Defective & Dangerous Products

• 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...

• Contaminated Counterfeit Colgate Toothpaste Recalled

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2007 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Tubes of toothpaste found in discount stores in four states are being recalled by the FDA because they may contain the toxic chemical diethylene glycol, better known as DEG. This chemical is sometimes illegally used as a sweetener and thickening agent. DEG is also used as a solvent in antifreeze.Colgate-Palmolive says that the tubes of toothpaste are counterfeit and that they have never...

• 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...

• Registration Forms for Engle Trust Fund Now Available Online

  Brenda Fulmer | April 30, 2008 7:40 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Garden City Group, Inc., the Claims Administrator appointed by Judge David Miller in Miami to process claims against the Engle Trust Fund, has now posted a Registration Form that claimants can...

• 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...

• 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...

• FDA Seizes More Dietary Supplements

  Joe Saunders | May 18, 2009 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  US Marshals have seized 23,300 bottles of three separate dietary supplements through a court order. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division entered a consent...

• 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....

• Hillsborough County Courts Facing Severe Budget Cuts

  Brenda Fulmer | March 28, 2008 1:33 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Hillsborough County Bar members received a plea this week from Chief Judge Manuel Menendez, Jr., urging lawyers to write Senate President Ken Pruitt and Speaker of the House Marco Rubio in an effort to stop legislative proposals that would slash the local court's budget by 10%. Such a cut would result in approximately one-third of staff jobs being eliminated from the Hillsborough County court...

• Closing The Chapter on HRT Litigation in 2007

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Great strides were made in 2007 to educate the courts and juries about the great deception over the past few decades that led many to ingest combination hormone therapy products such as Prempro and Premarin in combination with Provera. Conventional wisdom about these hormones is finally shifting, especially in light of an unprecedented drop in national cancer registries that dovetails with the...