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Sort by date 826 pages found matching toyota recalls- Taylor Farm’s Don-Doff Deal is Off
Sep-18-19 Tracy, CA A proposed $5.3 million settlement by Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. to resolve claims that employees were not paid for donning and doffing and other California labor law violations was declined by a California federal judge last month, because the court “cannot simply rubber stamp a class action settlement.” Along with the donning and... - City of Los Angeles Teenager Wrongful Death Police Shooting Settlement
At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 6, 2005, in South Los Angeles, police officer Steven Garcia began chasing a stolen Toyota Camry. He believed the driver was intoxicated as the car was driving erratically. After a brief chase, the suspect backed the stolen car toward the police officer, who fired 10 shots. Seven bullets hit Devin Brown, who was only... - Big O Tire Repair Accident Settlement
A Big O repair technician in Grass Valley installed new wheels on a Toyota pickup truck. A week later, while driving on Interstate 80 in Auburn, Jennifer Baker's vehicle was struck by that pickup truck's separated tire and wheel. Baker and her husband were in her Ford Ranger pickup that hit a guardrail, swerved left, and flipped over. Baker suffered par... - Overnite Transportation Personal Injury Settlement
On March 15, 1999, a tractor-trailer operated by the defendant's driver in Clarke County crossed over the center line of Route 340 and ran nearly head-on into the Plaintiff's Toyota Corolla, as he tried desperately to avoid the truck. The truck driver had not seen a car slowing in front of him to make a left turn, braked too late, jackknifed, and slid... - ZF-TRW Holdings and Six Automakers Slammed with Defective Airbag Class Action Lawsuits
Jul-22-19 Santa Clara, CA: German airbag manufacturer ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and six major automakers have been slammed with class action defective airbag lawsuits alleging ZF TRW airbags are defective. The defective airbags have been linked to at least eight deaths and several serious injuries. The class action lawsuits were filed on the heels of a N... - Takata Airbag Recall Heating Up
Jun-19-18 Los Angeles, CA The chances of a defective Takata airbag exploding and firing metal shards at you, even in a minor fender bender, increase with rising temperatures. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says many people driving unsafe cars, including Honda, Ford and Mazda, haven’t grasped the recall’s urgency. South... - The Sad Pathway to Airbag Injury
Dec-15-17 Washington, DC: As Takata Corp. and its creditors continue to grapple with bankruptcy proceedings in tandem with a continuation of the supply chain for badly-needed replacement airbag inflators, it’s instructive to look back from whence we came with regard to airbag injuries , lawsuits and recalls. A lot has happened in three years. In Novem... - The Fix is In for St. Jude Defective Batteries, But Is it Enough?
Nov-9-17 Washington, DC: The announcement last month of a new software tool capable of alerting patients with defective St. Jude cardiac defibrillators when a battery is in danger of failing prematurely may be too little, too late for patients who have suffered adverse events when defective defibrillator batteries failed too soon. Many have filed St. Jude ICD a... - Big Law Employee Sues Unum Group for Denial of Benefits
Jun-22-18 Greeneville, TN: On May 14, 2018, Janet Mitchell, a former employee of the mega law firm Jones Day, filed a lawsuit against both Unum and Jones Day in a Tennessee Federal Court. Mitchell states that she suffers from a constellation of health conditions that prevent her from being able to work, including coronary artery disease, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis... - Unlicensed Drivers Cause Two Recent California Car Accidents in One Week
Jun-22-18 San Jose, CA: On May 20, 2018, an Acura TL driven by a 16-year-old unlicensed driver jumped a curb on Highway 101, and skidded down an embankment before it was struck by another vehicle, killing a teen passenger. One week later, on Memorial Day, a stolen car driven by a 13-year-old was fleeing San Jose police when it collided with another vehicle in a head... - Airbag Attorney Urges Everyone to Check their Vehicles—You May Be in Danger
Oct-17-17 Orlando, FL: Chances are, you know about the airbag recall that has affected more than 100 million vehicles worldwide. But you may be unaware that the vehicle you are driving could have defective airbags, putting yourself and others at risk of serious injury. Attorney Frank Melton, whose firm represented Corey Burdick in 2014 and brought the recall to... - Why so many Catheters Recalled?
Sep-27-17 Santa Cruz, CA: Another catheter was recalled last week, and this one got a Class 1 recall category, meaning the most serious kind. The FDA recalled a bridge occlusion balloon catheter “due to the possibility of blocked guidewire lumen in select device units”. The Bridge Occlusion Balloon Catheter, made by Spectranetics, is design... - Recycled Defective Airbags Akin to ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
Aug-17-17 Orlando, FL: The dead do not tell tales about airbag injuries , and there are sixteen people around the world (11 in the US alone) who can no longer speak for themselves after shrapnel from an airbag failure ripped into them and snuffed out their lives in deaths that the Associated Press (AP 06/26/17) characterize as “grisly.” Karina Do... - Abdominal Mesh Agony and Advice
Jul-26-17 Bend, OR: Since undergoing abdominal mesh surgery four years ago, Dale has experienced more pain than he did before the mesh was used to repair a hernia. “I get severe pain in the area of my hernia repair and sometimes a burning feeling but I never knew what was causing it, and neither did my doctor,” he says. These symptoms and more are s... - Another Catheter Recalled
Jul-23-17 Washington, DC: Yet another catheter recall has been issued by the FDA. Vascular Solutions, Inc. recalled its Venture Catheters because they can potentially cause a blood clot, which can result in serious injury and even death. The FDA on June 22 defined the Venture catheters as a Class I recall, meaning "a situation in which there is a reasona... - Exactech Hip Recall Attorney Weighs In
Nov-30-23 Atlanta, GA Since attorney Kirk Pope filed in federal court an Exactech class-action lawsuit against the orthopedic device manufacturer alleging its hip implant is defective, his civil litigation law firm Pope McGlamry is working with more clients who have had their Exactech hip recalled. “I have several clients who needed revision surgery&mdash... - Canada Concerned about Abdominal Hernia Mesh—and the 501k Process
May-8-17 Toronto, ON The president of the Canadian Hernia Society and one of the country’s foremost authorities on surgical abdominal mesh says that mesh complications are an “epidemic”. Dr. John Morrison says it's going to get worse because almost all hernias are now repaired with mesh. And some products are brought to market without prop... - Lead Poisoning Still Happens
Apr-19-17 Dallas, TX It was an alert physician who first noticed signs and symptoms of lead poisoning in some of her patients in Flint, Michigan. It was soon discovered water from the Flint River had corroded aging pipes causing lead to leach into the city’s water supply. Dangerous amounts of lead were slowing building up in the blood streams of Flint r... - Family Blames Takata Airbag for Woman's Death
Feb-23-17 Detroit, MI: The children of a Michigan woman who died earlier this month say their mother never fully recovered from Takata airbag injuries sustained in a low-speed crash in 2014, according to the Detroit Free Press . Dianne Moulton died Feb. 2, three years after the Takata airbag in her 2002 Honda CR-V exploded in a parking lot collision in Dearb... - Latest Defective Catheter Takes Its Place in Long Line of FDA Recalls
Feb-8-17 Silver Spring, MD: When it comes to defective catheters causing injury , Bard Peripheral Vascular's recall of its Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath is the latest in a long line of catheter recalls that include the Boston Scientific Corp. Fetch 2 Aspiration Catheter and Cook Medical's Shuttle Select Slip-Catheter and Beacon catheters. Catheters, w...