Product Defect

Robot doctors may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they are starting to show up in real-life hospitals. Concerns about the shortage of medical professionals and the need to protect them from exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic probably speeded the trend. Regardless of the reasons hospitals are turning […]

Technical advancements have helped doctors around the world treat and even cure a wide range of diseases, injuries and other ailments. But new procedures, like robotic surgery, also come with their own set of risks. Unfortunately, things can and sometimes do go wrong. At Searcy Denney, we help people in […]

Burkholderia cepacia bilateral microbial keratitis is a type of infection in the eye. It occurs in the cornea and is caused by the presence of bacteria. As explained in an article published in the Journal of Optometry, “[b]acterial keratitis is a serious, potentially blinding, complication most often involving overnight contact […]

Mercedes-Benz should be issuing a recall of over 800,000 vehicles for a defect in the cooling pump which has led to numerous fires in their cars. They are not issuing a formal recall because they say they cannot fix the problem. The scary part is apparently the fires may be […]

Christmas never will be the same for Texas woman Trista Hamsmith. One week before the most wonderful time of the year – Dec. 17, 2020 – Hamsmith’s 18-month-old daughter died a terrible death. Reese, a blond, rosy-cheeked baby, swallowed a button battery, which the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) […]

Multiple popular sunscreen products have been recalled in the past year over concerns about the presence of benzene, a known carcinogen. All of the products at issue are aerosol spray sunscreens manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (through the brands Neutrogena and Aveeno) and Coppertone.  The widespread sunscreen recalls follow multiple […]