Connecticut updates in category: Defective & Dangerous Products

About 985,000 Easy-Bake Ovens sold since last May have been recalled on Tuesday, February 6, 2007. The ovens are manufactured by Easy-Bake, a division of Hasbro, Inc. The toy ovens are being recalled because children can get their fingers caught in the oven's opening which then can lead to bruning. There have been five reports of children burning their fingers when using the toy oven. These...

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Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 533,000 Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia sport utility vehicles because of potential steering problems. Toyota said the recall involved 2004-2006 Tundra trucks and 2004-2007 Sequoia full-size SUVs. The automaker has received reports of 11 accidents and six injuries connected to the recall, said Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong. The automaker said...

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DaimlerChrysler is recalling more than 110,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees because their front seat warmers can overheat and catch fire. The company has received 32 complaints involving seat warmers including 15 injury complaints involving leg burns. Six injured people have sued DaimlerChrysler who have suffered serious burns from the seat warmers. The recall invovles 2003 to 2004 model years. Read...

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today a voluntary recall of Safety Harnesses Sold with Hunting Tree Stands. The harnesses are prone to fail during use resulting in consumers falling from tree stands and suffering serious injuries or deaths. For more detailed information on the safety harness recall, click here

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Fellow InjuryBoard.com blogger, Sarasota lawyer Joe Saunders, has been following the Bausch and Lomb Renu news with quite a watchful eye and made several posts about the link between the contact lens solution and the fungal infection fusarium keratitis.Last week, the CDC released an update on Renu with moistureloc and fusarium keratitis which announced the agency had received reports of 130...

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