NATIONAL – Bravo Sports just recalled about 160,000 Bravo Sports Trampolines due to fall hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced. The CPSC advising consumers to stop using the recalled Trampolines immediately and notes that it’s illegal to resell or to attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Incorrectly assembled trampolines can…
NATIONAL – In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine announced that, finally, the FDA has stepped forward and decided on regulatory action for Avandia, a diabetes drug that last year claimed 1,354 lives as a result of cardiac-associated problems. The FDA is restricting access to Avandia by requiring GSK to submit…
NATIONAL – Mercedes-Benz has recalled 85,000 of its 2010 and 2011 models because a steering problem could make the vehicles difficult to control. The models are the 2010 C-Class and the 2010-11 E-Class, the automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in a recent report. Mercedes said a connection fitting on the high-pressure power steering line…
Truck crashes are extremely costly to both trucking companies and their insurance companies, and large companies will work quickly to resolve everything at the scene of the accident. You should never try to resolve or settle the matter with the trucking company or their claim representative without first consulting with a Florida Accident Attorney familiar…
NATIONAL – According to USA Today (10/5) editorializes, “Last year, when J&J faced what should have been a relatively minor problem, executives forgot to read their own textbook.” J&J “discovered in late 2008 that some Motrin tablets, made by its McNeil division, were not dissolving properly, possibly affecting their potency. So did executives publicly announce…
NATIONAL – According to the Los Angeles Times (10/5, Bensinger, Vartabedian) reports, “Allstate Corp. has sued Toyota Motor Corp. over sudden-acceleration-related claims it has paid, alleging that the accidents were caused by vehicle defects. The suit, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeks $3 million in compensation for about 270 claims that the insurance…
NATIONAL – According to the Houston Chronicle (10/1, Lee) reports, “Local retailers pulled Fisher-Price tricycles, high chairs and toys from their shelves Thursday after the company announced a recall of more than 10 million products because of safety hazards. .. The recall is the largest for toys since Congress gave” the US Consumer Product Safety Commission…
Mothers Against Drunk Driving began as an idea being tossed around at a kitchen table. Three decades later, it is one of the country’s most recognized and effective advocacy organizations. MADD quickly built a broad grassroots network that helped set the minimum drinking age at 21. It then fought alcohol trade groups to impose a…
NATIONAL – Recently The Hartford Financial Services Group agreed to a $72.5 million class-action settlement. This settlement will end a dispute over structured settlements in personal injury and workers compensation cases. This settlement will cover 21,600 people nationwide. The lawsuit alleged that The Hartford’s property and casualty companies purchased annuities from its life insurance subsidiary and then deducted as much as…
A whiplash injury affects well over one million people in the U.S. each year and is the most common injury resulting from car accidents. Whiplash injury symptoms are often chronic problems that sometimes may persist for many years. Headaches, neck pain, low back pain, and travel anxieties are but a few of these symptoms. Up…