Products Liability

We expect the products we use to be safe. Yet we hear again and again about consumers getting cancer from a medication or due to exposure to dangerous substances like asbestos or weed killers. These are just a few of the examples of products that can make us sick or...

Soldiers throughout the country are suffering from ear ringing, pain, and hearing loss. Many have connected these issues to use of an earplug while in service made by 3M. An earplug that 3M marketed as a way to limit the damaging sounds of war while still allowing the...

Tens of thousands of victims accusing Johnson & Johnson of knowingly selling talcum powder that could cause cancer are moving forward with lawsuits against the pharmaceutical giant in courts throughout the country. In these cases, those who developed cancer after...

Paraquat is an herbicide used by farmers throughout the country on crops. The product is not new. It has been in circulation for decades. We know the stuff is dangerous. There are warning labels all over and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Ohio residents who have been following the case of defective 3M military earplugs may already be aware that a bellwether trial concerning the product began in late March. The trial serves as a sort of “test” trial that will help determine the outcomes of thousands of...

There is no question that veterans have made sacrifices for our country, but one thing they should not have had to deal with was the needless sacrifice of their hearing. And yet, that is just what happened. When a large company developed an earplug that was supposed...

The warzone in Afghanistan and Iraq was, and continues to be, much different than those experienced by previous generations. Instead of traditional battlefields, soldiers in these wars may find themselves fighting within urban environments. This makes for unique...

3M acquired Aearo Technologies in 2008, effectively becoming a major player in the military earplug market. Little did the company know that years later, it would be facing a massive lawsuit involving allegedly defective earplugs. More than 200,000 people have claimed...

Anyone here in Ohio or elsewhere who has suffered from a pulmonary embolism, which is a blood clot in the lung, knows just how scary it can be. This condition is considered life threatening, and once the danger has passed, some doctors will want to take aggressive...