Defective & Dangerous Products

• Chinese Drywall Now Affecting Canada

  Karl Truman | May 18, 2009 1:42 PM | 8 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Homeowners in British Columbia and Vancouver have now joined the surge of Chinese Drywall claims. Chris Montgomery, of Canwest News Service, provided that: Thomas Martin, president of America's...

• Toys "R" Us Recalls 96,000 Cribs

  Karl Truman | May 05, 2009 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported yesterday that Jardine Enterprises announced its second recall of its wooden cribs. The cribs are being recalled due to a potential...

• Reforming Product Saftey Laws to Protect Children

  Robin Bara | April 20, 2009 3:05 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  In August of last year, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), in part due to the estimated 563 recalls in 2008 alone. A majority of the products were recalled on...

• GM Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles

  Robin Bara | April 16, 2009 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  CNN has announced that GM is recalling over 1.5 million of its vehicles manufactured between 1997 and 2003. The recall is due to potential fire hazards. Some people have speculated that the...

• More Tainted Peanut Butter

  Karl Truman | January 15, 2009 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The Wall Street Journal reports more cases of tained peanut butter. Peanut Corp of America, which makes peanut butter in a plant in Bakely, GA, has recalled 21 lots of peanut butter. The Food and...

• Answers to the Medtronic Recall

  Jennifer Moore | January 27, 2008 2:58 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

• Stamina Products Inc. recalls Inversion Therapy Tables Due to Fall Hazard

  Jenny Albano | January 16, 2008 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Stamina Products Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 2,000 Inversion Therapy Tables due to a fall hazard.A weld in the center of the inversion table can fail when the table is in an inverted position, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Stamina Products has received three reports of weld failures. No injuries have been reported.The recalled products include the following model...

• Should You Have Your Defective Medtronic Defibrillator Lead Replaced?

  Jennifer Moore | December 14, 2007 12:31 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  On October 15, Medtronic acknowledged that its Fidelis lead for defibrillators was fracturing and recalled the product. Now, heart patients must decide whether to undergo surgery and have the faulty lead and defibrillator removed and replaced. The operation may last approximately 90 minutes depending upon the individual patient. Medtronic has only offered to pay $800 toward the surgery and...

• Medtronic Recalled Defective Defibrillator Lead

  Jennifer Moore | December 03, 2007 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  To find out more information regarding Medtronic's voluntary recall of the Sprint Fidelis defibrillator lead, visit the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) website and review its statement on the recall. The FDA states that: These electronic wires are prone to fracture in a small number of patients which can cause the defibrillator to deliver unnecessary shocks or not operate at all. Based on...

• Join Class Action Against Medtronic for Faulty Defribilator Lead Wires

  Jennifer Moore | December 02, 2007 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Are you a heart patient that was implanted with a defective defibrillator lead? You may need to consult an attorney. The attorneys at Grossman & Moore have already filed suit against Medtronic on behalf of a Kentucky resident who suffered from shocks due to the defective Sprint Fidelis lead. Class actions are currently pending and you may qualify to be a member of the class. Grossman & Moore...