Dangerous products that cause injuries.
Pfizer Inc. issued a recall of 28 lots of birth control pills because of a packaging error that may leave women with an inadequate amount of contraception. As a result of the packaging error, some blister packs may have more of the active, or hormone-laden pills, some may have too Read more »
Although Skechers claims Shape-ups will help tone your legs, buttocks, and core, many in the medical and fitness fields believe the shoes rocker-bottom sole is causing users to suffer serious stress fracture injuries. Shape-ups toning shoes alter the way a personal walks, which over time can put pressure on areas Read more »
Since being launched in early 2011, the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s online product safety information database, SaferProducts.gov, reports that more than 130 complaints concerning toning shoes, including Skechers Shape-ups, have been filed on the database. Consumers have reported torn ligaments, strained muscles, broken bone injuries, chronic tendinitis, and chronic pain Read more »
Celebrity-endorsed Skechers Shape-ups are touted as an athletic shoe that will get you in shape fast simply by walking in them. The makers of Skechers Shape-ups claim with regular use, their popular toning shoes will improve leg, buttock and core muscle strength. The company has sponsored two studies showing Read more »
Delta Enterprises has announced today that they are voluntary recalling infant cribs made between 1995 and 2007, after two infants died. This latest defective product recall involves nearly 985,000 drop-side cribs with Delta’s “Crib Trigger Lock with Safety Peg” and 600,000 cribs with Delta’s “Crib Trigger Lock with Spring Peg.” Read more »
The president of a swimming pool company is charged after the death of a 6-year-old boy in Connecticut. The child, Zachary Cohn, drowned in 2007 when his arm became trapped in an intake valve in his family’s pool. The president of Shoreline Pools, David Lionetti, has been charged with second-degree Read more »
The parents of a Georgia boy who died in an accident have been awarded $3.5 million. 14-year-old Matthew Reynolds was the passenger in his mother’s 1995 Chevy Blazer in June of 2002. They were traveling southbound on Interstate 985 in Gainesville when a drunk driver collided with the Reynolds’ vehicle. Read more »
A wrongful death lawsuit has been settled in the case of a man who died of mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure. From 1951-1955, James Baccus worked as a Navy machinist in Philadelphia. He was then employed by American Synthetic Rubber Company in Kentucky from 1957-1977. In 2007, Mr. Read more »
An eight-year-old girl in Indiana swallowed ten magnets and 20 steel balls from a toy because she thought they looked like candy. Haley Lents’ parents took her to the emergency when she was unable to stand due to severe pain. She spent two weeks in the hospital and needed emergency Read more »
A personal injury suit has been settled regarding a case of a girl who was paralyzed after a 2006 accident. Monique Guerrero was five years old when she, along with two other siblings, was traveling in her mother’s Chevrolet Tahoe. The family was driving approximately 54 mph on a rural Read more »