Stop Me if You’ve Heard This Before: Honda Airbag Recall…
It is getting pretty hard to come up with new Honda Airbag recall headlines. Honda has announced an airbag-related recall for 25,367 2015-2016 Fit LXs. Apparently, poorly manufactured rear grab handle brackets can puncture the side curtain airbags when they deploy. In short, you get hit, the side curtain airbags are supposed to protect you,...
110,000 Ford Edge Vehicles Recalled Due to Fire Hazard
Despite being based in Michigan, it appears that Ford did not get the memo that during winter, northern states coat their roadways with salt to melt the snow and ice. If Ford had known this carefully hidden secret of "northern culture," they would not need to recall 110,000 2009-2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX cars,...
Club Car Recalls 11,600 Golf Carts Due to Fire Hazard
Thursday, November 5th, Club Car announced the recall of 11,600 Golf Carts due to a fire hazard. It appears that a hose clamp can rub a hole in the fuel tank, causing a fuel leak, which may lead to a fire Who makes this product? The golf carts are manufactured by Club Car LLC, located...
GE Recalls Zoneline Heating and AC Units Due to Fire Risk
Tuesday GE issued a recall of 33,500 Zoneline heating and air conditioning units due to an issue that could result in the appliances catching fire. When the unit is used with the vent door opened, moisture from outside can accumulate near the electrical components inside the device and lead to a fire. Who makes this...
Twirl 360 Curling Iron Recalled Due to Burn Hazard
Thursday, November 6th, T3 Micro Inc., issued a recall for the T3 Twirl 360 curling iron. Apparently, there have been over 130 reports of the clamp detaching leading to potential burn injuries. Who makes the product? The product is imported by T3 Micro Inc. It is manufactured in China, but the name of the producer...
Rhino 7 3000, “Male Enhancement Drug” Recalled
We were originally going to let this one slide, because so-called "male enhancement supplements" are junk products with no scientific backing whatsoever. However, last Wednesday, all Rhino 7 3000, both the regular and the platinum capsules were recalled by Premiere Sales Group. This wouldn't be all that newsworthy if there wasn't also a recall of...
Fire Alarms that Fail During Fires by Sure Signal Products
Sure Signal Products issued a recall of around 375,000 heat-activated fire alarms last Thursday, October 29th. Apparently, these marvels of modern engineering have an issue with a fuse that prevents them from going off during a fire, making these items the most fire-alarm looking decorations around. Who makes this product? The product is manufactured by...
Another ‘Nother Honda Airbag Recall?
Last Thursday, October 29, was a really rough for Honda. As we wrote about earlier, Honda already announced one airbag related recall, involving an issue with the driver's side airbags in a little over 500 Honda CR-Vs. Later the same day, they announced the recall of 304,000 2008-2009 Honda Accords, due to a malfunctioning side...
Another Honda Airbag Recall?
Last Thursday, October 29, Honda announced another airbag recall related to malfunctioning Takata airbags that can potentially rupture and shoot metal fragments into a driver. The recall affects 515 2016 Honda CR-V's. While absolutely tiny compared to the massive recall of over 19 million vehicles earlier in the year, it appears that the problem is...
Auvi-Q Injectors Recalled Due To Dosage Issues
On Friday, October 30th, a voluntary recall was issued for all Auvi-Q epinephrine injectors on the market, due to issues with improper dosage. In some cases the injectors failed to deliver any epinephrine at all. These devices are used by people suffering acute allergic reactions, or anaphylaxis. In an emergency, the devices may fail to...
Halloween Tragedies and Pedestrian Accident Law
While Halloween is usually one of the more joyful holidays of the year, kids in costumes, candy, and a sense of community that comes from trick-or-treating, perhaps no other holiday brings pedestrians and vehicles into closer contact, with predictably tragic results. Just a small sampling of the news today shows that three people were killed...
“Trespassing” Employee: Amanda Beuhler Vs. Buffalo Wild Wings
Imagine that you were working a project at work and left an important file at the office. You, being the awesome employee that you are, decide to swing by the office on a Saturday to pick up that crucial file. As you're making your way to your desk, part of the ceiling caves in and...
The Bizarre Death of Chelsea Ake-Salvacion, Cryotherapy, and The Law
News broke this morning that a worker at a Nevada spa, Chelsea Ake-Salvacion, was killed in an accident involving a cryotherapy* tank. According to reports, Ms. Ake-Salvacion decided to take a dip in the cryotherapy tank after work, unsupervised, and an accident occurred. Her body was discovered frozen solid the next day. Other reports, citing...
What You Need to Know About Same-Sex Marriage and Wrongful Death Claims
Before the Supreme Court declared gay marriage to be a fundamental right in June, one of the arguments put forward by those who wished to legalize same-sex marriage was that it would extend the benefits of marriage to homosexual couples; Benefits like health care, inheritance, and child custody rights have been pretty thoroughly covered in...
Can the Producers of “Legal Highs” be Sued Successfully?
The manufacturers of a class of custom-made drugs known as "legal highs" have seemingly found a way to sell incredibly dangerous products, deny the product's known usage, and then hide behind their disclaimer to avoid any legal accountability. We've got a problem with that. And, as we'll discuss, we think there may be a way...
Attention Truckers: You’re Not Always On The Clock When You’re In the Sleeper Berth
When an trucker is injured while in the sleeper berth of his rig, he may have an injury lawsuit on his hands, not a workers' comp claim. In most instances, when an employee is injured on the job, their losses (wages, medical bills, etc.) are covered by a worker's compensation plan, meaning they file a...
North Dallas Lowe’s – 300 Safety Products in Store, Zero on Roof
Sometimes all you have to do to see an unsafe work practice is look out the window. A week or so ago, we were looking out the window of our offices, which overlooks a beautiful, scenic Lowe's parking lot. What we saw was pretty surprising, three workers, untethered, conducting some sort of work on the...
Don’t Think Insurance Companies Deny Legitimate Claims? Think Again.
You may have noticed that we have mentioned once or twice (or a thousand times) that you cannot count on an insurance company to do the right thing when you have been injured in an accident. Usually, we are asking you to take our word for it, but this time we can show you exactly...
Loading Dock Accidents Are Entirely Preventable
It's often said that complacency causes injuries. People let their guard down, or they stop following rules they know they should follow and someone gets hurt. But perhaps the worst example of this is when people talk about highly preventable accidents as if they're some phenomenon that's destined to occur, and there's no way around...
Mechanical Failures in Single-Vehicle 18-Wheeler Accidents
Single-vehicle 18-aheeler accidents happen regularly and more than they should. Most of the time, authorities and the general public assume that if there was only one vehicle involved in a crash, then the driver must have done something wrong, such as failing to maintain speed, failing to adjust to weather conditions, distracted driving, or driving...
