Defective & Dangerous Products

• FDA Study Identifies Toxins in Electronic Cigarettes

  Greg Webb | August 02, 2009 5:42 PM | 19 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  According to a preliminary analysis by the FDA, electronic cigarettes contain traces of carcinogens and toxins. These findings contradict electronic cigarette manufacturers’ statements that...

• Chrysler-Fiat to Be Immune from Liability for Certain Defective Automobiles

  Greg Webb | June 14, 2009 10:14 PM | 8 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  When bankruptcy Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez approved the sale of most of Chrysler’s assets to a new company run by Fiat, he also granted the request that the new company not face liability for...

• Aluminum Bat Manufacturer Found Liable For Player’s Death

  Greg Webb | November 16, 2009 2:58 PM | 7 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  After twelve hours of deliberation, a jury in Lewis and Clark County, Montana recently sided with the parents of former Miles City American Legion baseball pitcher Brandon Patch, who died after...

• Frivolous Lawsuits: My Dad Is Not The Bad Guy

  Danielle Landau | June 22, 2009 1:06 PM | 7 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  As the daughter of a personal injury attorney, clips and quotes, which point a finger of blame at personal injury attorneys, offend me. On facesoflawsuitabuse.org, Jerry Lightfoot, who became...

• Congress Debates Medical Device Safety Act to Counter Riegel v. Medtronic

  Greg Webb | May 25, 2009 9:25 PM | 5 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health began hearing testimony on the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009, which proposes the Supreme Court decision in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc be...

• General Motors’ Agrees To Compensate For Faulty Saturn Transmissions

  Greg Webb | September 18, 2008 9:00 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  General Motors Corp. has agreed to pay about $90 million or more to tens of thousands of motorists in all fifty states for expenses they acquired due to faulty transmissions in more than...

• Runaway Toyota Vehicles Take Lives

  Paul Thomson | October 23, 2009 2:35 PM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Recent reports of fatal crashes involving Toyota and Toyota-made Lexus vehicles are frightening! The crashes involve the cars accelerating uncontrollably, reaching speeds of 120 MPH, and leaving...

• Political Pundit George Will: Is He Sane?

  Dan Frith | April 09, 2009 9:55 AM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This week I attended a lecture at a local college given by political pundit George Will entitled Lessons I learned from the 20th Century. As most readers know, George Will is conservative newspaper...

• Massachusetts High Court Rules Non Profit Soccer Programs Immune from Liability

  Greg Webb | March 23, 2009 8:00 AM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Massachusetts’ highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court, has ruled that a young boy, whose leg was broken when a soccer goal post flipped over, cannot sue nonprofit youth soccer associations...

• Study Shows Connection Between Agent Orange And Prostate Cancer In Vietnam Vets

  Greg Webb | August 18, 2008 9:00 AM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A new study has found Vietnam veterans exposed to defoliant Agent Orange have a considerably greater risk of developing prostate cancer, especially the most aggressive form of the disease. These...