Ohio updates in category: Defective & Dangerous Products

Fisher-Price, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced a voluntary recall of “Learning Pots & Pans Toys” for posing a choking hazard to small children. The...

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Earthentree, in cooperation with the U.S. Product Safety Commission, announced a voluntary recall of wooden toy rattles because small parts can detach, posing a choking hazard to children. The...

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The maker of Taser stun guns, Taser International, Inc., took Summit County Medical Examiner Dr. Lisa Kohler to court to challenge her conclusion that electrical pulses administered by its Tasers...

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What legal recourse do you have if you learn that the vehicle you own has a common defect that has resulted in serious injury or even death to operators of the same type of vehicle? Unless you...

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Lucky Green Trading Inc. announced a recall of its Thai Basil due to potential Salmonella contamination. The recall was announced following a random inspection by the FDA that found the products...

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More than 73,000 people suffer personal injury from E. coli infections each year, while 61 of those infected suffer wrongful death, according to newsinferno.com. The E. coli virus is especially...

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More than 35 people have suffered personal injury from a recent E. coli outbreak linked to beef sold at Ohio and Michigan Kroger stores, according to the Toledo Blade. The recall targets...

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MindWare, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced a voluntary recall of its Animal Tracking Explorer Kit. The powder included in the kit marked “Plaster of Paris”...

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Rawlings Junior Batting Helmets announced a voluntary recall, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), because the surface paint on the helmets contains excessive...

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A recent study shows that over 63% of of patients who use shoulder pain pumps following arthroscopic surgery develop Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis (PAGCL). PAGCL is a very painful...

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The FDA announced that twenty-one people, in thirteen states, have been diagnosed with salmonellosis that appears to have been caused by the same strain of Salmonella that was found in the recently...

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This week, in Groch v. General Motors Corp., the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a law protecting product manufacturers from any claims where the injury occurs more than 10 years after product was delivered to the customer. This is regardless of how defective or dangerous the product is and how much injury it causes. This decision protects those who cause harm to Ohioans with defective products and...

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New Era Canning Company announced an expanded nationwide product recall because of a potential Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) contamination to all canned green beans and garbanzo beans distributed by them over the past five years.C. botulinum can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes fatal condition. Botulism symptoms can start anywhere from 6 hours to 2 weeks after eating contaminated...

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Shims Bargain Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 45,000 "BabyTown" Pacifiers due to a choking hazard.These pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards for pacifiers. The pacifier shield is too small and could easily enter the mouth of an infant. Also, ventilation holes are too small and not placed to allow for the insertion of a tool to remove the pacifier when lodged in...

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Hooker Furniture Corporation, in conjunction with the CPSCbunk beds because they pose a strangulation hazard to children.The bunk beds have gaps between parts of the upper bunk that could allow a child's body to pass through but not a child's head. This poses an entrapment or strangulation hazard to children and exceeds the space allowed by the federal bunk bed safety standard.The recalled bunk...

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