Defective & Dangerous Products

• Chrysler Bankruptcy Will Leave Product Defect Victims Empty-handed

  Jason Knowles | June 18, 2009 5:42 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  There is an interesting article in the June 10, 2009, issue of BusinessWeek which discusses the effect of Chrysler’s bankruptcy protection on those injured or killed by a faulty Chrysler...

• There Is Trouble In Your Gasoline Can

  Pete Mackey | June 07, 2009 6:43 PM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL

  That gasoline can in your garage sure looks safe. You bought it from a big box store - they would not sell it unless it is safe, right? Wrong. In fact, there is a key safety component that most...

• Confidential Settlements

  Pete Burns | June 01, 2009 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Confidential settlements create thorny issues. Lawyers who represent injured people do not like confidentiality agreements. Those agreements help culpable defendants prevent other injured parties...

• You had an accident, what to do next Part 3 of 3....

  Troy Schwant | February 28, 2009 5:37 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In my previous two blogs I gave you simple tips in case you were involved in a motor vehicle accident or in a slip and fall accident, and today we discuss what you should do if you have been injured...

• Big Tobacco Sued By One Of Its Own

  Pete Mackey | February 18, 2009 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Alan Landers, a billboard model for Winston in the 60's and 70's, has filed suit in Palm Beach County against the tobacco companies. He claims that the dangers of smoking were hidden from him and...

• Tony Hawk Boy Pajamas Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | January 23, 2009 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL

  Mad Dog Concepts, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of 25,000 Tony Hawk Boy Pajama Sets because they fail to meet federal...

• Fire Alarms

  Pete Burns | January 06, 2009 2:06 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Deaths from fires and burns are the fifth most common cause of unintentional injury and deaths in the United States (CDC 2005) and the third leading cause of fatal home injury (Runyan 2004). In...

• It is Time to Look for Dangerous Toys

  Pete Mackey | December 31, 2008 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Remember Dan Akroyd as Irving Mainway hawking safe toys such as Bag O' Glass, Doggy Dentist and Mr. Skin-Grafter on Saturday Night Live? The joke was, nobody would sell toys that were as dangerous...

• Defective Valve Stems - What You Should Know

  Gibson Vance | December 11, 2008 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Tech International, one U.S. distributor of Chinese-made valve stems, issued a massive recall of approximately 6 million “Replacement Snap-In Tire Valve Stems.” The stem has been...

• Mechanical Heart Pump Devices Subject Of Recall

  Michael Roberts | October 29, 2008 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  According to recently published news accounts, Thoratec Corp. has recalled certain batches of its mechanical heart pumps. The recall was triggered by five deaths of patients, who died while using...