Category: Defective Products
It’s Easy to Miss Product Recalls So Tell a Friend
Posted by Jeff Downing in Defective Products Monday, 20 August 2007 10:07 No Comments
In this day of media saturation it may be hard to believe but some people miss news of product recalls. From the Consumerist:
. . . NPR introduces us to James Millard Wilson, an art student in Baltimore who missed the news of the American Medical Optic (AMO) Complete MoisturePLUS Multipurpose Contact Lens Solution. He used to solution and got a painful eye infection that could have lead to blindness if he hadn’t gone to the hospital.
How did he miss the news? James doesn’t watch tv or use the internet.
“We rely on the media to a greater or lesser extent depending on the particular recall we’re working on,” Tim Ulatowski of the Food and Drug Administration says. Is that enough? What about people who don’t like the media? From NPR:
“Now the problem with that, of course, is that if you’re not reading, watching or listening in the right place, you’re gonna miss the news,” says Donald Mays, senior director for public safety planning for Consumer Reports magazine.
Many people did miss the announcement. The company checked and found stores that still had Complete MoisturePLUS Multipurpose solution on their shelves.
Reports of new infections came in to the CDC. The FDA had to send out a second press release a couple of weeks ago. Ulatowski said the challenge was the size of the recall — 28 million bottles since May 2005.
“It’s difficult to reach into everyone’s medicine cabinet to determine that that product has been controlled and returned or disposed of by the consumer,” he says.
To listen to the full report from NPR click here.
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Merck Loses Bid to Undo $13.5 Million Vioxx Verdict
Posted by Jeff Downing in Defective Products, Product Liability Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:19 No Comments
A New Jersey judge upheld a $13.5 million verdict against drugmaker Merck & Co., won by a couple who sued over injuries the man sustained after he took the company’s Vioxx painkiller.
The Aug. 7 ruling by Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee denied Merck’s request for a new trial or a reduction in the damages, which included the jury’s punitive award of $9 million. Higbee also awarded the couple $2 million in attorney fees and costs plus $2,552 per day in interest.
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John and Irma McDarby sued Whitehouse Station, New Jersey- based Merck in 2005 after John McDarby, who used Vioxx for four years, suffered a heart attack. Their suit is one of more than 10,000 filed against the company.
Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of a heart attack in patients after 18 months of use.
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Beware: Stand ‘N Seal Grout Could be Dangerous
Posted by Jeff Downing in Defective Products Tuesday, 17 July 2007 14:59 No Comments
Law.com reports that Home Depot has been sued over allegations that its Stand ‘N Seal grout is dangerous:
. . . Stand ‘N Seal is an aerosol chemical spray containing Flexipel — an ingredient that should never have been produced in aerosol form. Two people have died after exposure to Stand ‘N Seal, Ilardi said. Others . . were hospitalized and left with permanent lung damage.
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Chinese Tires Recalled
Posted by Jeff Downing in Auto Accidents, Car Crash Lawyer Lincoln Nebraska, Defective Products, Nebraska Recall Attorney, Product Defect Lawyer Lincoln Nebraska, Product Liability, Product Recall Lawyer Lincoln Nebraska, Safety Tuesday, 10 July 2007 09:36 No Comments
On product recalls, it’s “All China All the Time” these days.
BAKERSFIELD – A New Jersey importer of Chinese-made tires is asking the federal government for help in recalling almost half a million defective tires that may have already contributed to one death.
The tire recall follows other major recalls of Chinese-made products, including pet food, toothpaste, and toy trains, prompting widespread consumer concerns.
Now consumer groups wonder if Chinese-made products are safe, given the recalls made in recent months.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said a New Jersey company—Foreign Tire Sales—has announced a recall of at least 450,000 tires made in China, although who is going to pay for the recall and tire replacements remains in question.
The defective tires, used on light trucks and SUV’s, have been sold under the names of Westlake, Telluride, Compass and YKS.
Lawyers are blaming the tires for a fatal accident last year near Philadelphia.
“Check your tires,†said Jeffery Killino, a lawyer for accident victims. “Make sure that you’re not riding on these tires!”
This tire recall follows several other recent recalls of Chinese-made products, including toothpaste containing a poisonous chemical, contaminated pet food, and Thomas the Train Engine toys decorated with lead paint.
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Mag Stix Magnetic Building Sets Recall
Posted by Jeff Downing in Defective Products Tuesday, 10 July 2007 09:14 No Comments
More problems from China:
July 5, 2007 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Mag Stix Magnetic Building Sets
Units: About 800
Distributor: Kipp Brothers, of Carmel, Ind.Hazard: Small magnets inside the plastic sticks can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC has received one report of an eight-year-old girl who was hospitalized after swallowing loose magnets. Extensive surgery was required to remove the magnets and repair intestinal perforations.
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