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420,000 Bowflex fitness machines by Nautilus Direct could be dangerous
Nautilus Direct and CPSC have received at least 70 reports of the backboard benches breaking, resulting in at least 59 back, neck and shoulder injuries. Nautilus Direct has received at least 18 reports of the "Lat Tower" rotating forward and falling, resulting in at least 14 back, neck, shoulder, teeth, nose and head injuries, some of which required stitches.
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in South Carolina
Pickup and SUV occupants
264
precentage
27
Total motor vehicle deaths
968
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.
South Carolina Verdicts and Settlements
$50,000 awarded to South Carolina woman injured in car accident
(6/17/2002)
This action arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on April 11, 1997. Alice Mae Pilgrim was stopped at a red light when the YMCA van she was driving was rear-ended by Miller. Alice Mae Pilgrim sued Yvonne Wardlaw Miller to recover for inj
The products you purchase from South Carolina 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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats.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
Definition:
The failure to adequately warn of a potential risk of harm that is known or should have been known about a product or its foreseeable use.
Product Safety Recalls
Definition:
Sometimes sale of the item is banned. A manufacturer may establish a recall program that asks consumers to return the defective item for replacement or repair.
Express Warranties
Definition:
Promises stated outright by the manufacturer or seller. They are usually in advertisements or on a product’s packaging.
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South Carolina Occupants of SUVs and pickups 
Firm or Office Name: Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter &am