The Legal Examiner Kansas City Archives

• Comedian Robert Schimmel Seriously Injured In Car Accident

  Brett Emison | August 31, 2010 4:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Entertainment site, TMZ, has reported that comedian Robert Schimmel was seriously injured a car accident in Arizona. According to the TMZ report, Schimmel's 19-year-old daughter swerved to avoid an...

• Legal & Safety News Roundup - Football Edition (August 31, 2010)

  Brett Emison | August 31, 2010 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Legal and safety news of interest, but today's edition has a football themed twist: Lawyer Norman Tugwater Ready to Sue for Pro Athletes' Fantasy Rights [Debra Cassens Weiss at ABA Journal;...

• Did You Know... Bad Vehicle Designs Can Make Injuries Worse?

  Brett Emison | August 30, 2010 10:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  In just the last year, Toyota has recalled more than 10 million vehicles for sudden / unintended acceleration problems, Ford has recalled more than 4.5 million vehicles because of fire dangers...

• NNTSA's Jeep Grand Cherokee Investigation and Fuel Fed Fire Risks

  Brett Emison | August 28, 2010 9:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Many outlets have reported this week that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating 3 million Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles for a defective fuel tank that can...

• Missouri Attorneys Donate $100,000 to Legal Aid Organization

  Brett Emison | August 27, 2010 10:44 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Scott Lauck at Missouri Lawyers Media reported that a two Missouri lawyers have donated $100,000 to a local Legal Aid organization. Ralph Phalen and Mitchell Burgess represented a class of 30,000...

• Toyota Recalls 1.1 Million Vehicles For Faulty Electronic Engine Control Units

  Brett Emison | August 26, 2010 3:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Various sources have reported that Toyota will recall more than 1.1 million Toyota Corolla and Toyota Matrix vehicles (model years 2005-2008) because of problems with the electronic control units...

• Did You Know... How You Wear Your Seat Belt Can Be As Crucial As If You Wear Your Seat Belt?

  Brett Emison | August 23, 2010 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Seatbelts have been required equipment in vehicles for half a century and many of us have been using them our whole lives; however, it is important to understand that the seatbelt is just one...

• Celebrity Plastic Surgeon Killed Texting While Driving

  Brett Emison | August 18, 2010 10:30 AM | 10 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Virginia Tech study has shown that drivers are 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash if they are texting instead of paying attention. People Magazine reported that a celebrity plastic...

• Legal and Safety News Round Up (8/17/2010)

  Brett Emison | August 17, 2010 11:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Interesting legal and safety news of the moment: Update for ongoing Yaz / Yasmin / Ocella multi-district litigation (MDL) [by Tom Lamb at Drug Injury Watch] Federal Judge strikes down...

• Did You Know... Companies Put A Value On Your Life?

  Brett Emison | August 16, 2010 10:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Did you know that companies often calculate the value of your life (or your health) as an economic calculation during the design and testing of their products? Most people never consider that the...

• The Steering Wheel Desk Tray... A Product You Might Be More Likely To Live Without

  Brett Emison | August 14, 2010 1:11 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Some lighter fare this weekend. A friend passed along a link to this gem of an item at Amazon.com: The Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray. Included in the item description: Attaches to your...

• Legal and Safety News Round Up (8/10/2010)

  Brett Emison | August 10, 2010 3:03 PM | 6 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Former Senator Ted Stevens reported among those killed in Alaska plane crash [Reuters] Medical Malpractice: Hate To Say We Told You So [at the Pop Tort] Medical Malpractice: We Told You...

• Did You Know... You Can Report An Auto Defect To Safety Investigators?

  Brett Emison | August 09, 2010 10:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for gathering information on problems with automobiles, analyzing the problems for trends, and identifying defects based...

• Jury Awards $8 Million To Girl Injured By Defective Seat Back

  Brett Emison | August 06, 2010 10:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A Platte County, Missouri jury awarded $8 million to five-year-old Aaliyah George and her family for injuries Aaliyah received when a defective seat back designed by Johnson Controls collapsed...

• Legal and Safety News of the Day

  Brett Emison | August 03, 2010 2:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Legal and safety news from around the web: Michigan Supreme Court tweaks the standard for injury lawsuits [Detroit Free Press via Howard Bashman at How Appealing; also from Joe Consumer at The...

• NHTSA Cover Up Of Positive Toyota Documents... Why The Story Doesn't Add Up

  Brett Emison | August 03, 2010 10:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Wall Street Journal posted another story about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) ongoing investigation of the Toyota sudden/unintended acceleration problem. The...

• Did You Know... Even If You Keep Your Online Information Safe, Others Won't?

  Brett Emison | August 02, 2010 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There has been plenty written about what you need to do in order to protect yourself and your identity online. But even if you take proper (or what you believe to be proper) safeguards, does that...