Defective & Dangerous Products

• Ford Motor Recall Vehicles for Defective Cruise Control Switch

  John Inserra | August 03, 2007 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Ford Motor Co. announced today that it is recalling 3.6 million passenger cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans to address concerns about a cruise control switch. Vehicles recalled include: 1998-2002 Ford Ranger, 1992-1997 Lincoln Town Car, 1992-1997 Ford Crown Victoria, 1992-1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, 1993-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII, 1993-1995 Taurus SHO, 1999-2001 Ford Explorer and...

• New Government Recall Website

  John Inserra | July 29, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  A new government website for recalled products can be found at http://www.recalls.gov/ Check it out. The website is more consumer friendly and easy to use.

• Sara Lee Food Recall

  John Inserra | July 27, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Thanks to Darin Schanker for his Sara Lee Recall blog. The FDA has issued the alert for the voluntary recall of some of Sara Lee's products which were found to have metal pieces in them. If you have purchased Sara Lee products, please review the FDA alert.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

• Castleberry Food Recall

  John Inserra | July 26, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The FDA has recalled a number of food products manufactured by Castleberry Foods of Georgia. All consumers need be aware of the recall as the it appears that the food contains botulism, a rare but serious illness caused by consuming foods with the botulinim toxin, a nerve toxin that can cause paralysis of the arms, breathing muscles and legs. Symptoms, such as blurred vision and slurred speech,...

• Engineering Medicine

  John Inserra | July 25, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The University of Florida neuroscience department in conjunction with its bioengineering department is working on a computer chip to be implanted into a person's brain to help cure diseases. An article in Science Daily outlines the goals of this project. The intent of the research is to control or cure disease by decoding an individuals own brain function. Once decoded, it is the hope that...

• FDA & Vitamins, Herbal Supplements, & others

  John Inserra | June 25, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The Washington Post reports that For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products' ingredients, the Food and Drug Administration ordered yesterday.It appears that the new regulation which will not take effect for at least another year only covers the proper listing of the ingredients of the product and has no actual...

• Avandia

  John Inserra | May 22, 2007 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, a study shows that rosiglitazone, sold as Avandia by GlaxoSmithKline was associated with a significant increase in the risk of myocardial infarction and with an increase in the risk of death from cardiovascular causes that had borderline significance. The study concludes: patients and providers should consider the potential for serious...

• Car Seat Recall

  John Inserra | May 11, 2007 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling 450,000 Evenflo Embrace infant car seat carriers.The car seats were sold nationwide from December 2004 through last September and are being recalled because the handle malfunctions, releasing unexpectedly.The affected car seats and carriers have model numbers beginning with 317, 320, 397, 398, 540, 548, 549, 550, 556, 597, 598 or 599.

• More Pet Food Recalled

  John Inserra | April 11, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  There have been more pet food recalls. Anyone owning a pet needs to keep following this story as we are seeing more and more recalls. There is at least one class action lawsuit in Chicago which alleges fraud by the pet food provider. The purpose of the fraud allegation is to try and gain punitive damages since most pets, certainly in Nebraska, are treated as personal property, which limits...

• Defective Tires & Seatbelts

  John Inserra | April 07, 2007 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Our office received an email from Thomas J. Methvin, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. of Montgomery, AL concerning potential defective tires and seatbelts. See the email below: We have been litigating in two areas lately that may be of interest to you; seat belt failures in heavy trucks and RV tire defects. Between 2002 and 2004, seatbelt manufacturer Indiana Mills and...