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Warning Label Experts Discuss Inadequate Labeling on Small Electronics

May 11 2017 ASTM

This case involves a mother in Mississippi who bought a package of small, battery powered toys with multicolored LED illumination. The mother distributed the toys to her own children as well as several of their friends during a birthday party at…

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ANSI, ASTM, Consumer Product Safety

Automatic Door Safety Expert Evaluates Fatal Injuries Caused by Door Malfunction

Feb 7 2017 ASTM

This case involves an elderly man who was seriously and permanently injured by a malfunction in an automatic door at a hospital. The man was leaving the hospital after treatment from a minor renal condition when a nurse activated the…

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ASTM, Automatic Door, Hospital

Child is Seriously Injured by Playground Equipment

Nov 8 2016 ASTM

This case involves a young boy who was seriously injured while playing on his school’s playground in Florida. A few days prior to the incident in question, the boy’s school had completed the construction on a new playground, which contained…

Exposure to Coal Ash Waste Causes Public Health Emergency

Mar 25 2016 ASTM

Background This litigation involved the alleged unlawful dumping of toxic industrial waste (“Coal Ash Waste” or “Waste”) in the Dominican Republic by The AES Corporation (“AES”) and four of its subsidiaries. Plaintiffs, residents of the Dominican Republic, alleged they were…

Trampoline Netting Fails to Prevent Paralyzing Fall

Jan 11 2016 ASTM

This case involves netting installed around a trampoline that was intended to prevent individuals from sustaining injuries caused by falling off of the trampoline. The man involved in this suit weighed 145 pounds – well within the stated operational limits…

Dangerous Space Heater Ignites Clothing

Nov 30 2015 ASTM

This case takes place in Virginia and involves injury from a space heater, which was powered by a small cylinder of propane and was designed for use indoors. The plaintiff in this case was a restaurant owner who was using…

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ASTM, Fabric, Fire

Inadequate Warning on Water Pump Leads to Injuries

Oct 26 2015 ASTM

This case takes place in New York and involves a farmer who was injured while testing a portable irrigation pump. During pressure testing, the pipe was attached to the pumping apparatus and was filled to a few hundred pounds of…

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ASTM, Failure To Warn, Fire

Man is Killed by Furnace Explosion

Oct 19 2015 ASTM

This case takes place in Pennsylvania and involves a man who was killed when working at a natural gas burning power plant. On this occasion, the man was undertaking a routine inspection of the fuel cell-powered furnace and firebox equipment in…

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ASTM, Boiler, Engineering

Construction Expert Opines on Granite Installation Techniques

Jun 26 2015 ASTM

This case takes place in Indiana and involves a claim against a general contractor who is being sued by a customer. The general constructor installed a kitchen in the plaintiff’s home and used materials that the homeowner had purchased in…

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ASTM, Construction, Construction Defect

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