The Briggs Law Firm Blog

When a defective product is noted and a recall is authorized, people sometimes assume dozens or even hundreds of injuries and deaths must have been reported. However, the reality is that it doesn't actually take very many incidents to cause a recall. The goal of the...

Hearing all the talk about self-driving cars in recent weeks, it serves as a reminder. They are not here yet, but they are coming. Indeed, Florida is one of only a few states that have a law on the books that makes it legal to operate autonomous vehicles on state...

Reliability of products is something most of us take for granted. If we pay for something, we expect the product to function as claimed by the manufacturer. When it doesn't, there is an equal expectation that someone can be held accountable. Even if a product's maker...

Drug makers make a point of trying to limit the number of people who get hurt by their products. Sometimes they do this because they actually care. Sometimes they do it because federal regulations require them to.That's why the directions on nearly all medications,...

There are so many things we take for granted on a given day. You get up from bed and brush your teeth. What if the plastic brush snaps suddenly and you wind up jabbing the inside of your throat? How about when you climb into your car and buckle the seat belt? Does the...

Based on all the complaints that manufacturers seem to have about the level of scrutiny they are forced to endure from safety groups and regulators one might expect to find that it would be difficult to find dangerous products on the shelves. That is not the reality....