Product Liability Lawyer : Defective Products : Alexander Hawes, LLP

Practice Areas Personal Injury / Wrongful Death Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents Traumatic Brain Injury Spinal Cord Injuries Burns Toxic Chemical Exposure & Birth Defects Dangerous Drugs / Medical Devices Product Liability / Defective Products Insurance Fraud / Bad Faith

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We are serious lawyers for serious injuries and wrongful deaths and we have proven it by taking on major national corporations that have injured our clients and killed family members.

We definitely can make a difference for you.

We have a track record that proves we deliver - documented results in challenging and difficult cases, year after year.

Call to find out if we can make a difference for you or your family. There is no charge. Email or call us 1.888.777.1776. Selecting the "right" lawyer takes time and effort.

Product Liability Lawyer You must look for experience in major lawsuits, a solid track record of results, financial resources to take on major corporations and a commitment to justice that is recognized by attorneys and the community.

You owe it to yourself to take the time to search this site for client videos, case reports in major injury cases and explore all that is offered in our Injury Library and our blog on current health, safety and legal developments.

We are leading lawyers who can make a difference for you.

Our experience, extraordinary resources and readiness have earned us a national reputation and a national practice representing clients in defective product claims involving the full range of defective product litigation: cars, trucks, SUVs, crashworthiness, roof crush, stability, tires, toxic chemicals, medical devices, dangerous drugs, electrical switches and industrial equipment from bulldozers to scaffolding in mining shafts.

The range of products we have taken on is diverse, but in each case our experience in complex reconstruction, design analysis, cost engineering, failure analysis, human factors and biomechanical engineering have assured access to the best engineering talent in the country experts who know their field and who can explain it to a jury and that has provided our clients with outstanding results.

We are a specialty California law firm representing individuals and families who have suffered grievous losses.

The major difference between us and the great majority of personal injury lawyers is that we only represent people in need of the best legal care after devastating trauma has ruined lives and families and the damage was caused by a major corporation.

We do not represent so-called "soft tissue" injuries arising from minor impacts in simple auto collisions. Be careful dealing with those who do, if you have a major loss. Their general style is a quick or partial settlement with one defendant, making our work in taking on a major corporation much more difficult.

Our goal is to make a substantial financial difference in the lives of our clients and to restore, to the full extent of the law, what has been taken from them.

And we are committed to improving safety and health by sharing with the public what we have learned. See our Injury Library and blog. See below the list of articles we have published on defective product litigation.

By tightly focusing on major cases we can and have made a significant difference for our clients. Three lawyers are assigned to each client to assure thorough preparation, early expert retention, weekly reporting to clients and securing the earliest possible trial.

We are not afraid to fight. And we are known for trying cases. That's becoming rare. It is because of our fighting attitude and being well prepared to fight that we have obtained substantial recoveries for our clients.

Maximum recoveries do not "settle out of court." They only come to a fair conclusion, approved by our clients, when the defendants realize we are negotiating from a position of strength, we are prepared for trial with excellent expert testimony to prove our case and we have an early trial date.

$3 million recovery for the wrongful death of a college student caused by a defectively designed SUV, defective tire and a dealer who failed to report the tires "were out of round." Clark County District Court, Las Vegas, Nevada.

$1,655,000 personal injury and wrongful death recoveries. Defective tire was purchased used. Extremely difficult rollover claim. No seatbelts. Oladunni v. Tire Company, San Joaquin County Superior Court.

$1.2 million wrongful death recovery for the loss of an 18 year-old in a rollover caused by a defective SUV and defective tire. Federal Court, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

$1.5 million wrongful death recovery for the loss of a spouse. Negligent tire inspection missed a defective tire, which failed and caused an interstate rollover in New Mexico. Cardenas v. SUV Manufacturer, et al., San Diego County Superior Court.

$1.7 million recovery for burn injuries caused by a defectively designed fuel system was the first defective product recovery against BMW in the United States.

Confidential recovery in the wrongful death of a 16 year-old in a rollover of a CJ-7 Jeep. Settled on a confidential basis at the demand of Chrysler. Mock v. Chrysler Corporation, Fresno County Superior Court Action Number 442560-9.

$750,000 recovery for a defectively designed industrial electrical switch that exploded and seriously burned a lineman for Pacific Gas & Electric, who admitted throwing the switch in the wrong direction. San Francisco Superior Court.

$750,000 for the wrongful death of a father of three when he suffered a cardiac arrest and drowned while using the defendant's defectively designed submersible sump pump to drain his swimming pool. Furchtenicht v. Peabody Barnes and General Electric. Santa Clara County Superior Court.

$200 million defective design national class action recovery forcing the "buy back" of 33,000 1987-90 Nissan minivans at fair market value. Johnson v. Nissan Motor Company in U.S.A., Santa Clara County Superior Court No. 730558.

Confidential recovery for the wrongful deaths of four teenaged boys who burned to death in a gasoline fire on Christmas Day when a 1978 four-wheel drive Dodge Ram Charger overturned and rolled into a creek bed. Four families v. Chrysler Corporation, Santa Clara County Superior Court No. 722446.

$1 million recovery for a 19 year-old driver who suffered brain injury after an SUV went out of control and rolled. Beever v. SUV Manufacturer, et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court.

$120 million national class action recovery for 3.3 million owners of Chrysler minivans (1984 through 1995 models), requiring replacement of defective rear hatch door lock which popped open in nominal impacts. Mann v. Chrysler Corporation, Santa Clara County Superior Court No. 746017.

Represented five families in wrongful death actions against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) arising from a defectively designed scaffolding system in a 500' vertical shaft which failed at PG&E's Helm's Creek hydroelectric facility in Fresno. The surviving families received over $25 million in settlement and benefits over their lifetimes.

$500,000 head injury recovery as a result of a defectively designed swinging door in a Las Vegas casino causing a brain injury. John Doe v. Very Famous Casino, Clark County District Court, Nevada.

$350,000 recovery for injuries to a three year-old caused by a defectively designed Taco Bell store which required drivers to pull across a sidewalk to "unblock" their view of traffic, ignoring pedestrians. Chow v. Taco Bell, City of Alameda and Sergio Baez, Alameda County Superior Court.

Confidential recovery in the wrongful death of a 19 year-old man burned to death in a side impact of a 1987 Chevrolet pick-up truck with gas tanks mounted outside the frame beneath the doors. Condray v. General Motors Corporation. Missouri Circuit Court Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, Louis City, Missouri, Case No. 022-00146.

We do not skimp on resources in organizing evidence or hiring the right experts for trial. When two BMWs needed to be purchased and crashed to prove a gas tank system was defectively designed - we didn't hesitate.

Our computer simulations for George Liu and Rasheed Hilson are examples of state-of-the-art proof we use.

Having the best evidence takes money - lots of it. That is an investment we take seriously because we know that makes the difference between an expedient settlement and a just award. Some call us "aggressive." We call it having a passion for justice.

Watch out for the lawyer who will talk you into an early settlement because they cannot financially support your lawsuit.

Watch our client videos and read our client reports.

Those statements are more important to us than the high ratings, actually the highest, we have been awarded from independent agencies: Martindale-Hubbell, Preeminent Law Firms in the United States, Avvo.com, and Super Lawyers of Northern California.

Lawyers recognize us as leaders in the legal profession.

We have been Trial Lawyers of the Year and have been nominated for Street Fighter of the Year twice by Consumer Attorneys of California. We also have been named to the Top 100 California Lawyers of the American Trial Lawyers' Association.

We give back to our community.

No other law firm's members have received the Youth Commission Medal, the Man of the Year Award by the Women's Fund, the Santa Clara School of Law award for dedication to workers who have suffered injustice and the Pro Bono Award from the Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health.

Our most valuable contribution to public education is our Injury Library, a collection of articles explaining in detail the law and providing practical answers in the field of personal injury and wrongful death litigation involving the full range of defective product litigation. It is must reading for anyone facing a lifetime disability or the loss of a family member.

Check our blog for commentary on safety, health and legal developments.

And survey our publications on defective products that are listed below.

Call to find out if we can make a difference for you or your family. There is no charge. Email or call us at 1.888.777.1776. We are here to help.

OUR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT PUBLICATIONS - A PARTIAL LIST