Posts tagged General Personal Injury

• Tire Manufacturer Fights Wide Access To Records In Defective Tire Suit

  Brent Adams | March 25, 2008 2:45 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Cooper Tire Company has appealed to the 10th U. S. Circuit Court Of Appeals to fight an order of the lower federal court to produce records relating to the manufacture of tires.The families of several students of Utah State who died or received personal injuries from a van crash in 2005 have taken their lawsuit, which claims that the crash was caused by defective tires, to a federal court in...

• School Bus Accident

  Christina Medlin | March 16, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A minivan collided with a school bus carrying 31 students to Durant Road Middle School in Raleigh, Wake County, NC. Fourteen (14) students and the bus driver were sent to the hospital. The driver of the minivan refused medical care. Although the driver of the minivan stated she had a green light, witnesses at the scene of the accident stated otherwise. The driver of the minivan was charged...

• U.S. Senate Votes To Strengthen the Consumer Products Safety Commission

  Brent Adams | March 16, 2008 7:24 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Lawmakers in the U.S. are pushing a bill that would give the US product safety watchdog a much-needed boost, providing it with more money and authority after a wave of recalls of dangerous products which could cause personal injury.On Thursday, March 6, the U.S. Senate voted for an increase in funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which had to deal with low finances and...

• Blind Spot Caused My Accident

  Christina Medlin | March 09, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A blind spot is the area behind a vehicle that a person cannot see from the driver's seat by looking forward or in the rear-view or side mirrors. Blind spots often cause accidents on the highway or cause children to be injured or killed when drivers do not see them when backing up. To help consumers understand how large some blind spots are, Consumer Reports has measured the blind spots of a...

• FDA recalls German manufacturers' heparin product

  Brent Adams | March 07, 2008 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has added to its' the recall of heparin products.This was in response to continued safety worries about the safety of the widely used blood thiner.The German version of the product manufactured by Rotexmedica GnbH Arzneimittelwerk was recalled Thursday by the FDA after reports of bad reactions in some German patients.Germany has also recalled this...

• Crib Recall to Prevent Accidents

  Christina Medlin | March 02, 2008 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On February 28, 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 24,000 cribs. Made in Indonesia, the cribs are equipped with faulty brackets which prevent the mattress from being fully lowered; therefore, children are put at risk of falling out of the crib. No deaths or injuries have been reported concerning any of the recalled cribs. Recalled cribs include: Majectice...

• U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Immunity In Product Liability Cases

  Brent Adams | February 25, 2008 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case which could have a major effect on victims of defective products including pharmaceuticals.The case involves the validity of a Michigan law which kept Michigan victims of the defective drug Rezulin from collecting from a settlement that Rezulin victims of all other states participated it.The federal district court in Michigan...

• Deaths From ATV'S Continue To Rise

  Brent Adams | February 21, 2008 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Deaths from all-terrain-vehicles (ATV's) due to personal injuries received in accidents involving are continually on the rise, a trend which has led to increased tensions over pending safety regulations as the popularity of the vehicles continues to rise.According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an estimated 870 people died in ATV wrecks in 2005, an increase from 860 in the year...

• Raleigh woman attacked by neighbor's dog

  Brent Adams | February 14, 2008 12:58 AM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Raleigh North Carolina woman is attacked by neighbors vicious Pit Bull while trying to save her pet Poodle. She does have a remedy for her injuries, but North Carolina law should give stronger protection from dangerous dogs.Malinda Delbridge, a Raleigh, North Carolina resident was attacked by her neighbor's Pit Bull after she tried to save her pet Poodle from the jaws of the vicious Pit...

• Manufacturer of deer stand pays penalty for late reporting after recalling deer stands

  Brent Adams | January 19, 2008 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Manufacturer of tree stands have been fined by the U. S. Consumer Products Safety Commission for failure to report defects in a timely manner.In North Carolina these potentially dangerous devises are commonly called "deer stands" because they are used by deer hunters to hunt deer. The hunter uses these deer stands as a seat in a tree high up it the tree. When an unsuspecting deer walks by near...