Posts tagged defective products

• Warning Labels - Sometimes Silly, Sometimes Deadly Serious

  Bob Carroll | October 03, 2005 5:25 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Not dishwasher safe-On a remote control for a TV. This product not intended for use as a dental drill-On an electric rotary tool. There are some silly warning labels. But, in the Deadly Serious category would be children's toys that warn of a choking hazard and warnings about the tipover hazard of some children's furniture."Not dishwasher safe." -- On a remote control for a TV. "This product...

• Implant Program for Guidant Heart Device - Research Or Marketing?

  Bob Carroll | September 27, 2005 6:43 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The New York Times sheds some needed light on the cute connections between research and marketing in some medical device companies. "By January, about 80 cardiologists nationwide completed an evaluation run by the Guidant Corporation of one of its products, an improved electrical component, known as a lead, that connects an implanted cardiac device to the heart.""The program did generate...

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

  Bob Carroll | September 20, 2005 6:13 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...