Posts tagged defective products

• Toy recalls put parents on edge

  Staff Writer | August 20, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  From Thomas the Tank Engine to Sesame Street, it seems that many of those classic toys that have been a part of generations of children's lives are now seen in a different light as the toy recalls continue.Many parents are scouring the Web for lists of recalled products and then scouring their children's toy chests to weed out the bad apples. Some parents are even testing toys for lead paint,...

• Fisher Price Recalls 1M Toys for Lead Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | August 15, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Fisher -Price, a division of Mattel Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a toy recall of approximately 967,000 toys due to the surface paints containing excessive levels of lead. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children.The recalled toys were manufactured by a Chinese vendor and sold within the U.S. using non-approved paint pigments that...

• Mattel Recalls Spotlight Inattention to Defective Products

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-15T13:57:24 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Mattel's late notice of a recall to consumers of some 9 million toys in the U.S. indicates how lax oversight on goods entering into this country has become. The recall of these toys is just the latest in a series of problems experienced with Chinese-made goods in the United States: some because of lead paint contamination on toy trains, others because of DEG contamination in toothpaste, and...

• Mattel Issues 2nd Major Toy Recall - 9 Million Toys

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-14T10:40:42 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  America's largest toymaker Mattel has issued a second large toy recall in nearly two weeks, this time for nearly 9 million Chinese-made toys due to lead paint contamination or because of possible choke hazard. The toy manufacturer has singled out quintessential Mattel characters such as Barbie and Batman for recall. The CPSC announced that the Batman, Barbie & Tanner, and 'Polly Pocket'...

• 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...

• 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...