Cases of Interest
Table Saw Accidents Caused by Defective Table Saws
Amputations Caused by Defective Table Saws
Plaintiffs have filed table saw lawsuits in different states throughout the country alleging that
several brands contain defective designs and inadequate safety features that resulted in an
injury.
Currently they have filed a petition to consolidate the cases in one court for pretrial litigation as
part of a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL).
Defendants named in the table saw lawsuits include Black & Decker, Ryobi Technologies, Inc., Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., Sears & Roebuck, Co. and
One World Technologies.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has scheduled a hearing on the motion for July
30, 2009, to review whether the table saw cases involve sufficient common questions of fact and
if the cases qualify for coordinated handling under the Federal rules.
All of the table saw product liability lawsuits charge that manufacturers and distributors acted
negligently in using outdated and ineffective safety technology involving the blade guard,
resulting in various injuries ranging from lacerations to severe disfigurement.
The plaintiffs indicate that all of the cases involve table saws that were outfitted with
substantially similar and defective guarding systems. The complaints allege that the
manufacturers failed to include a flash-detection technology, which has been known in the table
saw industry since 2000 as an alternative safety design that substantially mitigates or prevents
serious injury from contact with a spinning blade. The table saws also allegedly lacked a “riving
knife”, which is an inexpensive attachment that can previent a piece of cut wood from kicking
back at the operator. Many of those injuries could have been prevented with an additional safety
device.
The table saw litigation currently involves 43 different product liability lawsuits.
If you have been injured in a table saw accident where your hand or body made contact with a
spinning blade and need an attorney for a case in the Chicago area, please call me now at 1-800-
913-1708 or contact me now.
PLOUFF LAW OFFICES, P.C.
1-800-913-1708.
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