Category — Child Safety Seats

Jan. 2, 2012 – In June 2009, Plaintiff Danna Blankenship and her infant daughter, both Virginia residents, were involved in an automobile accident in Botetourt County, Virginia which is located in the territory covered by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Virginia.  Plaintiff filed suit against the child safety seat manufacturer and the manufacturer of the child safety seat insert in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Blankenship v. Graco Children’s Products, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115816 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 6, 2011).  Though the accident occurred in Virginia, [Read more →]

Nov. 23, 2011 – As reported in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, on November 14 an Abingdon federal jury returned a defense verdict in a $50-million product defect case alleging that an eight-year-old girl suffered severe brain damage in a 2009 automobile accident as a result of an allegedly defective child safety seat.  The case, which was tried before Judge James Jones, is Musick v. Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc., 1:11cv05 (W.D. Va.).

Although the defense verdict itself is noteworthy and one that will certainly catch the eye of the plaintiff and defense bars alike, the case is also notable due to several interesting rulings made during the nine-month course of the proceedings.   [Read more →]