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Oregon Product Liability Law Firm - Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C.

At Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C., our comprehensive knowledge and practical experience with product liability law dates back over 50 years. In the early 1980s, we represented plaintiffs in national mass tort lawsuits involving the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device and federal unsafe product litigation concerning toxic shock syndrome in certain brands of tampons. Our defective product litigation practice has continued to grow with our firm. For additional information about our experience with products liability lawsuits, or for a free consultation about your own experience with dangerous, defective, or unsafe products, contact us in Eugene.

Our familiarity with the legal principles and evidentiary challenges of federal and Oregon product liability law not only benefits our clients in a defective household or medical product lawsuit, it also gives us an opportunity to pursue strategic alternatives within a medical malpractice or motor vehicle accident case that only become apparent after the initial investigative stages of the civil action.

For example, while litigating a motor vehicle accident case, we might find that the severity of the plaintiff's injuries have been increased by a defective seat belt. The injuries may not have occurred at all but for a defective latch on a door or uncrashworthiness which permits a door to open or a roof to collapse in a rollover. Such information may support not only a claim against the driver, but also a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer or seller of the defective product. This will make additional insurance coverage available to fairly compensate the victim.

This creative approach, dependent as it is on painstaking investigation and use of skilled engineers and other forensic experts in many technical fields, gives us additional leverage in auto accident cases, industrial or construction accident cases, medical malpractice cases, premises liability claims, and toxic tort litigation. Our past success with the litigation of complex personal injury cases has given us the luxury of emphasizing prompt and thorough investigation across a range of legal theories and professional or technical disciplines in a great many of our personal injury or wrongful death cases.

Some examples of cases we've handled for injuries resulting from defectively dangerous products include:

• Unsafe motor vehicles because of defective parts, such as defective axles, defective seat belts or airbags, defective child safety seats, defective tires or wheels, defective door latches, lack of crashworthiness or structural integrity (causing the passenger compartment to collapse inward from the sides or from the collapsing roof).
• Silicone breast implants, orthopedic implants, and arthroscopic pumps.
• Defective tractors and dangerous power lawn mowers.
• Industrial accidents involving defective lumber handling equipment, failure of booms of large cranes, inadequate safeguard for manlifts, defective fuel systems resulting in explosive fires in motor homes, defective chemical handling equipment in lumber companies.
• Sporting goods such as target arrows, exercise equipment, and defective firearms.
• Prescription drugs, diet supplements, and vaccines.
• Construction equipment, inadequate safety gear, and unsafe construction practices.

Some of our successful product liability law cases have led directly to the recall of consumer, medical, or industrial products after we proved their inherently dangerous features.

At Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C., our Oregon product liability attorneys are always just as careful in developing the evidence and proof of the plaintiff's damages as we are in establishing the facts necessary to prove the defendant's liability. Our in-house litigation team includes a registered nurse, who helps coordinate the development and presentation of expert medical testimony, and works directly with treating physicians to make sure that nothing is overlooked in documenting the nature and extent of injuries and in assessing prognoses.

For additional information about our ability to represent you in a personal injury or wrongful death case involving defective or unsafe products, call the Oregon product liability lawyers at Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller, P.C.
 
The product defect attorneys at Johnson, Clifton, Larson, & Schaller, P.C. represent plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, truck accidents, disabled persons' tort claims, nursing home negligence or elder abuse, industrial and construction accidents, birth injury cases, and product liability or defective medical device cases. Our auto accident lawyers serve clients throughout Central Oregon, Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon and the Willamette Valley, including Corvallis, Salem, Medford, Roseburg, Klamath Falls, Bend, Redmond, Ashland, Creswell, Central Point, Grants Pass, Brownsville, Myrtle Creek, Springfield, and Albany, OR.

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