Products Liability

Products Liability

Products Liability Lawyers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Have you been severely burned as a result of a dangerous consumer product or suffered an amputation or other serious injury from an unguarded machine or farm implement in Wisconsin? Jacquart & Lowe, S.C. represents clients throughout Wisconsin in product liability cases. Working with well-qualified experts, our attorneys are able to evaluate the complexities of products liability claims and provide clients with sound advice and advocacy.

Defective consumer and household appliances compose a large section of our products liability practice. A sampling of our cases includes:

• $414,000 settlement for a man who sustained chemical burns to his throat after drinking coffee from a coffee maker cleaned with a household cleaning product.

• Settlements for two women for toxic shock syndrome due to an improperly designed tampon product.

• $375,000 settlement for a woman who suffered third degree burns when the handles to her fondue pot melted and hot oil spilled on her.

Injuries in connection with gas tank explosions and fuel exposures also make up a portion of our products liability cases:

• Favorable verdict for a woman who suffered congestive heart failure after a fuel oil delivery truck pumped gas into a basement pipe that was no longer connected to a fuel tank.

• Recovery for a gas station patron who suffered burns to her eyes due to a leak in the gas pump hose.

• Settlement for a truck operator severely burned from an explosion due to the defective design of saddle fuel trucks.

Our firm has also represented clients injured by defective food and agricultural products, farm, construction and factory machinery, medical products and devices, motor vehicles, and recreational products.

Injuries From Defective Products

We have handled a variety of claims arising from defective and dangerous products. In the area of food and agricultural products, we represented an elementary school student who contracted E. coli after eating food at the school cafeteria and a customer injured by a foreign object in food furnished at a restaurant salad bar. Under defective medical devices, we represented the family of a recipient who received a defective heart valve. We recovered a settlement for a garage worker who had his leg crushed as a result of a dangerously located shut-off valve. We won a verdict for a man whose skull was punctured by a nail fired from a nail gun with a defective safety. We settled a case for a farmer whose limb was caught in a dangerously designed manure spreader. We won a verdict for a man who was severely injured when a defective tire tread split causing him to lose control of his car.

Contact an Attorney at Jacquart & Lowe

Our attorneys work with chemists, engineers and investigators to discover the causes behind defective products. If you have been injured by a dangerous consumer product, an unsafe machinery or farm implement, or any other injury due to a defective product in Wisconsin, contact Jacquart & Lowe, S.C. and receive a free initial consultation.