Virginia Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Trinity for Faulty Guardrails Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has added the state to a whistleblower lawsuit against Trinity Industries and Trinity Highway Products for selling faulty guardrails that had not passed federal testing. “It is shocking that a company would think they could secretly modify a safety device in a way that may actually pose a threat to Virginia motorists,” Attorney General Herring said in a press release. “Trinity had an obligation to test and seek approval for its … [Read more...]
Honda to Expand Takata Airbag Recall
December 15, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Honda Will Expand Takata Airbag Recall by 3.5 Million Cars Worldwide Last week, Honda announced that it is expanding its safety recall involving vehicles with Takata airbags as part of an investigation into the brand’s safety in the United States, a move that the federal government called for. Now, the company advises that it will expand its safety recall across the world. The Japanese automobile manufacturer has issued numerous safety recalls. In the event of an accident, a defective Takata airbag can explode sending shrapnel flying towards … [Read more...]
Children’s Play Yards Under Safety Recall
December 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Company Issues Safety Recall for Children’s Play Yards for Strangulation Hazard A manufacturer of play yards and enclosed play areas for young children has issued a safety recall covering 10,000 units due to a potential choking hazard. Dream On Me manufactured children’s play yards that were sold through retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and Toys R Us between March of 2010, and January 2014. According to reports, the safety recall was initiated because the rails can collapse, trapping the child inside the play yard. At worst, the trapped child … [Read more...]
Moldy Yogurt Noted 2 Months Before Chobani Food Recall
December 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Idaho Dept of Agriculture Saw Moldy Yogurt - Chobani Greek Yogurt - 2 Months Before Food Recall An investigative report into the timeline of the Chobani Greek yogurt food recall showed that the company may have known about moldy yougurt problems for two months before it issued a food safety recall. The yogurt, which numerous consumers noted had a problem with “bloating” in the package, and which reportedly smelled sour or “off,” and which was found to have a fungus that sickened 300 people, may have been contaminated for at least two months … [Read more...]
Columbia Police to Wear Body Cameras to Prevent Excessive Force
December 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
As Dispute Over Excessive Force Continues Across Country, South Carolina Law Enforcement Supports Body Cameras Neither police officer involved in the recent deaths of Mike Brown and Eric Garner was indicted on murder or manslaughter charges after they reportedly killed the African Americans for no reason. Protests across the country decry the use of excessive force that killed these two citizens, and many believe that body cameras, which would record every movement of a police officer while on duty, would help prevent such tragedies by … [Read more...]
SC Legislators File Body Camera Bill to Prevent Excessive Force Injuries
December 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
SC Legislators File Bill to Require Body Cameras on Police to Prevent Excessive Force Injuries Police officers are currently required to use dash cams in their vehicles to document DUI or car accident stops, as well as monitor police behavior at the scene of a crime. However, many concerned citizens are advocating that police officers be required to wear a body camera, due to allegations of excessive force across the country. Now, two South Carolina state senators have filed legislation for consideration in the 2015 sessions, which could … [Read more...]
Honda Agrees to Required Takata Airbag Safety Recall
December 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Honda Agrees to US Regulators’ Required Safety Recall for Takata Airbag Dangers On Wednesday, December 3rd, Honda Motor Corp agreed to a request from federal US safety regulators to expand its safety recall of Takata airbags, especially driver’s side airbags, due to numerous reports of exploding airbags causing shrapnel injuries and deaths in Honda drivers. “Why are we doing this? Because our customers have concerns and we want to address them,” said Rick Schostek, an executive vice president at Honda North America, in testimony before a … [Read more...]
GM Ignition Switch Wrongful Death Claim Toll Reaches 36
December 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims Against GM’s Faulty Ignition Switches Rise According to the attorneys overseeing the General Motors defective ignition switch compensation fund, the number of wrongful death claims went up in the last week of November, and the number of reported deaths believed to be directly related to ignition switch defects and the delayed vehicle recall has risen to 36. The totals were updates on Monday, December 1st. The compensation fund says that it also recognized 44 wrongful death claims of serious personal … [Read more...]
Scooters Among Most Dangerous Products for Kids
December 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Most Dangerous Products for Kids Include Lightweight Scooters If you have children in your life that you shop for this holiday season, you may not know which toys are considered the most dangerous products, and which are safe. Scooters, according to one report, are among the most dangerous toys available to children. Scooters are often collapsible, lightweight, and foot-powered. They were popularized in the early 2000’s by Razor, and are often referred to as “Razor scooters,” although that is a brand name and not a type of scooter. A study … [Read more...]
Woman Cleared of Negligent Homicide in Crash Due to GM Vehicle Recall
December 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Woman Cleared of Negligent Homicide Charges in Fatal Crash Because of GM Vehicle Recall On Monday, November 24th, a Texas judge cleared a woman of all negligent homicide charges related to a fatal 2007 car accident which killed her fiancée, after the accident was linked to defects in ignition switches in some older model General Motors vehicles which led to a GM vehicle recall earlier this year. Candice Anderson was driving a Saturn Ion, which was one of the 2.5 million defective cars under vehicle recall due to ignition switch problems. The … [Read more...]
