Defective & Dangerous Products

• InjuryBoard Knows Fireworks Claims

  Bob Carroll | July 05, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Over at TortsProf Blog there is a mention of fireworks and InjuryBoard in the same short article. I am pleased to be associated with a national network of injury lawyers - InjuryBoard.com - with expertise in just about every type of claim on behalf of the wrongfully injured.I should also mention that TortsProf Blog provides an overview of the entire Torts field of law. Well worth a visit from...

• $193 Million Verdict For Defective Hot Tub Filter

  Bob Carroll | June 30, 2006 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  It may be time to check the filter on your hot tub. You may be soaking with Legionnaires' Disease. This Cruise Ship Report has the details.A federal court jury in New York on June 28th awarded Celebrity Cruise Lines, Inc. $193 million in damages in a suit stemming from a 1994 outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease on the cruise ship Horizon.At least 16 persons who had sailed on nine separate...

• Metal Works For Golf Clubs, Not Baseball Bats

  Bob Carroll | June 13, 2006 6:38 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The crack of the bat needs to return to kids baseball. Kids and metal bats do not mix. Wooden bats are used by Major League Baseball. Why do our kids have to use aluminum rocket launchers in a sport intended for exercise and fun? School Sports Heads Debate Safety Of Aluminum Bats Some Say They Send Balls Flying Dangerously FastThe crack of the bat needs to return to kids baseball. Kids...

• Defective Door On Fire Truck Causes Death Of Firefighter

  Bob Carroll | June 08, 2006 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The dangers faced by firefighters are not always at the fire. The vehicles and equipment they use can also cause serious injuries and death as a report from Texas indicates. Civil suit filed against fire truck maker The parents of an Amarillo firefighter killed when he fell out of the truck while en route to a call last year have filed a lawsuit against the vehicle's makers. Firefighter...

• Part Of Tobacco Settlement May Have Gone Up In Smoke (Screen)

  Bob Carroll | May 20, 2006 5:17 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Gunsmoke brand cigarettes part of smokescreen. That should be the headline of this news story.Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist announced yesterday that his office has moved to have one of the nation's largest tobacco manufacturers held in contempt for violating Florida's historic multi-billion-dollar 1997 tobacco settlement. Crist said Brown & Williamson Holding Inc. failed to report the...

• Check Your Fire And Smoke Alarms

  Bob Carroll | May 16, 2006 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  One benefit of the civil justice system is that some verdicts remind us to inspect or maintain the safety devices that otherwise are unnoticed and ignored for years.Jury Awards Family $7M For Injuries; Death Caused By Defective Smoke AlarmSheila Hackert, et al. v. First Alert Inc., et al. Case number: No. 1:03-cv-216 Court: N.D. N.Y.

• CDC Confirms Over 100 Cases Of Serious Eye Infection

  Bob Carroll | May 06, 2006 4:28 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Over 100 cases of a serious eye infection have been confirmed by the CDC. Among contact lens wearers, multiple products manufactured by Bausch & Lomb and other companies have now been implicated as potential sources of the infections.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday reported a 19 percent increase in the confirmed cases of a serious eye infection that has prompted eye...

• ReNu Contact Lens Solution & Serious Eye Infections

  Bob Carroll | April 28, 2006 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  My fellow InjuryBoard Blogger, Joe Saunders, and I are mentioned in the same news article in today's St. Pete Times detailing the widening concerns about serious eye problems associated with the use of ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution. Our prior blog postings on this tragic situation were among the earliest in the country. Eye fungus sparking lawsuits Sixty of the 186 cases of a rare...

• Florida's Eyes Have It - The ReNu Infection

  Bob Carroll | April 19, 2006 4:10 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Florida may be leading the nation in the number of people complaining of experiencing eye problems as a result of using ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution. That is the word from the Miami Herald today. Attorneys throughout the state are receiving calls from worried contact lens wearers who suspect that they may have the fungal infection that has been associated with the Bausch & Lomb...

• Another Taser Death - In Clearwater

  Bob Carroll | April 07, 2006 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Before the Taser was invented, law enforcement officers were able to subdue unarmed persons with various well-recognized techniques, some of which I learned during my training as an FBI Agent in the mid 1960's. These techniques almost always accomplished their purpose without causing any serious injury. Enter the Taser. With the new, supposedly non-lethal, weapon now being used against both...