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• Car Accident Kills Milwaukee Couple

  David Lowe | February 09, 2006 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A two-car crash in Ozaukee county claimed the lives of a Milwaukee couple yesterday when the car they were riding in was hit head-on by another car that crossed the median of I-43. The names of the victims were not immediately available. According to wfrv.com:The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department said the crash happened in a southbound lane of I-43 south of state Highway 60 about 4:30 p.m.,...

• Public Property Owners Held to Higher Standard

  Staff Writer | January 20, 2006 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Wisconsin's Safe Place Statute holds owners and operators of public buildings and places of employment to a higher standard than the standard to which private homeowners are held. This ensures that public premises are as safe as possible. Public property owners and operators may be held responsible for your injuries because of their duty to protect customers from hazardous conditions on their...

• 255,000 Chinese Tires Recalled

  Paul Jacquart | August 10, 2007 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The Associated Press has reported that another recall of Chinese made products has been ordered. This time the recall is at the behest of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and concerns approximately 255,000 Chinese tires manufactured by Hangzhou Zhongce that reportedly have a tire tread safety defect. The tires were imported by Foreign Tire Sales, Inc., which then shipped...

• Defective Products from China and Product Liability Here

  Paul Jacquart | July 25, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The Chinese government has recently taken some radical steps to shore up the reputation of its exports, including the execution of its chief food and drug regulator and the shutting down of three companies linked to putting poisonous ingredients in medicine and pet food. The Chinese government's actions may prompt some change there, but they do little for an injured consumer here, which led...

• Stronger Warning Issued to Parents Over Magnetic Toys

  David Lowe | April 26, 2007 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  I wrote last November about a recall of Polly Pocket magnetic toys, which were being swallowed and injuring children. Now, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a stronger warning to parents about children swallowing magnetic toys in the wake of reports of hundreds of emergency room visits by children, many requriing surgery, and one death caused by ingestion of parts from these...

• Truck Driver Fatigue Tracked In Survey

  David Lowe | March 29, 2007 6:06 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A survey of truck drivers conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals that In any given month, at least one out of eight long-distance truck drivers dozes at the wheel.A story about the survey published in today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel summarizes the causes of accidents involving truck drivers in this way:A 2006 government study of large-truck crashes involving death or...

• Rat Poison Found In Pet Food

  David Lowe | March 23, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  It was revealed today that the recalled pet food is contaminated with rat poison. the specific substance is known as aminopterin, a drug once used to fight cancer and to induce abortions. No explanation has been provided for how the substance got into the pet food manufactured by Menu Foods of Ontario, Canada. Whatever its source, the contamination has resulted in the deaths of at least 18...

• Are Campaign Contributions Compromising Highway Safety?

  David Lowe | March 18, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  How safe would you feel driving down the highway beside a 97 foot long assembly of four trucks linked together, with the trailing three mounted on each other and only their rear wheels in contact with the pavement? Can you imagine any good reason why our government would permit this dangerous combination on our streets and highways?Smells like trucking industry money at work.Saddlemount vehicle...

• ConAgra Expands Peanut Butter Recall

  David Lowe | March 02, 2007 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The recall of salmonella contaminated peanut butter has been expanded to products manufactured since December 2005. Also, ConAgra has disclosed that it sent bulk peanut butter to another plant where it was mixed into other products.The FDA has issued the following notice warning about contaminated peanut butter ingredients in the following products:Consumers who have any of the products listed...

• Defective Seatbelt Leads to Wrongful Death Verdict

  David Lowe | February 24, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A Texas jury has awarded $24 million to the family of an 18 year old woman who died in a roll-over accident after being ejected from the vehicle, allegedly due to a defective seatbelt.The manufacturer of the seatbelt, Honeywell International, Inc., plans to appeal the verdict. Honeywell contends that the woman was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident, but the family argued that...