Posts tagged defective product

• Gilchrist & Soames Recalls Toothpaste Made in China

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-14T09:51:42 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Gilchrist & Soames issued a statement on Monday that it would undertake an international recall of its toiletry-sized toothpastes that independent tests confirmed have high concentrations of DEG, or diethylene glycol, a noxious substance used in antifreeze.Gilchrist & Soames, an Indianapolis-based company, supplies miniature toothpastes to luxury hotels all over the world. The current recall...

• Jury Finds For Parents of Child Ejected from Car while in Car Seat

  Gregory Zarzaur | 2007-08-06T21:13:45 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Montana Court has awarded the parents of a child killed in a car wreck money damages. The defective car seat at issue was manufactured and sold by Evenflo. According to the Chicago Tribune article, the Plaintiffs case included evidence that Evenflo knew the car seat had a problem in its design that could lead to the belt hooks breaking; however, they still chose to put in on the market. The...

• Veggie Booty Snack Recalled

  Jenny Albano | 2007-06-29T10:26:23 | 1 Comment Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A popular snack food called Veggie Booty is being recalled due to concerns about a rare form of salmonella contamination. The FDA warned consumers not to eat the snack, manufactured by Robert's American Gourmet. All other Booty snacks, such as Pirate's Booty, Cocoa Booty, and Fruity Booty, are not included in the recall.This warning is based on 52 illness reports in 17 different states, dating...

• Recall on Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Toys Due to Lead

  Staff Writer | 2007-06-15T10:55:31 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The RC2 Corporation is recalling over 1.5 million wooden train toys and accessories from the "Thomas and Friends" series because the paint the product is decorated with contains lead. Many young children have the habit of putting their toys in their mouths. Lead happens to be toxic if ingested by young children.The front of the packaging will have a logo on the upper left hand corner that says...

• Contaminated pet food and farm feed

  Staff Writer | 2007-04-30T16:12:20 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A new development in the pet food contamination and recall fiasco has surfaced, according to many news reports around the country. Though more than 100 brands of dog and cat food were recalled because of the presence of melamine, a dangerous industrial chemical believed to have caused the deaths of a number of pets, now hogs and other farm animals may have eaten feed contaminated with melamine....

• Contaminated pet food scare continues

  Staff Writer | 2007-04-30T15:55:08 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last week newspapers across the country reported on another pet food scare over the possible presence of melamine, a dangerous chemical that may be linked to the recent pet deaths and pet food recalls, in farm feed. These defective products have raised serious concerns among many consumers.Articles from various papers, including the Baltimore Sun, claimed that testing found melamine in hogs and...

• Montgomery Jury Awards Punitive Damages for Dangerous Defective Tire

  Gregory Zarzaur | 2007-04-27T16:34:34 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On April 19, 2007, a Montgomery jury awarded $2 million dollars in punitive damages and $2 million dollars in compensatory damages to a woman who was paralyzed when her SUV rolled over after the tread on one of her tires separated. The tire had been recalled in August 2002 and even though the plaintiff had her car serviced at Wal-Mart nine times after the recall, it failed to notify her of the...

• New Jersey Jury Orders Ford to Pay Millions

  Gregory Zarzaur | 2007-04-19T18:45:03 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, a New Jersey jury ordered Ford Motor Company to pay over $8 million to a woman who was injured in a crash after the defective gas pedal on her 1997 Ford Explorer stuck. At trial, evidence was offerred to prove to the jury that Ford had received tens of thousands of complaints about the defective gas pedals on its 1997 and 1998 Ford Explorers and Mercury Moutaineers....

• Menu Foods Facing $60M Lawsuit over Pet Food Recall

  Christina Cole | 2007-03-21T00:12:50 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Pet owners in Canada have filed a second class action lawsuit, against Toronto-area pet food company, Menu Foods, alleging their products made their dogs and cats sick and in some cases killed them. A $60M class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Toronto against Menu Foods. Last week the company issued a pet food recall of 91 different dog and cat foods sold across the United States and...

• Contaminated pet foods cause more than 14 pet deaths

  Staff Writer | 2007-03-20T22:02:03 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A report from USA Today says that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed at least 14 animal fatalities resulting from contaminated pet foods. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine is still investigating the cause for the contamination of pet foods manufactured by Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada. A pet food recall of at least 91 brands is concerning pet owners across the country....