Defective & Dangerous Products

• Reebok Hockey Helmets Recalled

  Jean Martin | December 02, 2008 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  As my InjuryBoard colleagues and I start a month devoted to Toy/Child Safety, the Consumer Products Safety Commission has announced a recall of 1,000 hockey helmets manufactured by Reebok. These...

• Victoria's Secret? The Angel Bras May Not Be So Heavenly

  Jean Martin | November 13, 2008 4:38 PM | 7 CommentsWilmington, NC

  ABCnews and other sources reported yesterday that there has been a class action filed alleging that certain bras made by the popular retailer Victoria's Secret may be contaminated with formaldehyde...

• Bridgestone/Firestone Recalls Tires

  Gary Shipman | October 30, 2008 10:05 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  On October 29, 2008, Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire, LLC recalled more than 150,000.00 Tires that were produced with insufficient tread base guage. Firestone FR380 Tires, Size P235/75R15,...

• Cribs Recalled After Infant Deaths

  Gary Shipman | October 21, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  On October 21, 2008, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSCP) issued recalls of over 1.5 million Delta Enterprise Corp. drop side cribs. The recalls were issued after findings that...

• Zimmer Hip Implant Lawsuits Start

  Jean Martin | September 24, 2008 10:59 AM | 3 CommentsWilmington, NC

  In the wake of the announcement at the end of July that Zimmer was recalling its hip implants using the Durom cup, lawsuits are now being filed. Zimmer suspended sales of the Durom acetabular cup, a...

• "Victoria's Secret" Should Have Stayed That Way

  Gary Shipman | June 24, 2008 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Well, we're heading into the 2nd week of the latest "poster child" for Tort Reform in the United States. Thanks goes out to that young, fresh out of law school, attorney from California, and his...

• Letting Your Car Choose Your Child Car Seat May Be The Difference Between Life and Death

  Jean Martin | May 08, 2008 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Now, you may think that I believe that all cars are like Herbie the Love Bug and can talk back to us, but that's now what I mean in this case. Choosing a car seat for your child can be one of the...

• Child Car Seats - Safety Is A Key

  Jean Martin | May 06, 2008 12:44 PM | 4 CommentsWilmington, NC

  So, you’re in the market for a child car seat and you walk into your local retailer only to find dozens of seats on the shelf and no way to make an easy decision. First and foremost, you need to...

• Vytorin and Zetia - Consumers Ripped Off

  Jean Martin | March 31, 2008 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  Doctors are being urged to cut their prescriptions of the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs Vytorin and Zetia in patients. A recent clinical study showed that Vytorin and Zetia were far more expensive yet far less effective than statin drugs. The study did not raise significant safety issues among patients treated with Vytorin, but did suggest that patients need not pay the higher cost for...

• Patients Receiving Trasylol 2.5 Times More Likely to Die, According to Study

  Gary Shipman | February 21, 2008 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A study released this week in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that patients receiving the Bayer antibleeding drug, Trasylol, were at a 64% greater risk of death than patients who did not received another medication or no medication at all.The study, based upon research conducted at Duke University Medical Center. looked at approximately 10,000 patients who had undergone bypass...