Ford Vehicle Recalls Issued Covering 101,000 Cars Six separate Ford vehicle recalls issued on Tuesday, July 8th, covering a total of 101,000 cars. Most of the Ford Motors Co. cars fall under one vehicle recall, which covers 92,000 Taurus, Flex, Police Interceptor, Lincoln MKS, and Lincoln MKT models from 2013 and 2014, as well as Ford Edges from 2012-2014, and model year 2014 Lincoln MKX’s. The vehicles have a faulty assembly that can cause a “loss of drive function,” which means the cars have a higher roll-away risk when placed in “park” … [Read more...]
Subaru Brake Rust Recall
July 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Subaru Brake Rust Recall Covers 660,000 Cars Subaru has issued two vehicle recalls earlier this month. The first major Subaru recall covers 660,238 cars for potential brake line rust. The Subaru brake rust recall covers over 660,000 2009-2013 Forester, the 2008-2011 Impreza and the 2008-2014 Impreza WRX/STI, the 2005-2009 Outback and the 2005-2009 Legacy, the NHTSA said, and are found in cold-weather states - Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New … [Read more...]
Airbags Recalled For Rupture, Exploding Hot Air and Shrapnel
June 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Nissan, Honda, and Mazda Airbags Recalled Due to Serious Defects and Personal Injury I can remember back to the days when we rode around in cars that did not have airbags. Airbags were a technological advancement created to make us safer. When that technology backfires, it can be dangerous and even fatal. After serious defects were discovered in airbags manufactured by a Japanese company, Takata, three major Japan-based automobile manufacturers – Nissan, Honda, and Mazda – had their airbags recalled for cars across the world. According to … [Read more...]
Massive Mad Cow Food Recall of Beef Amid Mad Cow Scare
June 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Mad Cow Food Recall for Beef after Noting Possible Mad Cow Disease The US Department of Agriculture has announced a large food recall for beef products that have been distributed to two restaurants and a grocery chain. The food recall was issued by Missouri-based Fruitland American Meat, and although it is voluntary, the food recall covers 4,012 lbs of beef that may contain parts of the nervous system which could carry properties related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. Mad cow disease can be transmitted between cows … [Read more...]
Wegmans Ice Under Product Recall for Metal
June 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Wegmans Issues Product Recall for Bagged Ice Due to Metal Fragments Wegmans Food Markets, Inc, has issued a voluntary product recall for its bagged ice after learning that the product could contain pieces of metal from a part of the machine that produces the ice after it broke. The metal pieces could be a choking hazard, according to the company. The bags of ice were sold between January 1 and June 10, 2014. The ice under product recall was sold at Wegmans’ stores located in Pennsylvania (excluding Erie), New Jersey, Virginia, and … [Read more...]
GM Hit with Personal Injury Lawsuit After Major Vehicle Recall
March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Proposed Personal Injury Class Action Lawsuit Against GM Related to Deaths and Delayed Major Vehicle Recall On Friday, March 14th, General Motors (GM) was hit with two personal injury/wrongful death lawsuits related to their recent major vehicle recall. The lawsuits are part of a proposed class action against the vehicle manufacturer for serious delays in the vehicle recall. Last month, when the first part of the ignition switch vehicle recall was issued, GM acknowledged that it knew about at least 13 deaths related to crashes. When the … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart Pulls Enfamil Formula After Infant Death
December 22, 2011 By
South Carolina Defective Product Attorneys Wal-Mart has pulled a powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 of its stores nationwide after a 10-day-old Missouri boy who was fed the formula died from what preliminary tests indicate was a rare bacterial infection, the retailer said. Newborn Avery Cornett died Sunday of an uncommon infection that is sometimes linked to bacteria found in the commercial formula, reports said. He was taken to the hospital on Friday after his family said he appeared lethargic and seemed to have a stomach … [Read more...]
Black & Decker Settles for $960,000
September 19, 2011 By
The Maryland based Power Tool Company Black & Decker said they will pay $960,000 to settle a claim that it did not report a defective weed trimmer. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulators say Black & Decker "knowingly failed to report several safety defects and hazards and withheld information, relating to its Grasshog XP product. The agency said this occured while they were investigating reports of the injury. 158 people were injured between 2005 and 2009. The CPSC says Black & Decker knew the Grasshog … [Read more...]
Defective Product Injuries: What to do first?
June 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Every year, thousands of people across the country are injured using a wide variety of products. Those products can range from Chinese Drywall, to Fixodent products, and unfortunately include children’s toys as well. Some injuries can have serious and long-lasting consequences. You may be entitled to compensation if your injury was the result of a defective product. Products Need to be Safe Companies who put defective products on the shelves should be held accountable. It's your right as a consumer to seek justice. So what do you do? … [Read more...]
