Defective & Dangerous Products

• Tasered Inmate Remains in Coma

  Joe Saunders | March 07, 2006 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Tennessee man remains in a coma after being tasered while in custody for public intoxication. The FBI has begun an investigation into why the man lapsed into a coma after being tasered by a jail deputy. According to police, an M26 Taser was fired at the man after he became combative.

• Taser and Military Don't Mix

  Joe Saunders | March 06, 2006 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Randall Udelman, fellow Injury Board blogger in Phoenix, has a nice post on the military's stance on tasers. The military recognizes the stun gun weapon is just too dangerous for any training exercise.

• Other Opinions about Taser

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2006 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  As a follow-up to my recent posting, I thought it would be helpful to suggest looking at Joseph Saunders recent discussion about Taser's products. Click here to review his posting about the Taser product line. In his blog posting, Joseph comments on a new twelve-gauge shotgun style product which apparently is under development.The discussion about alleged defects in Taser products and other...

• How Would You Like to Start Your Day with a Cup of Coffee and 50,000 Volts?

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2006 9:50 AM | 2 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  If you are a member of the United States Military, you can have your cup of coffee but do not expect to be stunned by a 50,000 volt Taser non-lethal weapon as a part of any training exercise. A new study released recently by the Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers recently concluded that Taser stun guns are more powerful and potent weapons than originally envisioned. The...

• Taser 12 Gauge

  Joe Saunders | March 06, 2006 7:04 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Outrageous but true: in the midst of mounting public concern over its dangerous stun gun, Taser International has developed and plans to market a 12 gauge shotgun so that its users can fire from a greater distance! That's just brilliant! In the face of a public outcry over safety concerns and more than 100 deaths in the wake of Taser use, the company wants consumers to be able to fire the...

• EPA Requests Reduced Use of Teflon Chemical

  Joe Saunders | March 05, 2006 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The chemical manufacturers use to make Teflon, perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, have been asked by the EPA to reduce and eventually eliminate its use due to its carcinogenic properties. Teflon is used in a wide range of consumer goods, including nonstick cookware, waterproof clothing, and food packaging. Currently, the EPA hasn't established safe levels of PFOA exposure. After reviewing an EPA...

• Orlando Jury Rules Against Cop in Taser Case

  Joe Saunders | March 04, 2006 7:03 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In what is thought to be the first Taser lawsuit against a cop, a fedral civil jury found in favor of the plaintiff and awarded him $100,000 in punitive damages. The case stemmed from a June 2003 traffic incident during which Dontray Chaney was pulled out of his car and forcibly thrown to the ground for having an obscured license plate. Originally, he was charged with resisting arrest without...

• Lead Poisoning Treatment Linked to Deaths in Children

  Joe Saunders | March 03, 2006 7:03 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The CDC has linked a drug used to treat lead poisoning with cardiac arrest in children. Hospira, Inc, the maker of the drug Endrate, had no comment after the CDC released its results. Mary Jean Brown, chief of the CDC's Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, said hospital pharmacies should consider whether stocking Endrate is necessary, given its risks and the availability of other...

• Tasered 6 year old boy's Family Sues Police

  Joe Saunders | March 03, 2006 6:52 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In an article published in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel parents of a 6 year old boy will sue the police department that fired a taser at the young boy after a confrontation in the school office. First of all, how can you call this a confrontation? How is it possible the police or anyone else for that matter, have to resort to a Taser gun to control a six year old? He's six years old and a...

• Florida Legislature to Debate Taser Use

  Joe Saunders | March 02, 2006 5:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There's a well-balanced, thoughtful editorial in the Palm Beach Post this morning that is worth a read on tasers. The upcoming legislative debate over taser use comes in light of the tragic and unnecessary death of a Ft. Pierce man. Samuel Hair of Fort Pierce was suffering from mental illness not criminal behavior at the time of his death. He was also wearing a pacemaker. Hair had called...