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PSA | CAN YOU SPOT THE RISKS? Tripp Law Firm - Spot the Risks

PSA | CAN YOU SPOT THE RISKS?

Can You Spot the Risks? Children are one of the most precious aspects of life. But with incredible life, comes incredible risk. Safe Kids Worldwide put together a video to challenge us to see if we could really spot all the risks available to children. Test yourself and see how many you can catch! Did…

Toyota’s assertions of driver error suggest that BLACK BOXES are more reliable than previously attested

NATIONAL – According the the Los Angeles Times (7/29, Bensinger, Vartabedian) reports that Toyota has often dismissed the data collected by its event data recorders as “unreliable” and collected by “unproven technology. … Now, facing continued claims that its vehicles are defective, Toyota appears to have done an about-face” and “has been citing data from black…

MEDTRONIC warns of defects with 37,000 PACEMAKERS Ι 1.7 MILLION have been implanted Ι PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION Ι Kappa Ι Sigma

“Medtronic is warning doctors that 37,000 of its pacemakers may have wiring defects that can cause them to malfunction.” The company said the defect affects a subset of its Kappa and Sigma pacemakers, causing them not to respond or [to] run out of battery power. About 1.7 million of the pacemakers have been implanted since…

GM – Recalls 277,000 vehicles

GM recalled about 277,000 vehicles on Friday because of a potential defect in the shift lever that could cause a vehicle to roll away.GM said the recall involves 2009 model year versions of the Buick Enclave; Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Malibu and Traverse; GMC Acadia; Pontiac G5 and G6; and the Saturn Aura and Outlook. GM…