Our Mission

The Academy of Product Safety Attorneys (APSA) serves to help protect the public from defective or unsafe products through education, awareness and advocacy. With a nationally recognized faculty of product safety and consumer advocates, it is the mission of the Academy to inform the public on current safety issues, create greater accountability among companies who make products and to spur change to make products safer.

FACES of Product Safety View all stories

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Product Safety Report View all articles

• Auto Safety

  

  Fatal Car Crash Involving a Self-Driving Uber...

  The first fatality involving a “self-driving” vehicle and a pedestrian occurred in Tempe, Arizona on March 18, 2018. The self-driving Uber vehicle was traveling northbound on Mill Avenue near the intersection with East Curry Road/Washington Street in Tempe, Arizona. The … Read More

• Consumer Safety

  

  Allegations of Kidney Failure and Diabetic Ke...

  A number of lawsuits have been filed against Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceuticals, nationwide and in Pennsylvania involving allegations the Diabetes drug Invokana causes kidney failure and a condition called diabetic ketoacidosis. The suits claim the diabetes drug Invokana … Read More

• Legislative & Legal

  

  Government’s New Highly Automated Vehic...

  The recent guidelines published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA abdicate its mandate which would have resulted in thoughtful, thorough, national regulations that ensure, transparency, safety, and accountability, instead they are simply deffering to the industry to regulate … Read More