{"id":970,"date":"2015-05-15T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=970"},"modified":"2015-05-19T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:34:24","slug":"hoover-company-ordered-to-pay-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-after-failing-to-report-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/hoover-company-ordered-to-pay-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-after-failing-to-report-defects\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoover Company Ordered to Pay Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars After Failing To Report Defects."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Corporations\u00a0too often<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0seem to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">have <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">but <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">one overriding objective: make a large profit. This objective sometimes <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">can<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> result in cutting corners and pushing products out too early. When this happens, a product may be defective or harmful to consumers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Because of this potential for malfeasance, there are strict guidelines and mandates <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">that <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">companies must\u00a0satisfy <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">with respect to designing and manufacturing products<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. If they fail to do so, they can be sued. <strong>When a legitimate <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vzResghV3g0\">product liability claim<\/a><\/em> exists, all companies and entities involved in the chain of distribution of the product are potentially liable for all personal injury damages or wrongful death damages that have been suffered.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgyIoDq0TDc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One company that experienced <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">such a situation is <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the vacuum mogul Hoove<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">r<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Company Inc.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> When <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received notices of several vacuum cleaner incidents, they requested that Hoover give them\u00a0its data on customer complaints. Hoover handed over documents that revealed 260 customer incidents, over half of which involved reports of their vacuum cleaners <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">catching<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> on fire. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Hoover eventually ordered a recall of 636,000 Hoover Self-Propelled Upright Vacuum Cleaners because of allegedly defective on-off switches. <strong>Federal law, however, requires that a company report a defective product to the CPSC immediately. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Lawyersandsettlements.com reports that b<strong>ecause of <\/strong><strong>its<\/strong><strong> delay <\/strong>Hoover was ordered to pay $750,000 in civil penalties<\/strong>. This is in addition to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the money damages that may be awareded in <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">any possible lawsuits against Hoover from customers who were harmed by the allegedly defective product.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you or a family member have been injured because of a defective consumer product, contact one of our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-defective-product-injury-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston product liability injury attorney<\/a><\/em> specialists today. You may be entitled to money damages for your <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">personal injuries<\/a><\/em>. Call 617-787-3700 to learn <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">all <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">about your legal rights and options.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporations\u00a0too often\u00a0seem to have but one overriding objective: make a large profit. This objective sometimes can result in cutting corners and pushing products out too early. When this happens, a product may be defective or harmful to consumers. 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