We are surrounded by products that make our lives and professions possible. These products include machinery, automobiles, and pharmaceutical drugs. Whether we buy them ourselves or rely upon them in the workplace, we trust that they are safe. It is the responsibility of manufacturers, distributors, and sellers to ensure that the products they offer are free of defects and contain appropriate warnings when necessary. When they fail, defective products can cause terrible injuries, even death.

In those unfortunate circumstances, the lawyers of Golomb & Honik can help. We are skilled at taking on the enormous task of investigating and determining the relevant facts and then breaking them down to prove your case in a way that makes sense to a jury. We do so in part by working with the nation's most experienced and respected experts. We do not hesitate to take on the most challenging cases and as a result have amassed an impressive record of success. We have succeeded in cases involving defective machinery, autos, forklifts, commercial awnings, commercial chemical mixers, pressure vacuum tanks, and more. Read more about our work on defective product suits:

• Confidential Seven Figure Settlement For Defective Tiki Torch  

  A 52-year old mother and billing clerk for a hospice care distributor was mowing her backyard when a tiki torch manufactured by the defendant engulfed in flames.  In an effort to save her home from catching fire, the plaintiff bumped the base of the tiki torch away from her home and patio, which was covered by a wooden affixed awning.  While doing so, embers from the engulfed torch caught plaintiff’s shirt, engulfed her in flames, and caused her severe and debilitating burn injuries.  Plaintiff was hospitalized on several occasions for weeks and required several surgeries to repair the scarring.  Litigation was instituted by Golomb & Honik attorneys, and it was learned that the cause of the engulfment and resulting burns was from a negligently designed and manufactured flame guard to the tiki torch.  The resin coating on the flame guard absorbed fuel from the fuel canister and wick associated with the torch, then causing it to engulf in flames.  In the approximate three-year period prior to plaintiff’s injuries, the defendant manufacturer had received in excess of 200 complaints, mostly of property damage, in which similar engulfment occurred.  As a result of these complaints, the manufacturer and distributor of the flame guard changed its design and resin coating, thus reducing the likelihood of similar accidents happening again.

• $750,000 Settlement for Faulty Hinge Design The general manager of a popular Philadelphia restaurant was closing an awning during a windstorm when the awning was struck by a gust, came loose from its base, and threw him more than 50 feet, causing severe and debilitating injuries. In a lawsuit against the awning installer and the manufacturer of the faulty hinges, Golomb & Honik attorneys were able to demonstrate that a different design of hinge would have prevented the accident. The case settled on the eve of trial for $750,000. The hinge company subsequently changed their design to the specification of Golomb & Honik's case, thus reducing the likelihood of similar accidents happening again.
• $445,000.00 for Worker Injured by Engine Explosion Plaintiff, was a 40-year old father of four and heavy machinery repairman who was working on the engine of a salt spreader unit. After making the necessary repairs to the engine, he turned the engine on to insure that the engine was now properly running. As he turned the engine on, he was struck in the orbital area of his right eye by a fragment of the starter ring gear which shot from the engine housing of the engine. The ring gear shattered and the portion of it which struck the plaintiff escaped from the engine's housing due to the defective design, material selection and manufacture of the engine and its component parts. As a result, the plaintiff suffered severe physical injuries as well as substantial economic loss and a products liability action was filed by Golomb & Honik lawyers. After extensive discovery and with the assistance of national recognized experts, Golomb & Honik attorneys were able to secure a settlement in the amount of $445,000.00.
• Confidential Settlement in Overturned Forklift Case Forklifts have a known propensity to tip over and are typically fitted with seat belts and hip restraints to protect drivers from the worst injuries. In recent years many have even been recalled for fitting with such devices. A 17-year-old apprentice bricklayer was driving a forklift when it tragically overturned, crushing his leg and causing massive, lasting injuries. Golomb & Honik attorneys established the safety failures on the part of those who manufactured and maintained the forklift, leading to a confidential seven-figure settlement that included the repayment of a workers' compensation lien and continuing lifetime medical benefits.
• Confidential Settlement in Food Cart Accident The "kitchen utility man" at a national chain restaurant was considered an exemplary employee. Part of his job was to receive and inventory food that was delivered from the defendant vendor on metal food carts manufactured by the defendant manufacturer. The food carts were approximately seven feet high and had three spring-hinged shelves that could be folded for stacking when not in use. On a brisk December day in 2000, this employee received and inventoried a food delivery. In violation of the defendant company's policy, the deliverer failed to wait for the inventory to be completed so that the food carts could be gathered and taken away. Rather, the kitchen utility man completed receiving the deliveries, then folded and stacked the food carts in the corner of a small, enclosed bay area. Later that day, as he walked through the bay area to dump garbage, a gust of wind rattled the stacked food carts; one opened up at the hinges and, in a domino-like effect, caused a number of food carts to fall on top of the employee. He fell to the ground and struck his head directly on the pavement. He went into shock and had epileptic-type seizures, injured his back and shoulder, and became totally disabled. He had little recollection of what occurred due to his head injury, and there were no witnesses. After extensive research, Golomb and Honik lawyers discovered a paper trail detailing a history of the defendant vendor's leaving carts behind even after being notified of the problem. The case was settled for a confidential amount.