Category: Product Liability

21 Apr 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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Welcome to the Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath Blog

The Accidents Safe blog was set up to help keep our clients and the public informed of important safety information that potentially could effect their every day lives.  Auto recalls, defective tires, car seats and many other products or medications…
01 Jun 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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Vehicle Rollovers: When Products Defects Cause Fatal Crashes

A test drive turned deadly in early December 2015 on U.S. 1 and SE Fisher Street in Stuart. An employee from the Wallace Honda Dealer was driving the Honda CRV back to the car lot with his potential customers when they were t-boned by a Chevy…
25 May 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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DiVinci Baby Crib Recall: Protecting Consumers From Defective Products

In October 2015, DaVinci brand cribs expanded an initial recall from July of 11,7000 units to include another 6,000 cribs. The additional cribs were recalled because of breakage and detachment in mattress support brackets, which could cause…
18 May 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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General Motors in Hot Water Again: Car Fires Prompt New Recalls

Elizabeth Berry loved her 2003 Monte Carlo and even called it her “third baby.” When General Motors (“GM”) issued a recall notice in 2010, warning Monte Carlo owners to have a certain repair made to the vehicle, Berry diligently complied.…
10 May 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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Volkswagen Recalls – What Can You Expect?

It was recently revealed that Volkswagen is guilty of skirting US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission laws on models of vehicles sold between 2009 and 2015. Volkswagen claimed the models were “clean-diesel”, when in fact, they…
14 Apr 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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How to Protect Yourself from Your Keyless Ignition Vehicle

Keyless ignition systems are a trendy advancement in vehicle technology. Yet, if used incorrectly, how much does this convenience really cost? A lawsuit filed against a group of automobile makers in August 2015 claims that 13 deaths and multiple…
22 Mar 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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Car Graco Recalls Car Seats

West Palm Beach, FLORIDA -- Graco Children’s Products, Inc. (Graco) has recalled specific car seat models for failure to comply with the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, “Child Restraint Systems”. Certain…
08 Mar 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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Unreported Keyless Ignition Death

West Palm Beach, Florida -- Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey and Fronrath have filed a suit for a local death reportedly linked to a keyless ignition system. A suit was filed for the death of a 60-year-old in Palm Beach County Court by partner…
09 Feb 2016 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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Keyless Ignitions – The Silent Threat You Need to Know About

There is a new silent threat to your safety, and it could be sitting on your key ring. Sunday’s Palm Beach Post Newspaper reported Palm Beach County accounts for the highest number of keyless ignition deaths in the country. Since 2009,…
22 Dec 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath
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When Airbags Kill

Florida detectives were stumped by Hien Tran.  The 51-year-old Vietnamese woman’s Honda Accord had been involved in an accident on a rainy September evening as she drove home from her family’s nail salon, carrying $8,000 in cash.  Emergency…
16 Sep 2014 by Lytal, Reiter, Smith, lvey & Fronrath

How does a Recall impact your Product Liability Case?

Graco recently recalled 3.7 million child car seats and the U.S. government has requested the recall of another 1.8 million, in one of the biggest car seat recalls in U.S. history. Although the defect does not affect the ability of the seat…