Posts tagged cpsc

• CPSC Recalls Trampolines Over Risk of Injury

  David Mittleman | October 13, 2010 10:10 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Trampolines are already a dangerous product to begin with, so it's not surprising to hear about the recent recall of one product. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced the...

• Stop Playing Around With Child Safety

  Mark Bello | February 18, 2011 12:54 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the agency created to protect consumers from unreasonable risks of injuries or death associated with consumer products, recently updated their...

• Mattel Agrees to Pay the Price for Selling Toys With Lead Paint

  David Mittleman | June 07, 2009 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Nearly two years after being fined $2.3 Million for selling toys with hazardous levels of lead, Matter and its Fisher-Price subsidiary agreed to pay the civil penalty. In 2007, toy giant Mattel...

• Banzai Water Slide Recall

  Mark Bello | May 30, 2012 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  There are dangerous products on the market all the time. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes serious injuries or death to protect innocent people from defective products and negligent...

• Evos Slalom Glider Recalled After Several Serious Injuries

  Mark Bello | April 05, 2012 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Chicago couple has filed a lawsuit against Landscape Structures, a playground equipment manufacturer, alleging that their daughter broke her arm because of a defective playground slide. The...

• Recall: Child Safety Locks

  Mark Bello | March 26, 2012 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG) Inc. announced a voluntary recall of Push 'N' Snap cabinet locks. The CPSC says 900,000 locks are...

• Tiny Lithium Batteries can cause Big Problems for Small Children

  Mark Bello | December 29, 2011 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When we think about child safety as it relates to kids putting things in their mouth, we tend to think of choking hazards yet choking is only part of the danger. Many things that a child can put...

• Black & Decker Pays for Failure to Report Safety Defect

  Mark Bello | August 08, 2011 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Stanley Black & Decker has agreed to pay $960,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report safety defects with its Grasshog XP Weed Trimmer/Edger. The trimmer was recalled in...

• New Unsafe Products Database Under Fire

  Mark Bello | February 28, 2011 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Consumer Advocates eagerly await March 11, 2011. This is the scheduled launch date for the government database, SaferProducts.gov., where people can share complaints of injury or worse from everyday...

• IKEA Glass Mugs May Shatter Causing Lacerations

  Mark Bello | February 22, 2011 9:18 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  IKEA, Health Canada, and the CPSC issued a voluntary recall of RUND clear glass mugs. These mugs have a double wall and IKEA says the inner wall can break during use, posing a laceration...