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Sort by relevance 826 pages found matching toyota recalls- Icy Hot Patch Burns: Trust Your Body
Apr-8-08 Chattanooga, TN The makers of the Icy Hot Patch that was recalled in the US back in February went north in March, with Chattem Canada recalling a number of products in its Icy Hot Heat Therapy line. The recall follows numerous reports of serious burns in the US, with consumers reporting a host of first, second and third-degree burns. As of March the... - Tainted Heparin: Yet another Recall Linked to China Supplier
Apr-5-08 Mansfield, MA The heparin scare appears to be reaching crisis proportions as yet another manufacturer has recalled dozens of lots of its pre-filled syringes after a heparin-like contaminant was found in tested heparin. Covidien announced the voluntary recall March 28th of 32 lots of Heparin Lock Flush Syringes containing various concentrations of hepa... - Kids Play Shouldn't Be This Dangerous
Mar-23-08 Washington, DC The number of children injured or killed by dangerous and defective children's products has more than doubled in the past five years. Toys head up the list of culprits, followed by furniture and arts and crafts supplies. Already for the month of March, 10 out of 23 products recalled jointly by the Consumer Product Safety Commission an... - Craft to pay $1.85 million settlement in car crash lawsuit.
Anderson, SC: (Mar-20-08) The families of three Anderson residents brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Robert Blair of McCormick, alleging that his driving under the influence of alcohol, killed the three in an accident on 2007 New Year's Eve. According to court records, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division officials said on Feb. 22 that 61-year-... - Lucky to be off Duragesic Pain Patch
Mar-20-08 Tucson, AZ After five years of suffering mental and physical side effects from chronic back pain medication, Frank begged his doctor to prescribe a non-narcotic painkiller. The adhesive Duragesic pain patch sounded ideal but didn't take long for his situation to worsen. "At first I thought it was terrific," says Frank. "Anything was better than the shiv... - Reebok to pay $1 million settlement in lead charm lawsuit.
Minneapolis, MN: (Mar-17-08) A lawsuit was brought against shoe giant Reebok, after a four-year-old Minneapolis boy died of lead poisoning after swallowing part of a charm bracelet given away with a pair of athletic shoes. The death lead to a series of highly publicized toy recalls nationwide and brought charges against Reebok by US Consumer Product Safe... - Motorcycle Student Pays for Instructor's Mistake
Mar-16-08 Broad Brook, CT: A motorcycle accident was the last thing James expected during a motorcycle training course, especially since the instructor was at fault. Yet he found himself with a hefty repair bill and the possible rise in his insurance rates. "Our class had just finished taking a test for the motorcycle safety course," James recalls, "when the... - Rochester Meat Recall: Why the Secrecy?
Mar-12-08 Washington, DC It seems that at least a few facts are finally on the table about January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated ground beef that was sold to restaurant chains and institutional food services. By "a few facts," we mean very few. We knew from the beginning that the recall was triggered by six cases of e. coli... - Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patches: "Are They a Flawed Product?"
Mar-10-08 Bolingbrook, IL Sarah says she was burned by Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patches . Although her injuries were not as severe as some people experienced, they still caused pain and required medical attention. Now, like many other people, Sarah is left wondering if the Icy Hot Patches are a defective product. One evening in February, Sarah (not her real name... - Hidden Car Accidents
Mar-8-08 Salt Lake City, UT Jonathan had no reason to double-check the clean title on a vehicle he was about to purchase. That clean and clear designation guaranteed the car had no record of accidents, falsified odometer, theft or other incidents that could affect its viability and selling price. But less than a week after laying down his money, Jonathan discovered... - Riverside, CA to pay $800,000 settlement in wrongful death shooting.
Riverside, CA: (Mar-06-08) The family of Douglas Steven Cloud brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Riverside, CA after Cloud, 28, was shot and killed by Riverside Police Department officers Nicholas Vazquez and David Johansen. The suit stated that the two officers shot at Cloud after he had sheared off a small palm tree at a high speed and... - Rochester Meat Recall: USDA under Fire for Inspection Failures
Mar-5-08 Washington, DC This January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of E. coli-tainted ground beef has been dwarfed by the huge Westland/Hallmark recall of 143 million pounds, nearly two years' production. Nonetheless, the Rochester Meat recall highlights the same institutional failures at the federal Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection... - Duragesic: Potentially Lethal in the Wrong Hands
Mar-2-08 West Palm Beach, FL The recent recall of Duragesic pain patches should not come as a surprise, given the checkered history of a product that introduces extremely potent pain medication directly through the skin. First approved in 1990, Duragesic has endured several recalls in the last 14 years. However, 2005 appeared to be a watershed year for conce... - Faulty Railing Results in Crib Recall
Mar-1-08 Washington, DC: A massive crib recall was issued on Thursday by safety officials and they warned parents that they should not put their babies in their beds with soft bedding such as pillows due to the risk of suffocation. A total of 24,000 cribs made in Indonesia were recalled due to a high risk of children falling out . Imported by Munire Furniture... - Rochester Meat Recall: E. Coli Vaccine Approval is only One Step in the Right Direction
Feb-27-08 Belleville, ON Consumers may finally receive some better protection against E. coli related illness following the conditional approval of an E. coli vaccine for cattle developed and produced by Belleville-based Bioniche Life Sciences. E. coli O157:H7 contamination in ground beef produced by Rochester Meat of Rochester, MN was responsible for six known... - Legal Issues Imminent for Makers of Duragesic/Fentanyl Patches
Feb-23-08 Raritan, NJ Duragesic/Fentanyl patches have been the object of recall on two separate occasions in less than one week. The first recall was from PriCara and Sandoza, recalling all patches of 25 microgram/hour. The patches were produced by Alza. Less than one week after the PriCara and Sandoza recall, fourteen lots of the Duragesic patches were recall... - Defective Products vs. The Supreme Court. They Fight, You Lose
Feb-23-08 Peachtree City, GA On February 21st the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in concert with Rinnai America Corp, announced a voluntary product safety recall involving the defective product Rinnai EnergySaver Direct-Vent Wall Furnace, due to a potential carbon monoxide hazard. According to the alert a gasket in the furnace, fuelled by either natural... - Trucker Loses Leg and Career
Feb-22-08 Williston, ND Cory has been hanging around trucks for 25 years; driving them, repairing them, loading them. Never once did he come close to a truck accident . His luck ran out just before Christmas thanks to the inattention of another driver. "On December 22nd I was unloading the front part of a semi," recalls Cory. "We were moving on to the second t... - Duragesic: This Painkiller Patch Can Kill
Feb-19-08 Washington, DC If you're on 'the patch,' then you're either trying to quit smoking, or you have a chronic condition which leaves you in a great deal of pain, the kind of pain that only a Duragesic , or similar pain patch containing the powerful opioid fentanyl , can stem. The trouble is, they could also leave you dead, due to a defect that has promp... - Rochester Meat Recall: Interview with E. Coli Wars Veteran
Feb-19-08 Seattle, WA Bill Marler is the managing partner of Marler Clark LLP, a Seattle law firm specializing in food safety law. He has been in the thick of food safety litigation since the 1993 Jack in the Box incident--when E. coli contaminated hamburgers sold by the restaurant chain sickened hundreds and cost the lives of four children. More recently, Marler an...