Lawsuit Claims Werner Stepladder Collapsed, Leaving Woman With Skull Fracture and Brain Injury

Armine Tataryan filed a product liability complaint in California Superior Court on April 29, 2026, against New Werner Co. and Werner Co. alleging that an aluminum stepladder manufactured by the defendants suddenly collapsed during use, causing her to fall and sustain severe and permanent injuries including a fractured skull and traumatic brain injury.

The plaintiff contends that design defects and inadequate warnings about the ladder's true weight capacity rendered the product unreasonably dangerous and defective. The case was removed to U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on August 5, 2026.

This lawsuit is part of a pattern of recent ladder collapse cases. In April 2026, another Werner ladder lawsuit was filed involving a homeowner who fell and fractured his wrist when a Werner ladder allegedly collapsed near his roofline. Additional lawsuits have targeted Amazon and other retailers for selling defective telescoping ladders, including a New York case involving a Rikade-branded ladder that caused severe injuries when it failed during use.

This is a curated brief from the PlaintiffWire news desk. Read the original report at AboutLawsuits.