Defective & Dangerous Products

• Children's Toy Boxes Recalled

  Ashley Davis | April 15, 2009 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  On April1, 2009, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission put out a recall on Lakeshores Learning Materials. Due to a choking hazard posed by the children’s toy boxes about 4,000 units...

• Conair Clothing Iron Risks

  Ashley Davis | April 02, 2009 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  On March 31, 2009, Conair recalled about 45,000 clothing irons due to a fire hazard. It has come to their attention that the clothing iron can quickly overheat and pose a serious threat of fire....

• Evenflo Recalls

  Ashley Davis | April 02, 2009 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Does your child have an activity center produced by Evenflo? It has now been reported that about 213,000 of the children’s activity centers manufactured by Evenflo have been recalled due to...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Nuva Ring Contraceptive

  Scott Kappes | March 20, 2008 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  This week a wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of a New Jersey mother of two who tragically died after suffering a seizure on December 7, 2007. Jackie Kelly Bozicev, 32, had recently moved into a new home with her husband, Robert, and two young children Mary Kelly and Matthew. Jackie and Robert planned two have more children in the future, but wanted to hold off for a...

• What is a Shoulder Pain Pump?

  Ashley Davis | April 17, 2009 1:30 PM | 1 CommentGalveston Bay, TX

  A shoulder pain pump is a small device developed recently to deliver pain medication directly into the shoulder joint through a small flexible plastic tube called a catheter. According to a recent...

• Kugel Patch Recall

  Lindsay Bauer | March 09, 2007 7:57 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Doctors have been advised to stop using the Kugel Mesh Patch and the FDA is recommending that patients who were implanted with Patches on the recall list seek immediate medical attention if they experience unusual symptoms. The Kugel Mesh Patch is used to repair a ventral hernia. A hernia is described by doctors as a defect of gap in the abdominal muscle wall through which an intra-abdominal...

• ReNu Contact Lenses

  Ashley Davis | April 02, 2009 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The Food and Drug Administration released their statement to officially recall ReNu contact Lens Solution. There have been known links between the contact solution and the fungal disease called...

• Cribs Recalled

  Ashley Davis | March 27, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Have you purchased a new baby crib by Stork?? As of January 13, 2009, about 535,000 cribs produced by Stork Craft manufacturing have been recalled due to suffocation and entrapment risks. The...

• Blood Substitutes Linked to Higher Death Rates

  Scott Kappes | April 28, 2008 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A government researcher has called for human trials to be halted after blood substitutes being tested were linked to an increased risk of heart attack and death. In a study of pooled data from...

• Toymaker Settles Recall Lawsuit For $30M

  Scott Kappes | January 23, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Toymaker RC2, the makers of Thomas & Friends toy trains amongst other toys, has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit resulting from last years toy recalls. Between June and September the company recalled over 1.7 million toys due to the use of lead paint in many of their toys. This was the first recall to raise substantial public awareness and concern about lead paint in...