unfair practices and product defect lawsuits

A defective product isn’t always as simple as a store return or the redemption of a manufacturer’s warranty. A product that doesn’t work can also be dangerous and, in fact, defective products cause thousands of injuries every year in this country alone. As consumers, we have a right to assume that manufacturers did everything they could to communicate their products’ risk: by way of fair warning and safety guarantee. However, as profit-driven entities, businesses often put the health and safety of consumers as a second priority, rushing products to market without fully investigating the risk of their use. Clark, Burnett, Love & Lee works with injured parties to prove the injurer’s culpability, liability, and compensation owed for pain, suffering, health care, and any other adverse effect the injury might have had as a result of using their products.

Consumers—anyone who engages in the purchases of goods and services—need protection, too, just as much as the businesses we buy from. Businesses aren’t always just and fair in the way they engage with their customers or their competitors. Greed can be a seductive force on a company looking to make money in any way possible, which means companies sometimes need to be policed. Is a business being honest, and fully disclosing all pertinent information about its products and services? Is a business charging its customers for something they didn’t purchase or receive? Is a business attempting to collect debts a customer has already paid, or being abusive in its collection practices? Is a business misrepresenting itself in some way in order to get more business or more customers? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, or a business has been unfair in its dealing with customers in the marketplace, Clark, Burnett, Love & Lee can represent the consumer in protecting itself against businesses that use unethical business practices.