Defective & Dangerous Products

• Pilots awarded $53M in Florida plane crash

  Tedford Taylor | September 17, 2007 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A Volusia, Florida jury awarded two men, a flight instructor and former student pilot, $53M against two manufacturers. The jury determined the manufacturers were liable for the airplane crash which caused serious injury to both men. The plaintiffs argued, and the jury agreed, that the manufacturer of the carberator, and the engine maker of the Cessna 150, knew about defects which caused the...

• CPSC tracks dangerous consumer products from toys to circular saws

  Gregory Zarzaur | September 04, 2007 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  According to an article on the Dallas News website, the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates about 15,000 products including toys, circular saws, swimming pools and ATVs. The CPSC website is a great way for the average person to research recalls and injury reports involving consumer products. According to the article, most deaths involved the use of all terrain vehicles. The...

• Eye Injuries Can Be Prevented

  Gregory Zarzaur | September 04, 2007 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A recent study showed that each year there are as many as 600,000 eye injuries from sports-related accidents. Most of these injuries can be prevented if eye protection works properly. According to Health News Digest, the lenses in protective eyewear should be made of polycarbonate and meet ASTM standards for the sport being played. Common sports-related eye injuries include painful corneal...

• Jury Finds For Parents of Child Ejected from Car while in Car Seat

  Gregory Zarzaur | August 06, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  A Montana Court has awarded the parents of a child killed in a car wreck money damages. The defective car seat at issue was manufactured and sold by Evenflo. According to the Chicago Tribune article, the Plaintiffs case included evidence that Evenflo knew the car seat had a problem in its design that could lead to the belt hooks breaking; however, they still chose to put in on the market. The...

• Montgomery Jury Awards Punitive Damages for Dangerous Defective Tire

  Gregory Zarzaur | April 27, 2007 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  On April 19, 2007, a Montgomery jury awarded $2 million dollars in punitive damages and $2 million dollars in compensatory damages to a woman who was paralyzed when her SUV rolled over after the tread on one of her tires separated. The tire had been recalled in August 2002 and even though the plaintiff had her car serviced at Wal-Mart nine times after the recall, it failed to notify her of the...

• New Jersey Jury Orders Ford to Pay Millions

  Gregory Zarzaur | April 19, 2007 6:45 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, a New Jersey jury ordered Ford Motor Company to pay over $8 million to a woman who was injured in a crash after the defective gas pedal on her 1997 Ford Explorer stuck. At trial, evidence was offerred to prove to the jury that Ford had received tens of thousands of complaints about the defective gas pedals on its 1997 and 1998 Ford Explorers and Mercury Moutaineers....

• Storage Trunks Recalled by Home Decorators Collection

  Christina Cole | January 25, 2007 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Home Decorators Collection is recalling approximately 500 leather suitcase trunks due to an entrapment and suffocation hazard.The trunk's exterior clasp can lock unexpectedly when the trunk lid is closed. If a child were to climb inside the trunk, he or she might not be able to open the truck from inside, causing an entrapment and suffocation hazard.The recalled trunks are leather bound and they...

• Brooklyn Express Hooded Sweatshirts Recalled

  Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Seena International is recalling approximately 45,000 children's hooded sweatshirts that have drawstrings. The sweatshirts have a drawstring through the hood, posing a risk of strangulation to the child wearing them. The garments are not in compliance with federal guidelines to help children from strangling or getting tangled around the neck and waist by drawstrings in upper garments like that...

• FDA Meets Regarding Defective Drug-Eluting Stents

  Christina Cole | December 08, 2006 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The FDA met today regarding problems related to drug-eluting stents.Many independent studies, The World of Congress and leading cardiologists have shown that drug-eluting stents might actually cause additional blood clots, rather than helping to keep heart arteries open. Since their inception in 2003, drug-eluting stents have been commonly used with over 4 million patients receiving such...