A mother noticed a toy top in the window of a toy store next to her local grocery store.
It seemed like a good surprise to bring to her little boy; the mother purchased the top and carried it home in the bottom of a bag of groceries. The top exploded the first time it was wound, causing severe facial injury to the little boy.
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Mr. Swartz, our Managing and Principal Attorney at Swartz & Swartz P.C., is a nationally recognized and respected trial attorney as well as consumer advocate. His practice focuses on cases involving negligence, torts, products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other claims involving catastrophic injuries.
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