- Brett Emison | October 29, 2010 12:25 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFord Motor Company announced a record $1.7 billion profit in just the last three months (3Q). Ford's earnings marked its biggest third-quarter profit in its 107-year history.
From...
- Brett Emison | October 29, 2010 9:24 AM |
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MiscellaneousThere has been lots of coverage regarding a private letter Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe wrote to President Obama after it was announced that Justice David Souter would step down from the...
- Brett Emison | October 28, 2010 2:57 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsJapanese automaker, Nissan Motor Co., has recalled 2.2 million vehicles worldwide (including about 750,000 vehicles in the U.S.) to replace defective electrical relays for their engine control...
- Brett Emison | October 27, 2010 12:15 PM |
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Wrongful DeathLegal and safety news of interest from around the internet:
When sharing is bad: Judge orders shut down of LimeWire [Ashby Jones at WSJ]
Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to pay $750 million...
- Brett Emison | October 26, 2010 11:30 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsI continue to get questions about the DePuy Hip Recall. Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Othopaedics Division recently recalled all of its ASR XL Acetabular Head System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System...
- Brett Emison | October 25, 2010 11:30 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
We see aftermarket, incomplete and altered vehicles everyday on the road, but many do not realize the significant safety dangers these vehicle pose to their occupants and the driving...
- Brett Emison | October 21, 2010 4:08 PM |
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MiscellaneousAnother Toyota recall. Toyota announced that it has recalled more than 1.5 million vehicles for brake and fuel pump defects. The braking defect permits brake fluid to leak from the master cylinder...
- Brett Emison | October 20, 2010 4:15 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsCNN has reported that Chrysler will recall 26,000 vehicles because of defective power steering systems that could cause a fire. Chrysler's recall includes 2010 model year vehicles including the...
- Brett Emison | October 20, 2010 3:23 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association further confirmed the link between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs and breast cancer. According to the study,...
- Brett Emison | October 19, 2010 10:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsEvenflo is recalling more than 18,000 Maestro car seats after the seats failed tests conducted by Consumer Reports magazine. The Consumer Reports test showed the Maestro booster seats can crack and...
- Brett Emison | October 18, 2010 11:30 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsEarlier this summer, two independent studies confirmed that diabetes drug, Avandia, increases the likelihood of heart attack and bolstered claims that the side effect risks of the drug outweigh its...
- Brett Emison | October 13, 2010 11:30 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsLegal and safety news of interest from around the internet:
Are you tired of election season yet? (Times Square's Naked Cowboy announces presidential bid) [at Lowering the Bar]
Justice...
- Brett Emison | October 12, 2010 11:30 AM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Statistics compiled by Operation Lifesaver and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) show that Texas, California and Illinois lead the nation in both car-train crashes and resulting fatalities....
- Brett Emison | October 11, 2010 12:56 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Litigation is one our most powerful tools for making sure that [insert entity here] follow the law and are held accountable.
So said Tom Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce....
- Brett Emison | October 08, 2010 12:39 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA Phoenix, Arizona woman made headlines this week after she intended to use her eye drop medication, but mistakenly grabbed a nearly identical bottle of super glue. What seems like a bizarre or rare...
- Brett Emison | October 07, 2010 1:42 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
I've written before about tire defects, but here is an automobile suffering a fire defect. General Motors has recalled nearly 4,000 Cadillac SRX crossovers because of fire risk caused by a...
- Brett Emison | October 06, 2010 11:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMore bad news for Toyota. Yesterday, I wrote how insurance giant Allstate sued Toyota for payments Allstate made for claims caused by Toyota's sudden/unintended acceleration problem. Now, Bloomberg...
- Brett Emison | October 05, 2010 3:33 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe good hands people slapped Toyota with a $3 million lawsuit to recover claims Allstate paid for accidents linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. Allstate has alleged that...
- Brett Emison | October 05, 2010 11:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousOctober is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the 2nd most common cancer affecting women and most families have been touched in some way by this disease.
Breast cancer occurs...
- Brett Emison | October 04, 2010 10:35 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThere has been lots of news this year about recalls and defective products. In two of the most notable recalls -- the Toyota sudden acceleration recalls and the series of 11 different Johnson &...
- Brett Emison | October 03, 2010 12:00 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsJohnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics division has recalled its ASR XL Acetabular Head System and ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems. DePuy's hip recall has left many hip replacement patients...
- Brett Emison | October 01, 2010 10:12 AM |
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MiscellaneousMissouri's Chief Justice, William Ray Price, Jr. offered remarks to the Missouri Bar's annual meeting and judicial conference yesterday.* As Chief Justice, Judge Price has been an outstanding...