Blog: Defective Products - Page 5

Our Illinois car accident lawyers are warning of defective parts in certain cars that pose serious safety issues. Recently Honda announced plans to recall over 820,000 Pilot SUVs and Civic compact cars due to the possibility of headlight failure. It appears that the wires in a switch controlling the headlights and turn signals could get too hot and melt. …

Car accident lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm are warning drivers about a recent Toyota recall. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.4 million vehicles across the world because of a defective power window switch that could be a fire hazard. As Reuters is reporting, this voluntary move from one of the biggest car manufacturing companies in the …

The voluntary withdrawal of salmonella-corrupted peanut and almond butter is extending beyond Trader Joe’s. The recall now includes contaminated nut butters at stores around the country, such as Whole Foods, Target, GNC, Wal-Mart and Meijer. Illinois food poisoning lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm warn the public against eating tainted peanut and almond butter purchased …

Illinois car accident lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm are warning drivers of the latest Ford Motor Company recall. Ford and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just announced the recall of nearly 5,500 2012 Edge Crossover vehicles. The auto company says that a defective fuel line in the engine may lead to dangerous fuel …

A recent lawsuit challenging the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s new product safety database,www.saferproducts.gov, could have serious implications for the online consumer reporting site and other comparable federal tools. According to the Washington Post, the lawsuit was filed in October 2011 by an unnamed company seeking to block a posting that its product allegedly harmed a child. …

Personal injury lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm are warning consumers about Slim Xtreme Herbal Slimming Capsules, recently pulled from the market because they contain the dangerous ingredient sibutramine. Globe All Wellness is voluntarily recalling all lots of the weight loss supplements amid growing safety concerns and pressure from government agencies. The slimming capsules are …

Perrigo and FDA notified healthcare professionals and consumers of the recall of all lots of concentrated infants’ drops that are packaged with a dosing syringe bearing only a “1.6 mL” mark containing 1] acetaminophen,2]acetaminophen, dextromethorphan HBr, and pseudoephedrine HCl, or 3]dextromethorphan HBr, and pseudoephedrine HCl. The dosing syringe may be confusing in determining the proper …

Two law firms in Florida recently filed a class action lawsuit against DuPont alleging that a chemical in Teflon causes cancer and other health problems. The suspect chemical in Teflon is called perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, known as PFOA, or C-8. The lawsuit asks the giant chemical company to provide medical monitoring to the millions …