Defective & Dangerous Products

• Falling Television Kills Child

  Eddie Farah | May 08, 2009 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was an incredibly sad story this week when little four-year-old Dymounique Wilson died after a television fell on her in her Jacksonville home. Wednesday night her mother, Samara Brinkley,...

• Teenager drowns after his kayak over-turns in the ocean’s surf

  Jim Lewis | May 07, 2009 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  On April 12, 2009 Trever Mills was kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico at Panama City Beach, Florida. The 14 year-old victim was caught in rough surf where his kayak flipped over and he drowned. Rescuers...

• Portion of Arkansas tort reform law ruled unconstitutional

  Wayne Parsons | May 07, 2009 8:47 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  On May 7, 2009 the Southeast Texas Record reporter Michelle Massey, Texarkana Bureau, writes that a portion of the tort reform law passed in 2003 by the Arkansas legislature has now been held...

• Iovate Pulls Hydroxycut Off Shelves After Death of Young Man

  Lauren Decker | May 07, 2009 2:35 PM | 2 CommentsColumbia, SC

  If you’re like me, you may remember the first time you saw a Hydroxycut commercial on television – a blonde vision of beauty rising out of a pool, claiming that she was able to lose...

• Hydroxycut Recall

  Beth Janicek | May 07, 2009 12:36 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  One death has been linked to Hydroxycut and other cases have involved serious liver injuries, including jaundice and liver failure. Body builders and/or dieters have been warned – the FDA has...

• Novelty lighters look too much like a toy to children and may be banned in North Carolina

  Randy Appleton | May 07, 2009 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  We’ve all seen the novelty lighters at gas stations, convenience stores and the dollar stores. They come in all shapes and sizes. I have personally seen the lighters that look like cell...

• Tenenbaum appointed to chair Consumer Product Safety Commission by Obama.

  Wayne Parsons | May 06, 2009 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Washington Post (5/6, Layton) reports President Obama has tapped a politically skilled former schools chief from South Carolina to chair the Consumer Product Safety Commission and said he will...

• Obama Names New CPSC Leadership

  Scott Kappes | May 06, 2009 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  This week President Obama announced his plans to expand the size of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission leadership from the current three commissioner safety panel to a five member panel....

• Action Toys Recalls Children’s Jewelry Craft Kits

  Chrissie Cole | May 06, 2009 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Action Toys Inc., in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, announced a voluntary recall of Abalone and Venetian Carnevale Necklace Craft...

• Toys "R" Us Recalls 96,000 Cribs

  Karl Truman | May 05, 2009 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported yesterday that Jardine Enterprises announced its second recall of its wooden cribs. The cribs are being recalled due to a potential...