Defective & Dangerous Products

• Seat Warmer Fires Prompts Jeep Recall

  James Sabatini | June 14, 2006 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  DaimlerChrysler is recalling more than 110,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees because their front seat warmers can overheat and catch fire. The company has received 32 complaints involving seat warmers including 15 injury complaints involving leg burns. Six injured people have sued DaimlerChrysler who have suffered serious burns from the seat warmers. The recall invovles 2003 to 2004 model years. Read...

• Full-Body Safety Harness Recalled for Fall Hazard

  James Sabatini | June 08, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today a voluntary recall of Safety Harnesses Sold with Hunting Tree Stands. The harnesses are prone to fail during use resulting in consumers falling from tree stands and suffering serious injuries or deaths. For more detailed information on the safety harness recall, click here

• Bausch & Lomb Recall Saga Followed Closely

  Staff Writer | May 22, 2006 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Fellow InjuryBoard.com blogger, Sarasota lawyer Joe Saunders, has been following the Bausch and Lomb Renu news with quite a watchful eye and made several posts about the link between the contact lens solution and the fungal infection fusarium keratitis.Last week, the CDC released an update on Renu with moistureloc and fusarium keratitis which announced the agency had received reports of 130...