Defective & Dangerous Products

• Baby Crib Recall Announced After Three Infant Deaths

  David Lowe | September 21, 2007 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of Simplicity and Graco cribs after three infant deaths. According to the CPSC news bulletin announcing the recall, "The drop-side can detach from the crib, which can create a dangerous gap and lead to the entrapment and suffocation of infants... The drop-side failures result from both the hardware and crib design, which...

• Divided Supreme Court Affirms Decision In FDA Preemption Case

  David Lowe | March 03, 2008 6:06 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  In the wake of last month's Supreme Court decision in Riegel v. Medtronic, holding that Federal Drug Administration approval of medical devices shielded manufacturers from product liability lawsuits by injured patients, concerns have mounted that the Court will confer similar protection to drug manufacturers whose products have received FDA approval. This would leave injured consumers to the...

• 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...

• FDA: Hydroxycut Recall - May Cause Liver Damage, Other Injuries

  Paul Jacquart | May 01, 2009 6:02 PM | 2 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a warning for consumers to stop using Hydroxycut products because they have been associated with liver damage, seizures, cardiovascular events, and...

• Sales of Durom Cup Hip Socket Suspended

  David Lowe | July 24, 2008 6:24 PM | 1 CommentMilwaukee, WI

  Zimmer Holdings has suspended sales of its Durom cup hip socket, used in hip replacement surgery. Orthopedic surgeons have reportedly complained that the component fails at a high rate, while Zimmer...

• Fatal Accident in Wood Chipper Raises Product Liability Questions

  David Lowe | August 17, 2006 7:32 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The tragic death of a Kenosha tree service employee who was pulled through a wood chipper after using his foot to dislodge a log jammed in the machine raises questions about product liability, but underscores once again the importance of employee training about the dangers of working around machinery.Five co-workers frantically tried to depress a safety bar that was supposed to reverse the...

• Biomet Settling Bone Stimulator Lawsuits

  David Lowe | May 14, 2009 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Biomet, Inc. has agreed to settle 24 bone stimulator lawsuits of patients who sued the medical device maker as part of their medical malpractice suits against osteopath John King, who practiced in...

• Fireworks Injure Bystanders, Not Just Users

  David Lowe | July 05, 2007 8:56 AM | 2 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Millions of Americans enjoyed fireworks displays yesterday. But I suspect that some families today are struggling with the aftermath of injuries from fireworks. It's not just those foolish enough to buy and use these products themselves. It's the danger of fireworks to bystanders that gives cause for concern. Bystanders are more often injured by fireworks than operators themselves. A...

• GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies Erase Injury Claims

  Paul Jacquart | June 15, 2009 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A CNN article today explains that individuals with injury claims against General Motors and Chrysler for defective products are likely to have their claims wiped away by the bankruptcies of those...

• Avandia and Avandamet Raise Risk of Heart Attack For Type II Diabetes Patients

  David Lowe | May 21, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The widely used drugs Avandia and Avandamet significantly increase the heart attack risk for type II diabetes patients according to an alarming report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The maker of Avandia (also known as rosiglitazone) is GlaxoSmithKline. The firm's own study found a 30 percent increased risk of heart attack, and turned the results of it study over to the U.S....