Posts tagged recall

• Enterprise Holding Up Rental Car Safety Bill

  Brett Emison | May 07, 2012 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Rental car giant, Enterprise, says, we'll pick you up, but if Enterprise gets its way, it might pick you up in a vehicle recalled because of safety defects. Under current law, rental...

• New Recall Fines Will Make Drivers Safer

  Brett Emison | April 12, 2012 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  New recall fines included in the transportation bill passed in the Senate (but awaiting approval in the House of Representatives) will make our highways safer. The bill permits the National...

• British Regulators Call For Increased Monitoring of Metal-On-Metal Artificial Hips

  Brett Emison | March 06, 2012 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The New York Times reported on February 29 that British health regulators are extending the monitoring period for patients that have received a metal-on-metal hip implant due to metal debris...

• DePuy HIp Recall: 'Smoking Gun' Email Shows Company Knew About Artificial Hip Problems

  Brett Emison | February 23, 2012 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A recently uncovered email circulated within Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics medical device unit sheds new light on what DePuy executives knew and when they knew it. In August...

• Rental Car Roulette: Will Car Rental Companies Stop Renting Recalled Vehicles?

  Brett Emison | February 21, 2012 9:18 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Under current law, rental car companies like Hertz, Enterprise, Avis, Budget, etc. can rent you a vehicle that has been recalled for a safety defect... and you might never even know it. A NHTSA...

• FDA Says DePuy Sold Medical Implants Without Approval

  Brett Emison | February 01, 2012 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA last month accused Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. of selling 14 different types of medical devices without necessary FDA approval. The medical devices failing...

• Top 10 Posts of 2011

  Brett Emison | December 31, 2011 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Happy New Year to all! To celebrate the turning of the calendar, here is a recap of the 10 most popular posts from this year: 10. Toyota Recall: A Time Line Of Toyota's Checkered Safety...

• NYT: Defective Metal-on-Metal Hips Raise Health Costs

  Brett Emison | December 29, 2011 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  It wasn't that long ago that the New York Times confirmed the high failure rate for metal-on-metal artificial hips. Now, in “The High Cost of Failing Artificial Hips,” the New...

• ALERT - PRODUCT RECALLS - Check Those New Toys for Recalls!

  Lindsay Rakers | December 27, 2011 3:08 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As the holiday season comes to a close, if you have children at home you likely have a house full of new gadgets and toys for the kids. The U.S. Consumer Produce Safety Commission has advised...

• Did You Know... These Are Some Of My Favorite Posts From 2011

  Brett Emison | December 26, 2011 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a few days I'll have a list of your favorite posts of 2011, but today here are a few of my favorite posts from 2011: Faces of Lawsuit Abuse: Aaliyah George FuneralHomes.com...