Blog Posts in February, 2012
Posted on Feb 29, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
At least 309,000 GM vehicles and 830,000 Toyotas are under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the possibility that driver's side door may ignite ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
More than 1 million Tassimo brewers have been recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after reports of hot liquid being sprayed out of the machine and burning users. According to ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Slalom Gliders, a popular slide installed in playgrounds, is being voluntarily recalled by its manufacturer Landscape Structures Inc. and The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine warned that, "Patients in the United States continue to be exposed to underperforming and potentially hazardous medical devices after they ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Many people around the United States have unsafe toys lying around their home, and they may not even know it. Toys "R" Us wants to do something about that, so they are issuing "The ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
The numerous rollover accidents caused by the failure of Firestone tires on Ford Explorers drew public attention to the issue of tire tread separation. However, Firestone is not the only manufacturer ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
Those familiar with Chantix know that it is prescribed for those who wish to stop smoking. In 2006, FDA studies showed that there was a link between Chantix and mood disorders. People started to ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
We are used to automotive companies emphasizing safety, but they do so by emphasizing the harm another car can do, not the harm that can result from an ill-equipped safety restraint. The focus is on ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Currently, there are an estimated 250,000 U.S. children under the age of 5 whose blood lead levels are greater than 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. What this means is, the Center for ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is launching an investigation of the secret email monitoring by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has been monitoring scientists who say that unsafe medical ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
In 2011 alone, there were 230 vital drugs that were in short supply around the United States. In 2005 there were only 61 drugs that were scarcely available, indicating an increasing risk of drug ...
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