Defective & Dangerous Products

• 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...

• Nail Gun Injuries On the Increase

  David Lowe | April 13, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Nail guns are easy to use, but not necessarily easy to use safely. Today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report issued by the Center for Disease Control reveals that over the five year period between 2001 - 2005, emergency departments saw 37,000 patients annually for nail gun injuries. This represents a remarkable surge in the occurrence of nail gun injuries, particularly in the consumer...

• 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...

• Rat Poison Found In Pet Food(2)

  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...

• 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...

• Jury Finds U-Haul Tow Dolly Defective and Unreasonably Dangerous

  David Lowe | February 27, 2007 6:51 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A federal court jury in Louisville, Kentucky awarded $10.4 million to a 25 year old Florida woman and her family for injuries sustained when their SUV pulling a U-Haul International, Inc. tow dolly jackknifed and overturned, rendering the woman paraplegic.The Burke family was moving from Indianapolis to Florida to start a new life and was driving though Kentucky pulling a 1999 Ford Contour on a...

• Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Hits Wisconsin

  David Lowe | February 21, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella has sickened at least six Wisconsin consumers according to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. The six reported cases took place between September 5, 2006 and January 28, 2007, and sickened consumers in several Wisconsin counties, including Dane, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Washington and Winnebago. ConAgra Food's peanut butter...

• Manufacturer of OxyContin Settles Lawsuits

  David Lowe | January 29, 2007 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Pharmaceutical manufacturer Purdue Pharma has announced that it has settled over 1,000 OxyContin cases related to its controversial painkiller OxyContin.The suits claimed damages from OxyContin addiction or overdose. While claiming that it had resolved nearly every case in its favor, Purdue spokesman Timothy Bannon explained Purdue's decision to settle over 90 percent of all pending cases in 10...

• Table Collapse Kills Young Girl

  David Lowe | January 04, 2007 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that an 8 year old girl was killed and her 11 year old cousin injured when a large table collapsed or overturned at a Beloit laundromat. The death was caused by crushing injuries to the head when the table fell. The facts of the tragedy remain unclear, although local police are calling it a tragic accident rather than a crime. The authorities will...

• Zyprexa Side-Effects Suspected In Man's Death

  David Lowe | January 04, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Today's New York Times presents a portrait of a man whose family believes died from side effects of Zyprexa. The man had been on the anti-psychotic drug manufactured by Eli Lilly, also known as olanzipine, for over five years to treat his bipolar disorder and control hallucinations. While the drug had stabilized his moods, his weight ballooned and he developed serious heart disease and died. ...