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Damage Control - Toyota Looking Towards Future

Posted on February 10, 2010
With its recall reaching a total of 8.5 million vehicles on Tuesday, Toyota is striving to redeem itself in the eyes of its customers and to work damage control overtime in the wake of congressional and government investigations. Toyota's lawyers are trying to learn all they can about where the investigations are headed, in addition to learning from the past of experiences of companies who have and have not come out the other end of similar whirlwind crises...

Buying Legal Protection? - Virginia Bill Aims to Protect Former Asbestos Manufacturer

Posted on February 10, 2010
Yesterday, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill, on its third and final attempt, which limits the liability of a single Fortune 500 company in asbestos lawsuits: Philadelphia based Crown Cork & Seal. The bill was sponsored and championed by Republican House Speaker William J...

FDA Looking to Gain New Power From Food Safety Reform Bills

Posted on February 10, 2010
Hoping to initiate some momentum, 28 of the approximately 700 surviving victims from last year's contaminated peanut products have sent a letter to the Senate stressing the need to go over its version of the food safety reform bill passed by the House last summer...

Another Toyota Lawsuit--When Will Enough Be Enough?

Posted on February 09, 2010
Toyota continues to make news as yet another innocent driver met an unfair death due to an out-of-control vehicle. The Houston Chronicle reported that a Houston woman died in December due to her car accelerating wildly and causing the car to hit a cement wall...

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Toyota Continues to Cause Trouble

Posted on February 04, 2010
The Charleston Gazette reported on a lawsuit filed in November in West Virginia, that claims 13 Toyota and Toyota-made Lexus models with an electronic throttle-control system (ETCS) that allegedly have "a dangerous propensity to suddenly accelerate without driver input and against the intentions of the driver...

Drop-Side Cribs Recalled Due to Child's Death

Posted on February 04, 2010
Dorel-Asia recently recalled about 635,000 drop-side cribs after a six-month-old died in Iowa. The cribs are dangerous because the drop-side can detach, leaving a gap in which children can become trapped, possibly ending with strangulation. Also, the slats on the side of the crib can break easily, also posing a risk for entrapment...

New Measures Being Considered for Crib Safety

Posted on February 04, 2010
Bloomberg Press reported on discussions within the Consumer Product Safety Commission surrounding safety standards for cribs. The design of drop-side cribs has been a continual problem, resulting in several deaths and many injuries. According to the article, over 7 million cribs have been recalled since 2007...

U.S. DOT Secretary: "Enormous Effort" Taken to Get Toyota to Recall Vehicles

Posted on February 03, 2010
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has gone on record stating that it took "an enormous effort" to get Toyota to recall vehicles that were experiencing sudden acceleration problems due to a gas pedal defect that can cause them to stick...

Honda Recalls 646,000 Units of Fit/Jazz and City Models

Posted on February 03, 2010
On Friday (January 29, 2010), Honda Motor Company declared it would recall a total of 646,000 units of the Fit/Jazz and City models internationally, with about 140,000 models in the United States. The recall is said to fix a defective master switch, which can cause water to enter the power window switch and in some cases cause a fire...

Baby Strollers Recalled for Finger Amputation Hazard

Posted on January 30, 2010
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada have issued a recall today of almost 1,200 baby strollers. The strollers are made by CYBEX and pose a finger amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the stroller is being collapsed or unfolded via the stroller's hinge mechanism...

Toyota Sticky Throttles - Another Recall

Posted on January 26, 2010
Toyota recently announced that it plans a recall of nearly 2.3 million vehicles because of problems with accelerator-pedal assemblies that occur due to premature wear. The parts were supplied by CTS late last year. Toyota says it knew the assemblies had problems, but there weren't enough to warrant a recall...

New System Helps Cut Medication Errors

Posted on January 25, 2010
Despite many years attempting to make medications safer, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims medication errors kill at least one person a day and injure about 1.3 million people each year in the United States. New efforts are now under way to inform the public about the problem and provide guidance to prevent an error from occurring...

The Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Blamed for Injuries

Posted on January 20, 2010
Chantix, a drug to help users quit smoking, has been found to be the cause for several suicides or attempts at the act. The drug is made by Pfizer, Inc. and was approved by the FDA in 2006. Several suits filed in the New York State Supreme Court claim that Pfizer failed to properly notify doctors and patients about the serious risk of depression or suicidal thoughts and other side effects...

FDA Backtracks on BPA Stance

Posted on January 20, 2010
The FDA has recently announced a warning concerning the safety of BPA. This backtracks over the FDA's previous position that BPA was not harmful. Although they're not committing to the position that BPA is harmful to humans, recent studies have apparently shown the subtle effects of low doses of BPA in lab animals...

Window Blind Recall One of Largest in U.S. History

Posted on December 21, 2009
The window blind recall issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission last week - the one that targeted 50 million Roman shades and roll-up blinds - has been one of the biggest product recalls in the nation's history. The recall was sparked by a growing number of incidents where infants were getting caught in the cords of the blinds and strangling themselves, with five deaths and sixteen near-deaths...

Paxil Lawsuit Damages Approach $1 Billion

Posted on December 21, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the drugmaker of antidepressant Paxil, is reported to have spent almost $1 billion in efforts to resolve lawsuits over the drug. The $1 billion figure includes moneys paid to settle about 450 cases of patients who have either committed or attempted suicide while on the drug, with about a dozen yet to be settled, and does not include moneys paid toward settling more than 600 remaining claims that Paxil causes birth defects...

Company to Pay Penalty for Importing Toxic Toys

Posted on December 17, 2009
Excelligence Learning Corp., a California based company doing business as Discount School Supply, has agreed to pay a $25,000 civil penalty after repeatedly importing children's products with high levels of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stated that although the settlement resolves its allegations against Excelligence Learning, "the company [still] denies that it knowingly violated the federal [lead] pain ban...

Radiation from CT Scans May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought

Posted on December 16, 2009
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that new studies indicate the radiation exposure from computer tomography (CT) scans may be more likely to cause cancer than previously believed. The findings of the study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, support using medical technologies that use radiation with caution...

Strangulation Hazards - CPSC Recalls 50 Million Shades and Blinds

Posted on December 15, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling 50 million Roman shades and roll-up blinds as the result of several accidental child strangulations. Roman shades are being recalled in response to 21 children who had become entangled in the space between the inner cord and the shade fabric - with 5 children having been strangled to death - since 2006...

Amby Baby Beds Recalled due to Two Infant Deaths

Posted on December 10, 2009
Hammock-like baby beds made by Amby were recalled due to a suffocation risk. The beds rock in various directions when the baby stirs. The rocking motion can cause the baby to turn over and suffocate in the fabric or padding. Two infants have died in the beds...

BPA May Be In Plastic Products Labeled ?BPA Free?

Posted on December 10, 2009
In some of the products labeled 'BPA free', or bisphenol A free, the Consumers Union have actually found elevated levels of the chemical additive. BPA is a plastic hardener and a component of epoxy resin. Some studies have connected the chemical with reproductive abnormalities and increased risks of cancer and diabetes...

Uninsured Patients More Likely to Die

Posted on December 10, 2009
A recent study published in Archives of Surgery analyzed 687,091 patients who visited trauma centers across the nation from 2002 to 2006, finding patients without insurance almost twice as likely to die from their injuries than patients with insurance...

Sen. Grassley Digs into Funding from Pharmaceutical and Device Maker Companies

Posted on December 10, 2009
Republican Senator Charles Grassley is continuing his long-standing investigation into the influences that drug-makers and device manufacturers have on the medical industry by looking into how the top medical advocacy organizations get and allocate moneys received from such parties...

Settlement Reached in Falling Tree Case

Posted on December 10, 2009
The family of a North Carolina town official who was killed by a falling tree reached a settlement with the city of Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports that the official was killed when the tree was blown over by gusts of wind and fell on her vehicle...

Slim-Fast Canned Beverages Recalled For Potential Food Poisoning

Posted on December 10, 2009
Every Slim-Fast ready-to-drink canned beverage has been recalled for fear of contamination with the bacteria Bacillus cereus. The notice, posted on both Slim-Fast's and the Food and Drug Administration's websites, says this, 'The recall involves all Slim-Fast RTD products in cans, regardless of flavor, Best-By date, lot code or UPC number...

Falling Tree Limb in Central Park Causes Severe Injuries

Posted on December 09, 2009
A man hurt by a falling tree limb in Central Park sued the city and the Central Park Conservancy for negligence, as reported in the New York Times. The 33-year-old man was walking alone in the park when a heavy tree limb crashed down on him from about 36 feet above, causing severe injuries...

Toyota Takes Another Blow

Posted on December 08, 2009
The Los Angeles Times recently reported that Toyota is, once again, under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission. The investigation deals with 26 recent reports of Toyota Corolla and Matrix models from the year 2006 stalling in traffic...

Method Proposed to Prevent Another Vioxx

Posted on December 07, 2009
Vioxx, an arthritis drug, became very popular when it was released in 1999, but five years later, the drug was taken off the market because of evidence that it increased the risk of heart attack and stroke. A method to prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future has been proposed, as reported by The New York Times...

Stork Craft Crib Recall

Posted on December 07, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that?there has been?a recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs. The crib includes a side that raises up and down, a feature that is dangerous because part of the side may detach or break...

Holiday Toy Dangers

Posted on December 01, 2009
WPTV recently reported that hazardous toys are lurking on store shelves this holiday season. Despite increased safety standards and recalls, the Public Interest Research Group found sixteen dangerous toys during this year's annual Trouble in Toyland survey...

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