Defective & Dangerous Products

• Burn Safely This Fall

  Pete Mackey | November 09, 2009 11:17 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Fire is an alluring medium. Kids love it - so do adults. Watching kindling slowly take flame is like watching magic. The Fall means leaf and trash burning in back yards all across the country....

• Mis-filled prescriptions can have deadly consequences

  Danny Feldman | September 30, 2009 6:09 PM | 2 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Every year there literally are hundreds of millions of prescriptions filled. Given the staggerring number of prescriptions that are written and filled, even a miniscule number of errors in filling...

• Dangerous Products: Airline Safety; Medical Safety; Food Safety; Auto Safety; Environmental Safety

  Greg Cusimano | June 24, 2008 5:58 PM | 3 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Can Our Government Protect Us From Dangerous Products and Activities? Can We Rely on Our Government? Should Our Citizens Have Input as Jurors? How safe are we? Do we need citizen regulation?

• 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...

• Four-Wheelers Are Not Toys

  Pete Mackey | September 09, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Like many folks in the Mobile area, I went to the beach on Labor Day. On my way home, I saw two young boys coming the other way on a four wheeler in the grass next to the road. This road is a four...

• Urgent Drug Recall -- Digitek

  Tara Helms | May 23, 2008 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL

  People are receiving phone calls and pharmacy letters notifying them that their heart drug may be unsafe. Actavis Totowa LLC, a United States manufacturing division of the international...

• New Product Liability Decision Addresses Retailer Warranty Liability

  Michael Roberts | July 22, 2009 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  A July 17 Alabama Supreme Court decision, by a vote of 5 to 4 of its 9 justices, decided that the retailer or seller of a dietary supplement does not have an automatic sealed container defense that...

• 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...

• Crib Turtle Toys Recalled by Kids II for Choking Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | January 31, 2008 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Kids II Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has announced a crib toy recall. The recalled products include the Baby Einstein, Baby Neptune and Soothing Seascape toy turtles.The anchors that hold the straps to the back of the toy can detach and pose a choking hazard to small children. The company has received 23 reports of the anchors detaching. No...

• Frozen Hamburger Patties Recalled from Sam's Clubs

  Courtney Mills | October 08, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The agribusiness giant Cargill has recalled over 840,000 lbs. of frozen beef patties from Sam's Clubs across the country after four children in Minnesota developed E. coli bacteria poisoning from eating hamburgers.Sam's has pulled all Cargill frozen burger patties from shelves sold under the name "American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties". The beef patties were processed on a variety of...