Defective & Dangerous Products

• 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...

• 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...

• Warning Labels - Sometimes Silly, Sometimes Deadly Serious

  Bob Carroll | October 03, 2005 5:25 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Not dishwasher safe-On a remote control for a TV. This product not intended for use as a dental drill-On an electric rotary tool. There are some silly warning labels. But, in the Deadly Serious category would be children's toys that warn of a choking hazard and warnings about the tipover hazard of some children's furniture."Not dishwasher safe." -- On a remote control for a TV. "This product...

• 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...

• Defective Product Accountability for Foreign Manufacturers

  Joe Saunders | September 14, 2009 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1606) is a good consumer protection bill that's been introduced in the US Senate by Senators Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Jeff...

• 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...

• 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...

• The Unfortunate Stain Of The McDonald's Spilled Coffee On All Plaintiffs

  Bob Carroll | October 17, 2005 11:01 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The adjectives most often used to describe the case include outrageous, ridiculous, insane and stupid. But, the evidence established a gross and deliberate violation of the industry safety standard for the temperature of coffee that caused a painful and permanent injury of a customer, an injury that was entirely predictable by McDonald's.Try to select a jury from almost any group of citizens...

• Florida Tobacco Engle Class Members Must Register before June 16, 2008

  Brenda Fulmer | April 23, 2008 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  At a hearing on April 15, 2008, Judge David Miller in Miami made a number of rulings with regard to the distribution of the Engle Trust Fund (the "Fund"), previously referred to as the Guaranteed...

• Army Corps Banning Tube Flying

  Bob Carroll | July 10, 2006 6:54 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Tube flying has received another negative review because it is basically an ultra-hazardous activity disguised as a new water sport.According to the Washington Post the Army Corps of Engineers is banning tube flying (tube kiting) from facilities under its jurisdiction.Army Corps Punctures Kite TubesU.S. Army Corps of Engineers' districts are moving quickly to ban "tube kiting," a relatively...