Oklahoma Defective Products Injury Law Library - Self & Associates - Oklahoma's Defective Products & Personal Injury Lawyers

State agencies and local municipalities have a responsibility to maintain safe roads for motorists, keeping them free of debris and other hazards that might lead to serious car accidents.

Despite this responsibility, dangerous roadways are a common cause of car accidents in Oklahoma. Accidents caused by hazardous roads may only involve a single vehicle, or they might cause multi-car impacts, all of which can result in serious personal injury. Your tax dollars pay for road maintenance and safe road designs. When you are injured due to a dangerous road, you deserve to be fully compensated for all your losses.

Dangerous road conditions might include:

• Defective design and layout
• Defective construction
• Lack of maintenance, including potholes and faulty traffic lights
• Failure to adapt to usage and population fluctuations

Accident claims that involve defective road conditions can be complex. With over 30 years of experience helping clients pursue all types of car accident claims, attorney James Self can help you investigate the cause of your car accident and secure the full amount of compensation you deserve.

If you have been injured in a car accident in the state of Oklahoma, please contact Self & Associates today for a free initial consultation.

The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) reports that 63% of all people who are killed in car accidents are not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident. In contrast, close to 10,000 lives are saved every year thanks to seatbelts – even though they are only worn by 81% of all drivers.

Unfortunately, even when you are responsibly wearing your seatbelt on a regular basis, the seatbelt itself may be defective. Design flaws, manufacturing errors, and improper labeling can all contribute to a situation where your seatbelt fails you in an accident.

A car accident with a defective seatbelt can lead to serious personal injuries, including:

• Neck injuries
• Brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Abdominal injuries

If you have suffered a serious injury because of a defective seatbelt in a car accident, you may be entitled to compensation from the negligent auto manufacturer. Please contact Self & Associates today to schedule a free case review. We can help you fight for the compensation you deserve.

Tire blowouts are responsible for an estimated 10,000 car accidents each year in the United States. Unfortunately, many of these accidents are severe, and some of them are caused by defective tires and could have been prevented. In recent years there have been a handful of high-profile tire recalls, which reiterate the dangers of a tire defect. In fact, since the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was passed in 1966, more than 24 million tires have been recalled due to safety issues.

Oklahoma City drivers rely on their tires to safely grip the road and help them maintain control of their vehicle. This is especially important if you are driving on slick, icy or otherwise dangerous roads. A defective tire can cause you to lose control of your vehicle, which may result in catastrophic and life-changing injuries.

Common reasons for a tire failure include:

• Tire tread separation
• Defective tire valve stems
• Bolt problems
• Tire bead failure
• Zipper failure
• Joint problems
• Multi-piece wheel explosions
• Belt adhesion

Just because your tires were manufactured by a well-known company such as Cooper, Goodyear, or Firestone, it does not mean they are safe. All of these companies have recently issued recalls for defective tires.

If you have suffered an injury in a car accident, please contact Self & Associates in Oklahoma City today to arrange a no-cost consultation.

We expect the products we purchase to not only work correctly, but to not cause injury. Unfortunately, this is not the case. As we have seen with the recalls of vehicles and the numerous incidents of food-borne illness this year, nearly any product on the market can cause injury or even death. Defective products cause thousands of needless injuries every year across the country, and Oklahoma is no exception.

Reasons Products May Be Defective

There are three different reasons that lead to a product being defective. These reasons are that the product was defectively manufactured, there was a design defect with the product, or the manufacturer failed to properly warn consumers of any dangers.

A defectively manufactured product means the product was made incorrectly and does not perform its intended function. The product could also have components that do not function correctly or the product was made with faulty materials.

A design defect in a product means that the product was not designed correctly or there was an error in the way it was designed. A design defect can cause the product to fail or be dangerous if used.

The product could be dangerous if warning labels are missing or if the assembly and safety instructions are inadequate. The failure to warn consumers could cause you to unknowingly use the product in a way that can make it dangerous.

If a defective product causes an injury, the following parties could be responsible:

• The manufacturer
• The distributor
• The wholesalers
• The retailers

Midwest City defective products attorney James Self will help you with your defective products case and determine who should be held responsible for your injuries. He will aid you in filing a defective products lawsuit and fight to protect your rights. You are entitled to compensation for your injuries and Attorney Self will work toward ensuring all your needs are adequately met.

If you or a loved one was injured due to a defective product, please contacting the defective product attorneys at Self & Associates Personal Injury Law. We represent injured victims in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Edmond and Midwest City, and statewide Oklahoma.

Car accidents can be caused by several different factors. While many accidents are simply the result of driver error and recklessness, others might be caused by poorly-maintained roadways, and still others are caused by defective vehicles.

Defective vehicles contribute to many avoidable accidents on Oklahoma roadways every year. When a vehicle is defective, no amount of defensive driving can prevent an accident. The driver of a defective vehicle may initially seem responsible for an accident, even though they were taking every possible precaution. With experienced car accident attorney James Self on your side, a thorough investigation will be made into the cause of your accident to help ensure you are not held liable for an accident caused by a defective vehicle.

The news has been full of stories about auto recalls in the past several years. On many occasions, a vehicle is recalled before any serious injuries have occurred. Unfortunately, all too often a defect is missed by the manufacturer, or caught too late to prevent injuries.

Vehicle manufacturers have a responsibility to adhere to a high safety standard when designing and producing their vehicles. When they fail to do so and someone is injured as a result, the company can be held accountable for negligence. Personal injury attorney James Self has over 30 years of experience litigating cases against negligent car manufacturers. He will fight to help you secure every penny you deserve.

If you have been injured in a car accident caused by a defective vehicle in the state of Oklahoma, please contact experienced car accident attorney James Self at Self & Associates today to schedule a free initial consultation.

The prescription drugs that are meant to help us can often times cause serious injury. The manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have an obligation to make sure the drugs are safe and properly labeled.

Drug manufacturers sometimes get the drugs they develop on the market before long-term side effects are known so they can start making money off them as soon as possible. When inadequate testing is done with any drug, the results can lead to serious injury or death. It is at this point that the drug is considered a dangerous drug.

Adverse effects reported by patients who are taking dangerous drugs may be kept secret with the excuse that an investigation needs to be done to make sure the injuries suffered were caused by the drug in question. This leaves many patients taking a dangerous drug without even knowing.

Side Effects of Known Dangerous Drugs

Known dangerous drugs have been known to cause:

• Heart attacks
• Strokes
• Kidney damage
• Damage to essential organs
• Liver failure
• Cancer
• Birth defects
• Blood clots
• Suicide
• Death
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary embolism

The manufacturer of the dangerous drug is the party responsible for any injuries you suffer from taking the dangerous drug. With the help of Edmond, Oklahoma dangerous drug attorney James Self, you can file a dangerous drug lawsuit against the manufacturer to seek compensation for your injuries. Your injuries may create expensive medical bills and cause you to lose wages at work. You can seek compensation for the medical bills, lost wages, and more.

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury due to a dangerous drug in Edmond, Oklahoma, please contact the dangerous drug attorneys at Self & Associates Personal Injury Law to schedule a free evaluation of your case. We represent clients in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Edmond, Midwest City and Norman, and statewide Oklahoma.

Have you heard the recent news that the lithium ion batteries found in most e-cigarettes and other vaping related products have been exploding in some users pockets, causing serious burns?

There are videos now emerging on the web showing these e-cig batteries suddenly bursting into flames, for no apparent reason.

Any Oklahoman should be able to expect that they will NOT be injured by any product, defective or otherwise, that is sold as "safe" for consumers.

If you, or any family member has been burned, or injured in any way from an over-heated vaping battery, or an exploding e-cigarette battery, you need the Best Oklahoma Defective Products Injury Lawyer on your side.

Please call or email our Oklahoma Personal Injury Law Offices, at 1-800-747-7353 anytime for a free consultation. We have represented defective products and other personal injury clients here in Oklahoma for over 35 years.