Posts tagged Defective Products

• New Proposal to Limit Public Access to Vehicle Safety Data Bad for Consumers

  Staff Writer | January 12, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Shopping for a new car and want to compare details about past vehicle warranty-related problems before making your final buying decision? Do you want to look at available accident-related safety reports and determine which make and model of vehicle performed safest? Well according to a recent article in the San Fransisco Chronicle, a new proposal from the National Highway Safety Administration...

• Acetaminophen Bottles Containing Metal Fragments Recalled

  Staff Writer | November 09, 2006 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Today, a manufacturer of store-brand acetaminophen, the headache medicine found in generic form in several stores such as Wal-Mart, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens and Costco, announced that eleven million of its bottles of acetaminophen contained more than just an aspirin substitute. Unfortunately, because the addition to the active ingredient may prove to be a bit hard to digest, Perrigo Company, the...

• Defective Product Messages Not Reaching Consumers

  Staff Writer | November 02, 2006 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to a recent article in the New York Times, many companies are reluctant to publicly confirm defective product recalls and as a result, consumers are returning fewer and fewer defective and dangerous products back to the manufacturer. Because companies realistically do not want to issue press releases or publicly confirm that they manufactured or sold a defective and unreasonably...

• E-Coli and Product Safety Problems

  Staff Writer | September 27, 2006 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I have been innvolved in litigation and trial for the past several days and only recently discovered that this nation has a problem with an outbreak of E.Coli bacteria and tainted spinach. According to the New York Times discussion of the E.Coli problems which have resulted in illness of at least 100 people: E. coli is abundant in the digestive systems of healthy cattle and humans, and if your...

• Unsafe Contact Lens Solution Removed from Market

  Staff Writer | May 18, 2006 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Well it looks like the company Bausch & Lomb did the right thing and removed the product ReNu from the market because it had the potential to cause a form of fungal outbreak leading to possible blindness. The company took the high road and suggested that by recalling its product:Bausch & Lomb's top priority is the safety of our customers, and we want them to have complete confidence in our...

• Summer Driving

  Staff Writer | May 08, 2006 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As we head into the hot summer months, I read an article about a tragic motor vehicle accident which started with a punctured tire. The article mentioned that a tire blowout caused a victim to lose control of his vehicle and veer into oncoming traffic. He later succumbed to his injuries. This article discussing such a tragedy led me to think about what we as drivers can do to protect...

• Taser Problems Continuing?

  Staff Writer | April 26, 2006 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I guess that Taser International has some continuing public relations and product marketing problems concerning training and use of the company's stun guns. This time, according to a new article on the web site News Inferno discussing possible defects in the Taser product, The death of a 56-year-old wheelchair-bound disabled woman in Florida after being shocked by a Taser stun gun has only...

• Bausch & Lomb Eye Solution May Cause Blindness

  Staff Writer | April 12, 2006 12:52 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I heard today that Bausch & Lomb's popular eye solution for consumers who wear contact lenses has been removed from the market because it may cause a fungal infection which could lead to blindness. Can you imagine wearing contact lenses and following your doctors advice only to later go blind because the eye solution you purchased caused a fungal eye infection? How would you feel if this...

• Lawyer Advertising

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2006 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Do you select your attorney on the basis of which animal mascot the lawfirm included in its advertising slogan? Are you comfortable hiring lawyers who choose a flying animal or a four legged creature as a mascot? Do you make a decision to hire a lawyer on the basis of advertising? Fees? Experience? What criteria do you use to evaluate who to hire for your legal needs? What resources do you...

• Other Opinions about Taser

  Staff Writer | March 06, 2006 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As a follow-up to my recent posting, I thought it would be helpful to suggest looking at Joseph Saunders recent discussion about Taser's products. Click here to review his posting about the Taser product line. In his blog posting, Joseph comments on a new twelve-gauge shotgun style product which apparently is under development.The discussion about alleged defects in Taser products and other...