Results tagged “productliability”

Three hemophiliacs from Guangdong have sued the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products for 6 million RMB, accusing the company of giving them HIV-infected factor VIII blood product. According to Ministry of Health regulations, SIBP stopped producing factor VIII in 1995, but did not stop selling the prduct for another year. The three patients had used factor VIII from 1990 to 1996 and were diagnosed with HIV, hepatitis C and a liver disease. Though SIBP compensated them with 100,000RMB each, they argued that this was not enough for the expensive treatments required. They are demanding the same compensation package as Shanghai patients. Source: Shanghai Daily

A Chinese businessman is trying to sue hurdling champion Liu Xiang after injuring himself while driving a luxury car the Olympian had endorsed. The Jiangxi resident had collided with a truck and banged his nose on the windscreen when the car's airbags failed to activate. His doctor's bill amounted to almost 1000 RMB. Since he had bought the car because of an advert featuring Liu, the hurdler was obviously responsible. In that vein, we're thinking of suing this guy's mother for offending our sensibilities by producing such a dickwad... it makes about as much sense. Source: Reuters