Defective & Dangerous Products

• Medical Device Liability Bill: Undoing Injustice

  Don Greiwe | May 19, 2009 10:25 AM | 21 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Last week, the new Medical Device Liability Bill was up for debate within Congress’ House and Energy Subcommittee. This new legislation is intended to undo the U.S. Supreme Court’s...

• BPA Free Bottles Gain Popularity

  Shannon Weidemann | June 30, 2008 3:53 PM | 5 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  For a long time now bisphenol-A (BPA) has been used in plastic to make it hard and clear. New studies are now making people question its safety especially when used in baby bottles, sippy cups, and...

• Hydroxycut: The Latest Gun in DSHEA’s Wild West

  Don Greiwe | May 11, 2009 9:32 AM | 3 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  As you probably have heard, hydroxycut has been taken off the market. On April 30th the FDA warned consumers to immediately stop using all 14 Hydroxycut products. This comes after the FDA...

• Baseball's Maple Bat Controversy - Does Someone Have to Die?

  Matthew Leeth | July 21, 2009 3:18 PM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Maples bats are a clearly dangerous hazard that MLB will continue to ignore until someone is killed or seriously injured. Strong language, I know, but MLB’s actions thus far can only be...

• New Bill Proposes to End Foreign Manufacturer Tort Liability Loopholes

  Don Greiwe | September 09, 2009 2:34 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Each year, many people in the United States are injured by defective foreign products imported into the United States. Loopholes in the law give foreign manufacturers ways of delaying lawsuits...

• Taser Back in the News

  Joe Saunders | February 07, 2009 11:24 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  A few weeks ago, Taser International was ordered to pay $1,423,000 in attorney fees as a result of a product's liability verdict in California. On June 7, 2008, the jury in the case of Heston v....

• Jalepeno Now Salmonella Focus, Florida Tomato Growers Lose Millions

  Shannon Weidemann | July 24, 2008 4:02 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  FDA investigator finally found salmonella in one of the thousands of samples it had tested following a huge nationwide outbreak. It was not found on a tomato however, the initial focus of the...

• Ford Recalls Pickup Trucks

  Shannon Weidemann | May 15, 2008 11:29 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  A brake hose problem is forcing the recall of Ford F-150 pickup trucks as well as the Lincoln Mark LT truck. The truck recall involves 650,000 2005 and 2006 trucks. Ford trucks covered by the...

• Children's Necklace Recalled for Lead Poisoning

  Christina Cole | May 04, 2007 2:01 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  The Oriental Trading Company, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is volunarily recalling 132,000 Children's Religious Fish Necklaces because they contain high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by small children and can cause serious health effects.The recalled necklaces hang from a black cord and have a silver fish pendant. The necklaces were sold through...

• Indoor Tanning Can Give You More Than You Bargain For

  Bob Carroll | August 14, 2006 5:37 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  You may want to think more than twice before you head to the tanning salon. The New York Times reports: In the last two years, the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Dermatology have labeled tanning beds as the health-peril equivalent of cigarettes. Skin Cancer Is Up; Tanning Industry a Target "If adults want to make the decision to use...