Posts tagged consumer

• Poll: Teen Drivers Know Texting Is Dangerous; Do It Anyway

  Brett Emison | May 16, 2012 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new poll released this week shows that nearly all teenage drivers know that texting and driving is dangerous, but nearly half admit to texting while driving. This survey (conducted for...

• Partisan Gridlock = Dangerous Toys And Other Products

  Brett Emison | November 16, 2011 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Christmas is just around the corner. But how are parents to know if the toys Santa brought for their children were made by Santa's elves under strict quality controls or outsourced to Chinese...

• Did You Know... Auto Crashes Are 4th Leading Cause Of Death?

  Brett Emison | April 11, 2011 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The recently released National Safety Council’s Death Statistics reveal that one thing is true for all of us -- life is a blessing and no one makes it out alive. While listing in detail the...

• Toyota SUV "Safety Risk": The Next Ford Explorer?

  Brett Emison | April 16, 2010 6:21 PM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  We learned earlier this week that Consumer Reports declared the Toyota-made Lexus GX460 a safety risk because of stability problems. Is Toyota's SUV the next Ford Explorer? The Ford Explorer has a...

• More Toyota Trouble: Consumer Reports Calls Lexus SUV A "Safety Risk"

  Brett Emison | April 13, 2010 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  More troubles for Toyota -- in addition to Toyota's massive sudden acceleration problem -- after Consumer Reports declared the Toyota-made Lexus GX460 a safety risk because of stability problems....

• Illinois Toy Company Fined $1.25 million For Lead Paint In Toys

  Brett Emison | January 03, 2010 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Nasdaq.com has reported that an Oak Brook, Illinois toymaker, RC2 Corp. has been slapped with a $1.25 million fine for violating the US government's lead paint ban. The toys in question were...

• Toyota Sudden Acceleration: Consumer Reports Says Toyota Has Most Unintended Acceleration Complaints

  Brett Emison | December 08, 2009 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Several news sources, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Kansas City Star, have reported that Toyota received far more complaints of sudden acceleration than any other car...

• Massive Crib Recall: 2.1 Million Stork Craft Drop-Side Cribs Recalled

  Brett Emison | November 24, 2009 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  USA Today has reported that Stork Craft Manufacturing is involved in the largest crib recall in U.S. History after at least 15 infants have become trapped in the cribs and at least four have...