Personal Injury Law

Defective Gas Grills Could Cause Burn Injuries

Fiesta is issuing a product safety recall for its Blue Ember gas grills after getting reports of burn injuries and other incidents. According to this consumer safety report, Fiesta has received 192 reports of grill fires resulting in nine injuries. Two of these incidents involved major burns on different parts of the body, six incidents of relatively minor burns and one incident involving temporary hearing loss. Apparently, the hose of the gas tank can get too close to the firebox and cause a burn hazard. This defective product recall involved 88,000 units in the United States and about 25,000 in Canada.

Each year in the United States, thousands are injured as a result of defective products. These faulty products range from toys to cars, to household appliances. Design defects, misleading or deceptive marketing, and manufacturing defects can pose threats of serious injury to unsuspecting consumers. Improper warnings or instructions on a product's packaging may also cause injuries to a person using a defective product in New York.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).