Recently Filed Cases

Stage Collapes at Pontiac Silverdome

Lawsuits have been filed involving injuries sustained by several people at a stage collapse which occurred at the Pontiac Silverdome on June 19, 2010 . The stage which collapsed was the same equipment as the stage which collapsed at the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair this past weekend. Robert Darling of the law firm of Sommers Schwartz, the attorney for the injured workers, stated: "This collapse involved the methods used to install the roofing system. Academy Award winner, A. R. Rahman, was to have performed in concert within hours of the failure."

Automobile Accident-Death

Case filed on behalf of a gentleman who was in a rehabilitation facility and progressing towards being discharged to his home. This man was being transported to a doctor's appointment in a medical transport van when the driver of the van crossed the center line and hit a vehicle and then a tree head on. The man was in a wheelchair in the van at the time of the accident. He suffered catastrophic injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The case is filedagainst the medical transportation company and driver.

Class Action Lawsuit against Ford Motor Company

Class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Ford automobile owners who experience damage to their vehicles from galvanic corrosion. Galvanic corrosion occurs when different kinds of metals come in contact with one another thereby causing oxidation. Plaintiffs claim faulty design in the composition of the materials used in certain vehicles has caused premature corrosion.

Gas Line Explosion Case

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 27 year old man who was killed in a gas explosion, leaving behind his parents and two sisters. This young man was employed by a subcontractor to United States Steel Corporation on Zug Island, Michigan. While he was working on the job site patching holes in a dead gas pipeline that was to be put back into service in two days, valves were opened, leaking gas into the supposedly dead pipeline, causing an explosion. As a result of these negligent acts, the young man was fatally injured.

Product Liability Case - Defective Water Heater/Control Valve

A lawsuit was filed in Federal Court claiming a Robertshaw control valve on a Rheem water heater was defective. The 24 year old Plaintiff was attempting to relight the pilot on the water heater when it exploded, causing him to suffer burns over 95% of his body.

Product Liability Case - Defective Tire

A lawsuit was filed in Federal Court after a right rear tire tread separation on a General Grabber AW tire on a 1998 Ford Explorer which caused the driver to lose control of her vehicle which rolled over several times as a result of the tire tread separation. A front seat passenger was killed and the driver and two back seat passengers were severely injured. The driver eventually died as a result of injuries suffered in this accident.

Personal Injury Case

A lawsuit was filed in Oakland County Circuit Court following an incident at a Ferndale Elementary School when a five year old kindergartener was killed after a 45 foot steel flagpole snapped and struck her in the head while she was playing with her fellow classmates. The cause of this accident was the 87 year old flagpole's severe corrosion on the interior and exterior of it and the school's failure to correct the condition of the flagpole.

CASES CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION

Depuy Hip Replacements

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., part of Johnson & Johnson, has initiated a recall on two hip-replacement products, the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and the ASR XL Acetabular System. Data from the National Joint Registry (NJR) states that within five years, one in eight patients needed a revision surgery, which translates to a five-year revision rate of approximately 12% for the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and approximately 13% for the ASR XL Acetabular System.

Sommers Schwartz is investigating these claims on behalf of patients who received a Depuy Hip and are in need of surgery to remove the Depuy hip and insert a new hip replacement.

Drugs-YAZ Birth Control

Many patients have experienced serious side effects and complications after being prescribed Yaz birth control. We are in the process of investigating these cases and making preparations to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of those people injured after taking Yaz.