Serious Injuries from Dangerous Products

St. Louis Product Liability Attorney

The DeVoto Law Firm  has a long history of holding manufacturers responsible for defective products that injure or kill. Our technical knowledge, prompt investigation and litigation skills put clients on a level playing field with powerful corporations.

Did your serious injuries or a family death stem from a badly designed or inherently dangerous product? Call us at 866-961-0330 for a free evaluation. We take cases in Greater St. Louis, eastern Missouri and statewide.

Waiting Can Hurt Your Case
Preserving evidence is critical to a product liability lawsuit. We have an investigative team ready to document the accident scene and examine the defective product before it can be destroyed, altered or repaired. Contact us immediately.

Wide Success in Product Liability

Trial lawyer Mr.  DeVoto brings 33 years of experience in personal injury litigation, including defective product lawsuits. He has secured substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients who were badly injured by products brought to market with serious design flaws:

• Auto defects (seat belts, seat backs, air bags, tires)
• SUVs prone to rollovers
• Natural gas and propane explosions
• Medical products and devices
• Gasoline tanker explosions
• Amusement park rides
• Ladders, scaffolding, construction equipment and ladder jacks
• Power tools (circular saws, nail guns)
• Workplace machinery and farm machinery
• Fire hazard consumer products (coffee pots, power adapters, space heaters)

In a lawsuit for product liability, our chief objective is to secure full compensation for serious or life-changing injuries or wrongful death. We also measure success by forcing manufacturers to make safety improvements or take dangerous products off the market. Mr. DeVoto’s victories in several gasoline tanker explosion cases that caused burn injury and death directly led to major changes in that industry.

Proving the Product Is Hazardous

• Design defect — The product as designed is dangerous. (For example, an SUV’s high center of gravity makes it unstable in an emergency swerve — and the occupants are crushed when the roof supports fail in the rollover.)
• Manufacturing defect — A flaw in the assembly or raw materials. (For example, a wrongly drilled hole in a ladder leads to metal fatigue and eventual collapse — one client shattered both heels in the fall.)
• Failure to warn — The product begs the user to be used incorrectly, or lacks visible warnings of known dangers. (For example, a table saw’s anti-kickback guard must be removed to make certain cuts — the next user is blinded, loses fingers or even killed.)

Tom DeVoto has the resources to hire top experts in design, engineering and manufacturing who can testify that the product maker failed to meet industry standards (or should have known of the defects). We recover these costs only if we win compensation for our client.

Contact our St. Louis office for a free case evaluation, including evenings, weekends or house calls by appointment.