Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Mazda are recalling millions of its automobiles today due to faulty airbags deployment. In a news release, a representative from U.S. Toyota said, ” The involved vehicles are equipped with front passenger airbag inflators which could have been assembled with improperly manufactured propellant wafers. Improperly manufactured propellant wafers could cause the [...]
Product Liability
In 2009, a two-year old from Michigan was killed when she became entangled in a vertical blind cord that was not attached to the wall or floor. Today, the CPSC and Blinds Xpress announced a recall of approximately 315,000 horizontal blinds and 139 custom-made blinds. The dangers of window blinds are not limited to the blinds that [...]
The Mr. Coffee Single Cup Brewer was recalled by the manufacturer because of 164 reports of the brewer chamber opening and expeling hot coffee grounds and water. Sixty-one people have reported injuries such as burns to the face, upper torso and hands. More information about the recall is posted on the CPSC website http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12263.html and [...]
Nationwide, eleven people have died from liver failure after taking Terbinafine, a drug that is used to treat nail fungal infections of the scalp, body, groin (jock itch), feet (athlete’s foot), fingernails, and toenails. These deaths prompted the FDA to issue a public health advisory in 2009 stating, “The FDA is issuing a public health advisory [...]
Picture yourself driving down the highway, traveling at the posted speed limit… 45 mph, 55 mph, perhaps even 65 or 70 mph and your vehicle suddenly begins to BRAKE. With no pressure to the brake pedal, no one has touched the emergency brake, and no, a floor mat isn’t causing the brake pedal to stick…. [...]