be happy to discuss your case with you and answer any concerns you may have.
You can contact me, John Page, 24 hours a day at 314.322.8515 or toll free at 1.800.500.INJURY (4658). You can email me at john@pagecagle.com or visit www.injuredclient.com for more information.
