Defective & Dangerous Products

• Welding Rods and Worksite Litigation

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2006 5:39 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  Recently, a welder filed a lawsuit against the makers of welding products. His lawsuit contends that welding products which contain manganese caused him to suffer neurological problems, including Parkinson's Disease. The lawsuit claims that exposure to manganese for as little as 49 days can cause neurological damage. The plaintiff has alleged that the defendants concealed safety data on the...

• Texas Lawsuits Filed by Families of TASER Victims

  Jeremi Young | February 07, 2006 5:07 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  The families of two men who died after being shot with a TASER gun have sued the City of Amarillo, Texas and the manufacturer of the TASER.Although the defendants claim the weapon is safe, the families of Corey Calvin Clark and Troy Dale Nowell who were killed, feel differentlyThe defendants claim that deaths from TASER shocks are rare and typically occur only when the person shocked has heart...

• Success as a Virginia Lawyer

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2006 11:18 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I just finished reading a business article on how to compete with large companies. Its theme was that a small firm can actually have the edge over larger firms, because you do not have to worry about managing large scale organizations at the expense of personal relationship building. This might not specifically address to law firms, but it is applicable to how we have built our law firm. New law...

• Warning Labels and Safe Products

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2006 8:25 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ

  Today I came across an article dealing with "absurd" warning labels. After reading this article, I thought about how extreme examples of the product safety debate are not necessarily the appropriate forum to determine whether corporations should be held accountable when products are unreasonably defective and cause injury. A product is considered defective if it is considered unreasonably...

• Bone Graft Not Screened For Infections

  Bob Carroll | January 05, 2006 7:07 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL

  A woman has just discovered she has syphilis a month after her hospital told her that tissue used in her bone graft may not have been screened for infectious disease. The full story is reported by Newsday. This New York story may well reach into Florida.In October, the FDA notified hospitals across the country, including North Shore LIJ, about allegations that Biomedical Tissue Services of...

• Furniture Tipover Causes 10,000 Injuries And Deaths A Year

  Bob Carroll | September 20, 2005 6:13 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that "8,000 to 10,000 victims are treated annually in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with the tipover of furniture. CPSC also receives reports of about 6 deaths each year. The majority of these injuries and deaths are to children."There are voluntary standards that apply to the children's furniture manufacturing...

• Recall of 226,000 Coleman, Coleman Evcon and Red-T Gas Furnaces Re-announced

  Greg Webb | February 13, 2012 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in cooperation with the Unitary Products Group of York International has re-announced a voluntary recall of 226,000 Coleman, Coleman Evcon and...

• Could Inhaled Caffeine Become the New Club Drug?

  David Mittleman | February 10, 2012 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Areoshot may be caffeine addicts' biggest fantasy: by simply taking a deep breath, you can get your caffeine fix for the day or for a little while, at least. The device was created by a...

• 1.7 million Single-Cup Brewers and 4 million T Discs recalled due to burns, children injured

  Paul Napoli | February 10, 2012 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  More than 100 reports of burns and incidents involving the spraying of hot liquids has prompted the recall of Tassimo Single-Cup Brewers and the coffee or tea filled T Discs used in them. The...

• What Happens When The Defense Doesn't Play By The Rules?

  Brett Emison | February 09, 2012 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  We live in a society with rules. These rules are intended to be followed. But what happens when someone intentionally breaks these rules? I remember as a child getting in trouble from time to...