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We are continually disturbed when we hear reports of persons injured by unsafe glass–decades after the need for “safety glazing” material (safety glass) was recognized. Our serious personal injury lawyers have delved deeply into the history of glass injuries in representing clients who have suffered what can be life-threatening injuries from unsafe glass, in premises liability <\/a>cases tried successfully. We hope to share what we have learned about these dangerous products so that future injuries from dangerous glass can be prevented.
\nFor more than thirty (30) years, the dangers of using glass that leaves sharp, jagged edges when it breaks has been known.
\nIn a 1972 opinion, one court discussed the dangers of glass injuries from glass that was not “safety glass”: \u201c\u2018Purposeful footsteps, impact, the harsh, shattering crash of jagged spears of glass falling and disintegrating on the floor, and disabling and disfiguring injuries or death — this sequence of events is acted out, according to safety experts, in 40,000 American homes annually.\u2019\u201d Moody v. Southland Inv. Corp<\/em>., 126 Ga. App. 225, 230, 190 S.E.2d 578, 581 (1972) (quoting Wolfstone, \u201cGlass Door Accidents,\u201d 14 Am. Jur. Trials 101, 105).
\nThe 1972 Moody<\/em> case concerned a patio door made of non-tempered glass that shattered and injured the plaintiff. The Court discussed testimony from experts that \u201cserious injuries are caused by nontempered glass,\u201d and that \u201c[t]empered glass is harder, and it won\u2019t break as easily, and then when it breaks, it doesn\u2019t come in sharp, jagged pieces, where you are liable to get cut.\u201d Id. at 229, 190 S.E.2d at 581. The Court also observed that \u201ctempered glass was available for use on the door [in question] in 1967, when it was first installed.\u201d Id. at 228, 190 S.E.2d at 580.
\nFor many decades, manufacturers, builders, and architects have known that \u201cplate glass\u201d which breaks in a sharp jagged way. Much of this information has been summarized in a Report in one of our cases prepared by Phillip L. Graitcer, DMD, MPH, who has been an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Injury Control, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, and is the former Director of the International Unit of the \u201cNational Center for Injury Prevention and Control\u201d at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

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