Libertyville Woman Files Cook County Products Lawsuit Against Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturer After Attachment Hose Sucks In Her Hair
Terri Washburn Gattone is suing Kirby Co for Cook County products liability. Gattone was hurt when the attachment tube of her vacuum cleaner broke apart and began sucking her hair into the machine. According to her Chicago injury attorney, her hair was “ripped” from its roots. Following the incident with the vacuum cleaner hose, the plaintiff was rushed to an ER.
Washburn Gattone is seeking at least $100,000 in Cook County personal injury damages. Her Illinois products liability lawsuit claims that the Kirby vacuum was “negligent in design” and “defective.”
Three Kinds of Products Liability Cases:
• Negligence
• Strict Liability (Even if negligence didn’t occur, if someone was hurt while correctly using a product that proved defective or unsafe the victim may still have grounds for a case)
• Breach of Warranty
The defect that caused a personal injury can be a design defect, a manufacturing defect, or a marketing defect. A design defect is inherent to the design of the product. A manufacturing defect can occur while the product is being made or produced. Marketing defects include failure to provide proper warnings about dangerous or improper uses and incomplete or inaccurate instructions/directions.
Manufactures, sellers, and distributors must ensure that their products do not have any flaws or malfunction in such a way that they can cause serious injuries or death. By filing a Chicago product liability lawsuit, not only are you holding the negligent party liable for the harm that you have suffered but you may prevent other people from getting hurt because of the same defect.
Vacuum sucks out Libertyville woman's hair, lawsuit claims, Daily Herald, April 24, 2010
Suit: Defective Vacuum Cleaner Sucked Hair From Woman's Scalp, The Huffington Post, April 24, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Products Liability, Cornell.Law.Edu
