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Portable Generators can be very dangerous
Between 1990 and 2002, CPSC received reports of 179 carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning deaths associated with portable generators. These products use fuel-burning engines that emit poisonous CO gas in their exhaust.
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in Washington
Pickup and SUV occupants
147
precentage
24
Total motor vehicle deaths
600
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data I
The manufacturer of a product has the given responsibility
of making their product with care. Manufacturers provide the
assurance that a purchaser or user of the product suffer a personal injury when using the product as intended
by the manufacturer.
Seattle Verdicts and Settlements
Judgement of $7,000,000 for Washington woman injured in car accident
(7/13/2001)
Governmental tort claim by 40-year-old Samia Ashraf who sustained brain damage and multiple fractures when her car was involved in an accident with a van when she pulled out of a Costco Wholesale parking lot in Seattle. She claimed that the City of S
The products you purchase from Seattle retail stores, wholesalers,
supermarkets, or specialty outlets are manufactured with an implicit
guarantee that the item is not defective and that the purchaser
of the item come to no harm if the manufactured product
is used in its intended manner.
Products with a dangerously defective
potential rate are a threat to your safety and well-being. An individual
who has been loaned or given a defective or negligent product can
file product liability claims and take action against those responsible
for the defective or dangerous product.
Among the many common consumer products that are recalled are:
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Audio, RM, 8 Kbps, 4:09, 7/9/1998
NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats. The measure would have limited the liability of wholesalers and retailers of products that cause harm. It also would have limited punitive damages against companies with fewer than 25 employees or with annual revenues of less than five million dollars. The measure, which has been debated in various forms for years, was opposed by trial lawyers and consumer group Source: National Public Radio
Seattle External Sites
Chapter 48.92.020 RCW - The Washington State Legislatur
The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in ... (9) "Product liability" means liability for damage RCW SECTIONS
The Washington State Bill Information page provides access to legislative ... 7.72.040, Liability of product seller other than manufacturer -- Except
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Product Sellers, Rentors, And Lessors
Liability Rules Applicable to Product Sellers, Renters, and Lessors.Product sellers, rentors, and lessors will be liable only for their own failure... Read more >
Definition:
Retailer and all middlepersons (learned intermediary, R3d Torts)
Unjust Enrichment
Definition:
The general principle of unjust enrichment is that one person should not be able unjustly to enrich himself at the expense of another.
Inadequate Warning
Definition:
Sometimes, a manufacturer doesn’t warn the user of a product’s hazards. Simply putting a warning in a little instruction book or label might not be enough. The warning must adequately inform the user of the hazards.
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Washington Occupants of SUVs and pickups 
Chapter 48.92.020 RCW - The Washington State Legislatur