Coppedge & Evans P.C.: Practice

See Hospital Liability - bovie electrical short, tubal ligation sleeve
See Nursing Home Liability - hydraulic failure of patient lifting device
Failure of defibrilator - Life Pak 5. Also included claims against emergency transport provider
See Consumer Product Claims
See Medical Liability - INNOVAR induction agent.

Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Defective hot product transfer hose assembly. Improper selection of rubber hose, improper application of punch clamp band on short coupling sleeve, chemical burns, hot material burns, disfigurement, liquid Naphtha.
Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Paper mill, defective Camlox quick couple and valve for alkali products, Shimming, eye injury, defective premises, failure to have eye wash station. Transfer of lye.
Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Poisoning resulting from the use of Cadmium as a catalyst in a textile coating process.
Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Allergic reactions from the use of a dye-resist in a textile dyeing process after positive test results on a Pennsylvania prison inmate volunteer cohort.
Chemical Industry - Plaintiff
Chemical poisoning from wood stain diluted with hydrocarbon solvent sprayed with inadequate breathing equipment. Claim limited to distributor who diluted the product. Manufacturer assisted Plaintiff in adulterated product claim.

Industrial Machinery - Plaintiff - Metal Stamping
Punch press with defective double palm button and electric eye fail safe lock out, resulting in hand amputation.
Industrial Machinery - Plaintiff - Printing Press
Defective guarding of printing press roller, arm crushed, conveyor issues.
Industrial Machinery - Plaintiff - Saw Mill
Failure to guard moving parts, electric eye failsafe by-pass, sawmill, log conveyor, head injury.
Poultry Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, neck breaker machine, arm injury, conveyor issues.
Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Picker, defectively designed electric eye in a material hopper, defective configuration design resulting in the starting of a production line while worker was cleaning the picker, arm amputated, conveyor systems design and control.
Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, safety gate, pressure switch, hip crushed, conveyor systems design and control.
Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, carpet roll up machine, arm amputated.
Textile Machinery - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, extrusion machine, ankle crushed.
Mining Machinery - Plaintiff - Conveyor Failure to guard moving parts, conveyor and bagger, arm injury.
Parcel Freight Conveyor - Plaintiff
Failure to guard moving parts, failure to maintain conveyor belt, de-gloving injury.
Boiler Manufacturer/Maintenance - Plaintiff Asbestos exposure, mesothelioma.

Auto Manufacturer
Improper case hardening of axle, high speed fracture resulting in death.
Auto Manufacturer
Improper brake assembly on new truck resulting in loss of control while descending a curvy, mountain road, resulting in lower extremity injuries.
Auto Manufacturer
Improper design of rear seat belt resulting in "Chance Fracture" of 60 pound child, during low speed impact MVA.
Farm Tractor - Plaintiff - Claim against agribusiness owner only for improper detachment of seat assembly while towing bush hog resulting in death.
Farm Tractor - Plaintiff - Claim against agribusiness owner only for defective design of a "home made" trailer hitch and yoke length articulation resulting in gravity push, jack knife, while descending a hill with a loaded trailer, right lower extremity amputation.
Go Carts - Plaintiff
Defective design and manufacture. Inadequate spot welds and frame design which transferred impact load to occupant, no roll cage, engine/brake ratio excessive, resulting in rupture of aorta and cortical blindness.
Lawn Mower - Plaintiff
Detachment of seat assembly resulting in mangling of upper right extremity.
Safety Helmets for Motor Cycle Riders - Plaintiff
Defective mislabeled "90 PSI" helmets, fraud, warranty claims, resulting in death.
Safety Helmets for Motor Cycle Riders - Plaintiff
Police officer helmet, defective design of "shorty" helmet which left ears exposed so that a police officer could communicate while wearing his helmet, caused the helmet to dislodge upon rear impact resulting in subdural fracture and death.

L-Tryptophan - Multiple Cases - Plaintiff
Pacifier - Plaintiff
Negligent design and manufacture, failure to warn, pacifier would come apart resulting in infant swallowing.
Firearms - Defendant, Shot Gun, Failure of Safety Mechanism
Firearms - Plaintiff, Pistol, Failure of Safety Mechanism
Fish Patties - Defendant
Bones, surgical removal of fish bone from throat.

Due to the geographical location of our practice, we have handled numerous textile product claims for and against suppliers of raw materials, manufacturers, finishers, distributors and consumers. Specifically including;

Carpet fading
Carpet flammability
Carpet deterioration - wear claims
Carpet delamination
Carpet tuft bind failure
Carpet color failure - ozone failure, UV claims, and tint fugitive claims
Carpet defective dyes
Carpet dye resists
Surfactants, tints and other chemicals
Carpet and yarn weights
Yarn construction
Fiber misbranding, substitution
Carpet defective jute and synthetic backing
Carpet finishing claims
Carpet installation claims
Athletic field installation claims - artificial turf
Product composition, selection and installation claims
"Over selling" and "under specifying" carpet products
Implied warranty claims
Express warranty claims
Artificial turt/athletic field claims

Defective cable TV distribution system components - Plaintiff
Defective film packaging products - Plaintiff
Defective chemical, rubber, polyurethane transfer hoses - Plaintiff
Defective machinery, including textile machinery, conveyor systems, packaging and bagging lines, sawmills, poultry processing lines, printing press, metal stamping - Plaintiff and Defendant