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If your kid has one of these bottles, get the lead out, snatch it from her hands, and get your money back! The lead solder exterior base of the bottles contains high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause terrible health issues. Source: GSI Outdoors Recalls Children’s Water Bottles Due…

These baby monitors may not be quite as explosive as the lithium ion batteries in e-cigarettes that are going off like bombs all around the world — but you still don’t want anything catching fire in the house with baby. The video monitor’s batteries can overheat, swell and expand and cause the battery cover to…

In the first place, why do you have a sniper cross-bow?  In the second place, get it replaced before it smashes you in the face. Tabs on the hooks attaching the rope cocking device to the crossbow string can break and cause the rope to recoil. Source: Crosman Recalls Crossbow Rope Cocking Devices Due to…

Looks like the Cannondale Bad Boy bicycle should just be called the Cannondale Bad bicycle.  The fork axle on Cannondale Bad Boy and Bad Girl commuter bicycles can crack. Source: Cycling Sports Group Recalls Commuter Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard Richard PlattnerI have been active in leadership in the Arizona Association for Justice (lawyers who…

Medical providers, which cause the third-most deaths in the United States (behind only heart disease and cancer), and the insurance companies hard work have struck yet another blow to patients.  A California jury awarded $1.75 million to the family of a 44 year-old woman who died as a result of medical malpractice at UCLA.  The…

A Federal Judge in Philadelphia is allowing a case against Bayer, regarding its marketing of the birth control device Essure, to proceed.  The drug giant asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, which was brought by five women.  The court, however, ruled that two of the womens’ claims – that Bayer used misleading advertising and…

A Billings, Montana school district has settled a lawsuit stemming from the fall, and subsequent skull injury, of a seven year-old student.  The student, a second grader at Broadwater Elementary School, fell several feet into a window well.  The fall rendered her unconscious.  According to the lawsuit, filed by the girl’s mother, the school neither…

215 injuries so far — that we know of.  Get this repaired before you put baby in this stroller again.  The front wheel can become loose and detach, posing crash and fall hazards. Source: Pacific Cycle Recalls Swivel Wheel Jogging Strollers Due to Crash and Fall Hazards Richard PlattnerI have been active in leadership in…

  The high-profile death of Anton Yelchin following the rollaway of his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee illuminates significant problems with the defect – first investigated by NHTSA in August 2015, and the recall remedy – a software patch to prevent rollaway in some circumstances and warning chimes: FCA’s (Fiat Chrysler America) recall blames drivers: “The…

Being in a crash is traumatic, and seeking the support of friends and loved ones is completely normal. After you have surveyed the damage, treated your injuries and returned home, your first instinct may be to post about your experiences on social media. This is where people can get in trouble. Sharing too much information…