Posts tagged Defective Products

• Santa's Helper - Check For Toy Safety

  IB Contributor | December 18, 2006 9:27 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Product Defects Cost $700 Billion AnnuallySanta's coming and it's time to check which toys have been naughty and which have been nice. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) maintains a listing of naughty toys at their Toy Hazard Recalls website. Over a hundred children's toys are listed.Children can check out CPSC's "Kidd Safety" and his pals. The site features children's on-line...

• Loss of Consortium - Six Figure Settlement Offer

  IB Contributor | December 11, 2006 10:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last week in a mediation in San Jose, California, a defendant's insurance company offered our client a six figure settlement in a legal malpractice claim. Our client alleged that the defendant attorney, while representing his wife and consulting with both he and his wife regarding her claims, negligently failed to advise him of his right to a loss of consortium claim. The claim was eventually...

• 11 Million Bottles of Acetamenophen Recalled

  Staff Writer | November 09, 2006 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA announced today that there is a nationwide acetamenophen recall which affects 11 million bottles of the drug. The recall covers store-brand acetamenophen, not brand-name Tylenol products, is voluntary, and is being conducted by Michigan-based Perrigo Company due to metal fragments being found in a small number of the pills.FDA is currently investigating the cause of the metal particles...