Defective & Dangerous Products

• Scary Halloween Toy Recalls

  Courtney Mills | October 29, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A University of Ohio professor and some assistants have uncovered some scary results about toys that are targeted for Halloween this year: shocking levels of lead content. In original reporting by CBS news, Professor Jeffrey Weidenhammer and his staff have uncovered dangerous levels of lead in a toy called "Ugly teeth." The fake plastic teeth aren't only ugly, but have about 100 times the...

• Lawsuit over defective hernia repair patch

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2006 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A law firm out of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, filed suit on behalf of a client earlier this month against Davol, Inc., maker of the Composix Kugel Mesh Patch used in hernia repair surgeries. The plaintiff claims that he experienced severe abdominal pain after his hernia repair surgery and had to undergo bowel dissection surgery to have the defective hernia repair patch removed.The news...

• Thomas and Friends, Curious George Recall More Lead Painted Toys

  Courtney Mills | August 22, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in conjunction with Schylling Associates of Rowley, MA, announced a voluntary recall of the company's Spinning Tops and Tin Pails.The recall affects about 70, 000 units imported from China, and is specifically concerned about surface paint on the wooden handles of the tops and pails that may contain excessive quantities of lead. Lead is a neurotoxin...

• There Is Trouble In Your Gasoline Can

  Pete Mackey | June 07, 2009 6:43 PM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL

  That gasoline can in your garage sure looks safe. You bought it from a big box store - they would not sell it unless it is safe, right? Wrong. In fact, there is a key safety component that most...

• Confidential Settlements

  Pete Burns | June 01, 2009 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Confidential settlements create thorny issues. Lawyers who represent injured people do not like confidentiality agreements. Those agreements help culpable defendants prevent other injured parties...

• Fire Alarms

  Pete Burns | January 06, 2009 2:06 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Deaths from fires and burns are the fifth most common cause of unintentional injury and deaths in the United States (CDC 2005) and the third leading cause of fatal home injury (Runyan 2004). In...

• Cribs Recalled Because of Fall Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | February 28, 2008 1:15 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Munire Furniture Inc., in cooperation with the CPSC, announced a voluntary crib recall of about 24,000 cribs due to a fall hazard. The recalled cribs were sold under many different brand names including: Brighton/Sussex Cribs, Captiva Cribs, Essex Cribs, Majestic Curved Top and Flat Top Cribs.The cribs fail to meet the federal safety standards for cribs. The four support brackets on the mattress...

• Biggest Beef Recall in U.S. History

  Chrissie Cole | February 23, 2008 7:33 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Westland/Hallmark Meat Company recently initiated the largest beef recall in U.S. History, to date. The recall includes over 143 million pounds of frozen and raw beef produced by a slaughterhouse in Chino, because it may contain foreign materials.37 million pounds of the recalled beef went to school lunch programs and has most likely been eaten already. Officials have said that danger to...

• Football Helmet Chin Straps Recalled by Nike for Safety Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | November 13, 2007 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Nike, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of approximately 235,000 football helmet chin straps because the plastic cup on the strap can break upon contact, exposing the player to head and facial injuries.To date, Nike has received 18 reports of the chin straps breaking, including two reports of facial lacerations that required...

• Poison pajamas from China now a concern

  Staff Writer | August 21, 2007 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Like the recalled toys that have caused a recent scare, many of the clothes infants and children wear are also made in China. A new report out of New Zealand says that "scientists found formaldehyde in woollen and cotton clothes at 500 times higher than is safe." Most of those toxic clothes were made in China.Formaldehyde, which is often used in clothing to give it a permanent press appearance,...