Product liability and the risk posed by mobiles

Once the preserve of yuppies and tycoons, the mobile telephone is now an integral part of life for practically all age and social groups in the UK. From being privy to an embarrassing conversation on the bus, to hearing one ring in a school classroom or theatre, it must be said that they are not always welcome. However, no-one would wish a fellow mobile user to fall foul of a defect or malfunction in their phone that leads to them needing to make a product liability claim.

YouClaim investigates this little-discussed product liability compensation issue.

Mobile telephones how their safety affects billions
Mobile telephones are used by billions of people across the world. So when there is a defect or fault with a particular phone, it has the potential to affect millions of consumers worldwide.

Most safety fears relate to the overheating or short-circuiting of phone batteries. Defects of this nature can cause personal injury in myriad ways. An overly hot battery may ignite or cause some other nearby flammable substance to ignite, resulting in fire.

Overly hot batteries may also cause burns to the body, particularly if they are left in pockets or held close to the face. The areas of the body mostly at risk are the face, neck, legs, hips and genitals.

Explosion is a danger too. The dangers of this have been made very clear in China, where one phone fitted with a counterfeit battery exploded in the face of user, causing severe facial disfigurement.

Such counterfeiting is a real danger, with the counterfeit phone and phone battery estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

Although there are few examples of phones from reputable manufacturers causing injury, it certainly remains a risk. For example, over the last few years, manufacturers like Sanyo, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson have all had to recall phones because of concerns over defects, sometimes tens of millions of phones at a time.

No win, no fee faulty product injury lawyers of distinction
YouClaim's understanding of this area of the law is second to none. We have an esteemed panel of no win, no fee solicitors who specialise in this field of litigation. All are recognised experts in their field and all seek to uphold the Solicitors Regulation Authority's Code of Conduct.

Win or lose, our solicitors represent this kind of claim on a completely cost-free basis. Furthermore, in the event of your claim not being a success, we protect you from the costs incurred by the opposing side. While in the event of your claim being successful (as the large majority of those we represent are) we will not charge you a winning fee.

All this is rounded-off by the fact that we never take a cut, delivering all our successful product liability claim clients the 100 percent compensation they deserve.

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