Household Product Injury Attorney

Your home should be the safest place in the world. But defective household appliances, furniture, and everyday products cause hundreds of thousands of injuries each year. When a dangerous household product injures you or your family, our attorneys have the experience to hold manufacturers accountable.

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Dangerous Products Hiding in Your Home

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) receives reports of millions of product-related injuries each year, and a significant portion involve products used daily in American homes. From kitchen appliances to heating systems, many household products harbor hidden dangers that manufacturers knew about — or should have known about.

Our dangerous products injury attorneys handle cases involving:

Space heaters & heating equipment — Responsible for over 40,000 house fires annually, defective heaters can cause devastating burns, property loss, and death
Kitchen appliances — Pressure cookers that explode, toasters that catch fire, blenders with faulty blades, and ovens with defective gas valves
Furniture — Dressers that tip over onto children, chairs that collapse, beds with entrapment hazards
Electrical products — Faulty wiring causing electrocution, short circuits leading to house fires, defective power strips and extension cords
Cleaning equipment — Vacuum cleaners that overheat, steam cleaners that cause burns, pressure washers with control failures
Smart home devices — Malfunctioning lithium batteries in smart speakers, cameras, and IoT devices causing fires

Dangerous household product causing injuries

Injury Types

Common Household Product Injuries

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Burn & Fire Injuries

Defective space heaters, stoves, dryers, and electrical products are leading causes of residential fires. Burns from these incidents can be life-threatening and require years of treatment and skin grafts.

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Electrocution

Faulty wiring, defective switches, and improperly insulated products expose consumers to dangerous electric shocks. Even non-fatal electrocution can cause nerve damage, cardiac issues, and chronic pain.

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Defective furnaces, water heaters, and gas appliances with inadequate ventilation or faulty safety shutoffs can fill homes with deadly carbon monoxide — an odorless, colorless killer.

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Furniture Collapse & Tip-Over

Unstable dressers, shelving units, and TV stands that tip over cause crushing injuries and deaths, particularly among young children. These are entirely preventable with proper design and anchoring systems.

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Laceration & Amputation

Kitchen appliances, power tools, and lawn equipment with inadequate safety guards or faulty shutoff mechanisms cause severe cuts, lacerations, and traumatic amputations.

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Explosion Injuries

Pressure cookers, batteries, gas appliances, and aerosol products that explode due to defects can cause severe blast injuries including burns, shrapnel wounds, hearing loss, and traumatic brain injuries.

FAQ

Household Product Injury Questions

First, ensure everyone's safety and call 911. Once the immediate danger has passed, try to preserve the product that caused the fire — do not dispose of it. Photograph the scene, the product, and all damage. File a report with the fire department and the CPSC. Then contact a product injury attorney who can help preserve evidence and protect your rights.

Yes. Product liability claims can include compensation for both personal injuries and property damage. If a defective product caused a fire or explosion that destroyed your home and belongings, you can pursue compensation for medical expenses, lost property, temporary housing costs, and personal injury damages.

This is an evolving area of law. Several courts have ruled that online marketplaces can be held liable as "sellers" in the distribution chain, especially when the manufacturer is a foreign company that's difficult to sue in U.S. courts. Our attorneys stay current on these legal developments to pursue all available avenues for compensation.