Posts tagged consumer

• Meat Recalled in Arizona

  Chrissie Cole | August 17, 2011 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Several meats were recently recalled by SHSCO Manufacturing, of Phoenix, because they were not inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service...

• Amusement Ride Safety: Roller Coaster Death Tragedy – Is Federal Oversight A Necessary Evil?

  Jeffrey Downs | August 16, 2011 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Tragedy struck the Darien Lake Theme Park and Resort near Buffalo New York just last month when a 29 year old man fell to his death in a horrific fall from a 200-plus foot roller coaster. News...

• Congressmen Sides with Consumers, Proposes Bill to Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses

  Amber Racine | June 24, 2011 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This spring, the Supreme Court decided the case of AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion. While the name may not ring bells for many people, the decision had a wide ranging effect on nearly...

• Summer Infant Monitors Recalled Due to Risk of Strangulation

  Shayna Slater | February 14, 2011 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Summer Infant, Inc. have issued a voluntary recall of some 1.7 million corded infant monitors due to a strangulation hazard. The...

• Philadelphia: Lawyer Warns Of Children's Toy Recalls and CPSC Toy Hazard Information

  Michael Monheit | October 25, 2010 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Miriam Barish, a partner at the Philadelphia Law Firm of Anapol Schwartz, discusses the problem of recalled toys that remain on the shelves or in places where children have access to them. Watch...

• Jury to Begin Deliberations in Unfair Settlement Practices Lawsuit Against Allstate

  Staff Writer | October 09, 2007 9:50 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Kentucky jury will begin deliberations Wednesday deciding whether Allstate Insurance Company violated the Kentucky Unfair Settlement Practices Act by systematically lowering valuation of minor injury claims and bullying claimants into accepting artificially low settlements. The Plaintiffs alleged that Allstate systematically undervalued claims relying upon a consultant who, according to the...

• Are On-Line Pharmacies Trafficking Narcotic Drugs?

  Staff Writer | August 29, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Perhaps you have seen stories or received spam e-mail messages from on-line pharmacies offering instant access to prescription drugs at low cost. You want a percocet or vicodin but your family doctor did not prescribe it for you? No worries. Just log onto your spam-friendly Internet pharmacy, fill out a brief questionnaire, pay for your medication with a credit card and in no time, you will...

• Insurers Profits Rising Based on Bad Business Practices?

  Staff Writer | August 10, 2007 9:00 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A recent article in the on-line publication Bloomberg suggests that anti-consumer insurance industry practices have led to a stark increase in insurance profits in recent years. According to Bloomberg, consumers have been bearing the burden of bad-faith insurance industry practices:Insurers often pay 30-60 percent of the cost of rebuilding a damaged home -- even when carriers assure homeowners...

• Frivolous Lawsuit Against Dryclear Dismissed

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In early May, I wrote about an example of a likely frivolous lawsuit. If you recall, the drycleaning business in that case lost a pair of pants and the Plaintiff originally demanded compensation totalling $65,000,000 even after the business compensated him for the lost pants. In my earlier posting, I suggested that our system of justice has legitimate safeguards to prevent frivolous litigation...

• Insurer and Its Attorneys Sanctioned in 9/11 Litigation

  Staff Writer | June 25, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In an unfortunate series of events, recently two law firms and an insurance company client involved in coverage litigation concerning the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy have been sanctioned a total sum of $1.25 million dollars. The judge sanctioned these parties for failing to disclose various key documents concerning applicability of insurance coverage and other discovery abuses which...