Posts tagged Defective Products

• Early Model Year Dodge Durango May Have Front Suspension Problems

  Craig Kelley | August 09, 2006 1:59 AM | 11 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating 1998-2003 Dodge Durangos after receiving several reports of upper ball joint failures on the vehicles' front suspension area. According to the NHTSA, the upper ball joint failures have caused the wheels to fall off two different Dodge Durangos and the front suspension to collapse on two other Durangos. While the NHTSA...

• Dangerous Dental Drug Septocaine

  Jeremi Young | January 17, 2006 10:09 AM | 8 CommentsDallas, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Septocaine, an anesthesia used in routine dental procedures, may be a dangerous drug permanent paresthesia (numbness) and dysethesia (persistent pain) in patients. These symptoms are mild in most patients and may fade with time. But in other patients the side effects are permanent and debilitatingThese problems typically occur when Septocaine is used for mandibular blocks, which involve...

• Voluntary Recall Of Zelnorm Issued After Prompt By FDA

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 11:02 PM | 4 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The sale of Zelnorm, (tegaserod maleate) approved in 2002 for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, has recently been suspended by its manufacturer, Novartis, after the drug has been linked to a significant number of cardiovascular risks. This decision was made after the United State Food and Drug Administration found the drug can lead to increased occurrences of heart attack,...

• Don't Die in a Chrysler

  Jon Lewis | July 31, 2009 6:27 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Today, it was reported on CNN.com that Honda is issuing a recall on 440,000 vehicles. According to the article, there is a potential defect in driver-side airbags in 2001-02 Honda Accords, 2001...

• Polaris To Expand Recall of ATVs

  Jeff Rasansky | June 05, 2008 2:19 PM | 3 CommentsDallas, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Polaris Industries will be expanding its recall of all-terrain vehicles. Apparently, some of these vehicles have defective control modules that can overheat and cause fire and burn hazards to...

• Lawsuit Filed By Family of Boy Killed by Unsecured Soccer Goal

  Greg Webb | March 24, 2008 4:07 PM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Charlottesville, Va. (March 17, 2008) A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia on behalf of the Estate of Hayden Ellias, the 10 year-old boy who died when an unsecured soccer goal fell over and killed him. The estate is represented by attorneys Shawn S. Kasserman with the Chicago, IL law firm of Corboy & Demetrio and J. Gregory Webb and Paul R. Thomson,...

• Is Food From China Safe? Cardboard Found in Street Vendor's Stuffed Dumplings

  Dan Deuterman | July 17, 2007 8:41 AM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  InjuryBoard bloggers from Parker & McConkie in Salt Lake City have an interesting post about a disturbing discovery in China.A street vendor was caught selling baozi, a popular dumpling-like snack, that was stuffed with cardboard and soaked in an industrial chemical.Stories such as this one illustrate why the U.S. government needs to take a firmer stand on food imported from China. First the pet...

• The Numbers Explain Why GM And Chrysler Must Accept Responsibility

  Mike Bryant | July 08, 2009 12:24 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Presently, Chrysler and GM are working through the bankruptcy process. They are attempting to walk on their liability for past and future injuries they've caused as part of the deal. This can not...

• Does The Car Companies' Bankruptcy Mean Free Money And Free Liability?

  Mike Bryant | June 24, 2009 4:24 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Chrysler bankruptcy and sale to Fiat is making it's way through the courts. Part of the deal is language that may clear them of all past liability from claims. Apparently, GM is watching what...

• Raising the Tax On Cigarettes - It's About Time

  Eddie Farah | November 19, 2008 11:54 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It makes sense. Cigarettes cost the state of Florida about $6 billion a year in exorbitant health care costs associated with smoking - heart disease, cancers and hospitalizations, according to the...