Posts tagged defective products

• The Product Safety Police (CPSC) Seize Dangerous Toys at Port of Houston

  Claude Wyle | February 18, 2012 1:33 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Dolls, toy trucks, and even jewelry were among children's products seized at the Port of Houston that could be dangerous to children. Some toys included: Clacker balls prone to sudden...

• Floor Lamp by Big Lots Recalled Due to Melting Hazard

  Claude Wyle | January 23, 2012 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A potentially dangerous floor lamp sold exclusively at Big Lots stores between April 2010 through November 2011 has been recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on January...

• What Should You Do If Injured By a Defective Product?

  Jessica Grigsby | April 14, 2011 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  On a daily basis, we all engage in activities that involve the use of countless consumer products. Toys, recreational equipment, appliances, tools, gadgets, and all other sorts of products are...

• Baby Tylenol not safe for babies?

  Claude Wyle | May 10, 2010 5:47 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to a report issued last Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration, the Johnson & Johnson unit that voluntarily recalled certain lots of defective children’s liquid Tylenol...

• Dangerous toys: Cadmium makes jewelry dangerous product for children

  Claude Wyle | April 29, 2010 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Some days I relish my role as a San Francisco personal injury lawyer. Maybe that didn’t come out right. It’s not that I like seeing people injured by products. What I am trying to say...

• Prius Recall--Defective Brakes the Issue Now

  Claude Wyle | February 17, 2010 5:00 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Is it just me, or does it seem like almost every week there is a new Toyota recall? This time it is for the Prius model. This Wednesday Toyota announced another global recall -- this time involving...

• Cribs are not the only dangerous product- Cords on window blinds can choke or strangle a child

  Claude Wyle | December 01, 2009 7:38 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I wrote last week about the recall of Stork Craft cribs. That recall was prompted by the four infant deaths from suffocation caused by a badly designed product—the drop side crib. While I...

• Hertz Announces Product Recall

  Rick Patterson | March 31, 2008 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Just when consumers are trying to recover from the pet food recall, the Hartz Mountain Corporation has announced a recall on one of their products. This recall involves vitamins, of all things. There is concern that the product might be contaminated with Salmonella. This is not the first recall of this kind by Hertz. Just last November, they recalled particular lots of vitamins due to similar...

• FDA Names Contaminant in Heparin

  Rick Patterson | March 19, 2008 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The United States health regulators have been able to identify the heparin contaminant. The culprit, over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate, was added during the manufacturing process in China. As previously reported on this site, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is slow to say this contaminant caused the deaths of 19 people who were using heparin, since they were already very ill. Although,...

• Rise in Defective Nusery Products

  Rick Patterson | March 12, 2008 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a rise in injuries due to nursery products. In fact, these various injuries sent more than 65,000 children to the ER in 2006. The increase in infant injuries is substantial. At this time, it is unknown what has caused such a sharp increase. Deaths for which coroners listed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a cause were excluded. Additionally, no...