PIA AND BARI SOFA INJURED CAN BRING PERSONAL INJURY COMPENSATION CLAIMS

June 11th, 2008 Hinchliffes

A Judge has given people who were injured by defective Pia and Bari sofas the go ahead for a group action, the effect of which is to progress the injury compensation claims together, but this does not stop people making new claims where they have been injured but have not yet done anything about it.

Mr Justice Treacy granted the Order against the companies which supplied the defective sofas, namely Argos; Land of Leather and Walmsley Furnishing.

More than 1000 people have made a personal injury claim after the Pia and Bari sofas manufactured in China appeared to cause a range of symptoms including allergies, rashes and burns. The Pia and Bari ranges were withdrawn by Argos in October 2007 offering a refund or replacement.

COMMENT:-

Many of the sofa related injuries could have been avoided if action had been taken sooner as the first reports of these sofa related injuries were made in 2007 and yet some retailers were still selling the products in the spring of 2008.

Manufacturers and suppliers of products sold to consumers have a legal duty to ensure the public are not harmed by their normal use. It appears the particular sofas had a toxic chemical content on the material covering and which has caused the injuries.

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