UPDATE: My friend, Jim Carrol, on his blog www.weknowinjurylaw.com, posted today regarding a settlement by Sears of a class-action lawsuit in which Sears agreed to install anti-tipping safety brackets. Here’s the link to Jim’s post. It’s too bad that it takes a class-action lawsuit for a manufacturer to step up and do the right thing to prevent serious injury/death but I am just glad that fewer kids will be hurt.

Thanks for reading, Jim Reed

ORIGINAL POST

Although it sounds unlikely, a tipping stove can be deadly. In fact, last year an Elmira, NY child was killed when an unsecured stove tipped over on top of him. Sadly, this is NOT an isolated event. Every year, many kids die or are seriously hurt by this hazard. And what makes it even more tragic is that it is VERY easy to secure a stove to the wall so that it will not tip over. Just visit your local hardware store and request an “anti-tip bracket” for a stove. I found one online for just a couple bucks (http://store.4appliancerepairparts.com/servlet/-strse-2022/range-oven-stove-anti-dsh-tip/Detail). Better safe than sorry.

As a trial lawyer in N.Y. and PA, I am constantly asked about “frivolous” lawsuits. My answer is simple. First, my firm does NOT bring frivolous lawsuits because they are bad business. Second, the reliable national data confirms that the number of so-called “frivolous” lawsuits are grossly exaggerated.Smart lawyers are in business to make money, not lose it. You make money by handling good cases, NOT frivolous ones. Good lawyers know what is required to bring a successful case and they carefully select the cases they will accept and reject the “junk” cases.Why not accept every case? Because ALL cases, whether legitimate or frivolous, take a lot of time and cost a lot of money so smart lawyers know that they want to focus their time and spend their money on those cases where the likelihood of success is high. Pursuing a borderline or frivous case just doesn’t make any sense. Read the rest…