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In 2002, there were an estimated 212,400 toy-related injuries
The individual body parts having the most injuries overall were faces (45,400), heads (27,100) and mouths (16,200). Lacerations, contusions, and abrasions were involved in over half of the total injuries (53%). CPSC has reports of 13 children who died in toy-related deaths in 2002.
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in Hawaii
Pickup and SUV occupants
14
precentage
10
Total motor vehicle deaths
135
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data I
The manufacturer of a product has the given responsibility
of making their product with care. Manufacturers provide the
assurance that a purchaser or user of the product suffer a personal injury when using the product as intended
by the manufacturer.
Hawaii Verdicts and Settlements
$5.6 million judgement for family of Hawaii woman killed in car accident
(3/10/2005)
Ellison Sweezey, age 31, was killed and Paulyn Estioko was injured when the car that she was driving was hit by a car being driving by Richard Rosario. Mr. Rosario, who had stolen the car that he was driving, was being chased by three police officers
The products you purchase from Hawaii retail stores, wholesalers,
supermarkets, or specialty outlets are manufactured with an implicit
guarantee that the item is not defective and that the purchaser
of the item come to no harm if the manufactured product
is used in its intended manner.
Products with a dangerously defective
potential rate are a threat to your safety and well-being. An individual
who has been loaned or given a defective or negligent product can
file product liability claims and take action against those responsible
for the defective or dangerous product.
Among the many common consumer products that are recalled are:
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Audio, RM, 8 Kbps, 4:09, 7/9/1998
NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats. The measure would have limited the liability of wholesalers and retailers of products that cause harm. It also would have limited punitive damages against companies with fewer than 25 employees or with annual revenues of less than five million dollars. The measure, which has been debated in various forms for years, was opposed by trial lawyers and consumer group Source: National Public Radio
Construction Industry Is Leading
Groups that have endorsed the Gorton-Rockefeller substitute include: National Federation of Independent Business, National Association of Manufactu... Read more >
Definition:
When one particular product out of many like products has a flaw that makes it unreasonably dangerous, it is said to have a manufacturing defect.
Assumption of Risk
Definition:
This means that you knew of the risks in using the product, but you decided to use the product anyway.
Advertising
Definition:
The act of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcement.
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Hawaii Occupants of SUVs and pickups 
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