Defective & Dangerous Products

• Remote Controlled Toy Tanks Recalled By Family Dollar Stores

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2011 8:50 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Remote-controlled toy tanks, sold at Family Dollar Stores, have been voluntarily recalled, in cooperation with the CPSC, because the controller can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to...

• Children’s Floor Hockey Sets Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | February 26, 2010 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  BigBox Hockey Sets have been recalled by Sportime, of Norcross, Ga., due to the surface coating on the board containing high levels of lead. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children. No...

• Bassetbaby Recalls Drop-Side Cribs

  Jenny Albano | February 14, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Bassetbaby, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling 18 Wendy Bellissimo Hidden Hills Collection Drop-Side Cribs.The spindles on the drop-side of the crib are able to loosen, which creates a gap that may pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard. So far the company has received three reports of the spindles coming loose but there have not been any injuries reported.This recall involves a...

• Florida Tobacco Cases Filed

  Robert Blanchard | January 14, 2008 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The deadline for former smokers in Florida to file their injury lawsuits against big tobacco has come and gone and estimates of the number filed are still under 10,000 total suits. That is a far cry from the 700,000 class members originally designated as entitled to damage awards. The Florida Supreme Court took away that award but did let stand the jury findings that the companies were negligent...

• Sierra Syringes Recalled(2)

  Robert Blanchard | December 21, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The first news of some problem with the Sierra prefilled Heparin syringes appears to have come out on December 17, 2007. Today a voluntary recall was announced. This is a little late for those already hospitalized with serious infections. While is hope that these infections will be treatable with antibiotics, the risks of nerve damage and other complications are still looming. Medical products...

• Sierra Syringes Recalled(3)

  Robert Blanchard | December 21, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The first news of some problem with the Sierra prefilled Heparin syringes appears to have come out on December 17, 2007. Today a voluntary recall was announced. This is a little late for those already hospitalized with serious infections. While is hope that these infections will be treatable with antibiotics, the risks of nerve damage and other complications are still looming. Medical products...

• Korean Seat Belt Maker

  Robert Blanchard | December 01, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A Korean Seat belt maker has failed in its attempt to get cases moved to a Federal Court about its defective seat belts in a . Alabama's highest Court denied the motion to dismiss based upon a lack of state jurisdiction of the case. The case centers around a 2004 car accident in which a woman was killed while driving a 1999 KIA automobile. The case will now go back to Mobile, Alabama for...

• Tobacco Ruling Hurts Companies

  Robert Blanchard | November 30, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  The Tobacco Companies are back in the Appellate Court after a Federal Judge ruled that they violated anti-racketeering laws by promoting lite cigarettes as safe. Judge Kessler wrote a 1600 page decision to support her finding that the tobacco companies acted the same as an organized crime syndicate when they promoted their lite cigarettes. And she also banned the cigarette companies from...

• Burn Injuries at Halloween

  Robert Blanchard | October 29, 2007 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  With the abundance of candles lit in Jack-O-Lanterns and long draping costumes, burn injuries at Halloween continue to be a concern. Most store-bought childrens constumes will be flame retardent, but home-made costumes may not be. Unfortunately, if you rely on product recalls for protection, safety may come too late. The U.S. Product Safety Commission has issued helpful guidelines for keeping...

• Beware the eBAY Toys

  Robert Blanchard | August 27, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  While some Chinese toys are being pulled from store shelves, it appears that previously recalled toys are reappearing as auction items on eBay. Injury Prevention Journal looked into children's items recalled between the years of 1992-2004 and 190 of them were still available on eBay. The dangerous toys included a collapsing playyard, a car that has a battery that can overheat and burn children;...