Blog Posts in April, 2012
Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Hasbro Inc., the makers of Nerf ™ is recalling about 330,000 of their Nerf N-Strike Recon Blaster guns. In accordance with a decision by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, they are ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Product Injury Lawyer
A federal appeals court heard arguments last week regarding the constitutionality of allowing graphic images to be placed on cigarette advertisements and packages. In June of 2011, the Food and Drug ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
Britax, the maker of one of the most respected and trusted brand of infants' and children's car seats, recently issued a recall of 14,220 of its new Chaperone seats. The recall was a result of ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Although Baja Motorsports have already recalled a series of their dirt bikes in March 2011, recent news of accident and injury is prompting them to re-announce that recall. According to the U.S. ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has concluded that people who smoke menthol cigarettes are at greater risk of suffering from a stroke than those who smoke regular ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, they are issuing a recall of Office Depot ® Biella leather desk chairs. According to statistics, there were about 307,000 sold in the ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Cytarabine is an injection used both by itself and in addition to other chemotherapy drugs in order to treat leukemia. The FDA issued a warning on February 16, 2012 saying that the drug can cause ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
As the Food and Drug Administration gets ready to rule on the legality of using BPA chemicals in our food containers, new information about the harmful products in the food we consume emerged this ...
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