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Category: Product Defect

Takata Airbag Recall Balloons — 7 Automakers Join List

06/27/2016
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NHTSA Calls Controversy ‘Largest and Most Complex Safety Recall in U.S. History’ The consumer-safety threat posed by defective airbags in millions of vehicles worldwide has escalated again. On June 2, seven automobile manufacturers added millions more makes and models to a growing recall list that has almost every driver wondering […]

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Tobacco and the Legal Age of Smoking

03/16/2016
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Will California’s Move Cause Other States to Raise the Legal Smoking Age? The phrase “Go west, young man,” in American jargon can be traced back to the mid-1800s, when westward expansion began .  And for raising the legal smoking age in the United States, like manifest destiny, the American West […]

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Did the Tobacco Companies Prevent Cessation Aids?

12/1/2015
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Luckily, for addicted smokers, there are multiple stop smoking aids available in 2015.  Whether it by prescription or over-the-counter, and whether nicotine replacement therapy or non-nicotine medications, there are a growing number of cessation aides available today.  Some people even believe that e-cigarettes are a smoking cessation aid.  Sadly though, […]

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Severe Burn Injuries Caused By Exploding E-Cigarettes

11/2/2015
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Gone are the days when smoking cigarettes was universally viewed as a sign of strength, sexiness or sophistication. The tobacco industry’s effective—and deceitful—advertising campaign rolled out over the last century finally came under fire as more and more studies revealed the dangers and addictiveness of smoking . Instead of being […]

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Florida Supreme Court Protecting the Rights of Citizens

10/30/2015
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In another victory for the injured victims of our State, yesterday the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion in a products liability case, Aubin v. Union Carbide, which reversed an appellate court’s adoption of more stringent proof requirements for injured plaintiffs. The decision, which reinstated a jury verdict of over […]

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Florida Class action: American Spirit Cigarette Maker

10/12/2015
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Florida lawyers are once again at the forefront of litigation against Big Tobacco, as last week a class action lawsuit against the maker of American Spirit cigarettes, and its parent company, was filed in Federal Court in Miami. American Spirit cigarettes are made by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company (SFNTC), […]

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Volkswagen Caught – Another Car Maker Duping Consumers

09/24/2015
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The latest scandal from the automotive industry proves that the public, and now the planet, continue to be cheated despite well-meaning regulation designed to keep us all safe. Takata continues to make headlines for sweeping problems with its airbag systems under the rug.  The airbag systems were prone to failure […]

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