Posts tagged Defective Products

• Construction Worker Injured by Nail Gun Awarded $3.4 Million

  Jenny Albano | December 11, 2007 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A construction worker who was severely injured when a nail from a nail gun became embedded in his head was awarded $3.4 million from a Hartford, Connecticut jury. Jerry Crutchfield, 51, of Hartford had sued toolmaker Stanley Works and Home Depot, which sold the nail gun, claiming they were partly liable for the injuries he sustained Feb. 3, 2003. The jury stated that Crutchfield was 55% liable...

• Shiloh Farms Recalls Shiloh Farms Organic Unhulled Sesame Seeds

  Jenny Albano | January 29, 2008 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Shiloh Farms, in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Shiloh Farms Organic Unhulled Sesame Seeds, 12-oz., because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea...

• Aqua Dots Toys Recalled Due to GHB

  Shannon Weidemann | November 11, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsNew Haven , CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A children's toy expected to be on many wish lists this Christmas has been recalled because of a harmful side effect. The recalled Aqua Dots were made with the incorrect chemical and can metabolize into the "date rape" drug GHB if swallowed. There had been reports of children falling ill after ingesting the small beads that make up the toy. Millions of units of the popular toys, which are...

• Bravo! Recalls Select Poultry Products for Dogs and Cats

  Jenny Albano | September 20, 2007 12:51 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Bravo! is recalling some tubes of poultry products for dogs and cats because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella or Listeria monocytogenes. Two of the products have the potential to be contaminated with both of the bacteriums, and one product may only be infected with Listeria monocytogenes.Both Salmonella and Listeria are organisms which can cause serious infections in...

• Product Recall of Evenflo Embrace Infant Car Seat

  James Sabatini | May 14, 2007 10:28 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Evenflo Company Inc, announced a recall Friday of the Evenflo Embraceâ„¢ Infant Car Seat/Carriers. The recall affects about 450,000 infant car seats.The manufacturer of the defective car seats is Evenflo Company Inc., of Vandalia, Ohio. The defective car seat has...

• Seat Warmer Fires Prompts Jeep Recall

  James Sabatini | June 14, 2006 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Fisher-Price Recalls Defective Toys - Chinese Lead Paint

  James Sabatini | August 01, 2007 8:10 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has...

• Peanut Butter Recall Extended to 2004

  James Sabatini | March 12, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On Friday, March 9, 2007, the F.D.A. announced the manufacturers of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter and peanut butter toppings, ConAgra Foods Inc. extended peanut butter recall for Georgia-produced goods with product code 2111 to October 2004. The new date represents an additional year from the original recall start date of December 2005. Peanut butter has a long shelf life, and the...

• Contaminated Peanut Butter(2)

  James Sabatini | March 01, 2007 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  U.S. health officials on Thursday confirmed finding salmonella in samples taken from the Georgia processing plant linked to contaminated Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, inspections of ConAgra's plant in Sylvester uncovered the same strain of salmonella found in jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter responsible for 370 cases...

• Toyota's Recall of Defective Trucks and SUVs

  James Sabatini | January 23, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 533,000 Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia sport utility vehicles because of potential steering problems. Toyota said the recall involved 2004-2006 Tundra trucks and 2004-2007 Sequoia full-size SUVs. The automaker has received reports of 11 accidents and six injuries connected to the recall, said Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong. The automaker said...