Product Safety News

AAJ's Comments to the CPSC

Oct 3 Today, AAJ filed comments with the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding the collection of witness statements involving product-related injuries. Read the comments.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Weakens Reporting Rules on Potentially Dangerous Products

July 13 The Consumer Product Safety Commission's decision to weaken rules governing when companies should be required to report potentially dangerous products represents a sop to the industries the CPSC is duty-bound to regulate and further endangers the nation's families. Read the release

AAJ President Ken Suggs Comments on New Consumer Product Safety Commission Proposed Rule Affecting Hazardous Products

June 26 American Association for Justice (AAJ) President Ken Suggs today sent the following letter to the Secretary of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) commenting on the commission’s proposed rule affecting hazardous products. Read the letter

H.R. 3509 Lets Negligent Manufacturers Off the Hook at the Expense of Injured Workers

Apr 1 The "Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005," has absolutely nothing to do with job growth or corporate competitiveness. Under the guise of a broad statute of repose, this legislation stacks the deck against almost every American employer in favor of the manufacturers and sellers of machine tools and other durable goods used in the workplace. Read the facts

H.R. 3509 Will Slam the Courthouse Door on Injured American Workers

Apr 1 H.R. 3509, the "Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005," would completely eliminate the rights of workers to hold manufacturers and sellers accountable when they are injured by a defective product that is more than 12 years old, regardless of how long the product was built to last. Read the facts

Steven J. Sharp - How H.R. 3509 Would let a Negligent Farm Equipment Manufacturer Escape Accountability

Apr 1 Seventeen year-old Steven J. Sharp, of Richland, Oregon, spent the summer of 1992 working on a farm, baling hay. On August 22nd, a tragic accident changed Steven's life forever. Read the facts

Background

Laws that hold manufacturers of defective products liable for harming consumers are a powerful warning to wrongdoers that they cannot market and sell products that injure or kill consumers and expect to get away with it. AAJ fights for families. We oppose efforts that would limit consumers' access to court to confront wrongdoers, as well as efforts to restrict remedies for consumers who bring legitimate products liability claims against manufacturers.

Product Liability Laws Make America Safer

Cases That Have Made Families Safer

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