Consumers Urged To Check Whether Their Vehicle Has Been Recalled More than 17 million recalls. An approximate 100 victims. At least six deaths. The numbers don’t add up. Airbag manufacturer Takata, a worldwide leader in supplying airbag safety features to automakers is to blame, according to a flurry of lawsuits […]
Category: Product Defect
We do not sue them. They will run up millions in costs for just one lawsuit, regardless of the actual damages . They will conduct a scorched earth defense and try to simply wait until the plaintiff dies. They are a “no holds barred” defendant and are reported to be […]
Earlier this week, a Missouri appeals court issued an opinion that will hopefully have a significant impact on ongoing litigation against the manufacturers of metoclopramide, the generic version of Reglan. In this latest case, the appeals court found that plaintiffs Franzman and Niceley, both of whom suffered tardive dyskinesia after […]
A stroll through the produce department at Publix and Winn-Dixie will reveal an assortment of fruits and vegetables from Mexico. The country is one of the United States’ largest trading partners, and the tropical goodies are a major commodity. The good news for consumers who want to ensure their proverbial […]
I have lost count now of how many times GM has issued a recall and the total number of vehicles recalled in the past several months by GM; I know it is in the area of over 20 million vehicles. Tragically, years of delay in recalling cars over a faulty […]
A lot can be misconstrued in the silent world of the Internet. While online technology has changed the communications paradigm, it also has resulted in bad information, embarrassing typos, factual errors and malfeasance. Fake Web sites, botched emails, rambling blogs and photo abuse appear in cyberspace every day. Most of […]
“We are reformed and vow never to be evil, devious, conspiratorial, deceitful, designing, tricky, conniving, underhanded or murderous ever again!” So goes the paraphrased prostrations of lawyer Jeff Furr, representing one of the most diabolical industries that has ever existed in America – Big Tobacco. Mr. Furr was trying to […]
How the proposed revisions to the federal rules might impact corporate conduct? We are hearing unpleasant news about the way…
Why is GM in so much trouble? Is it just about bad switches or improperly operating air bags; recalls of millions of vehicles? Isn’t about more than that? Isn’t it really about corporate attitude, corporate responsibility and corporate citizenship? This is not the first time that corporate America has placed […]
GM is in a fix. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has ordered them to respond to 107 questions concerning defects in GM cars and trucks. Although GM’s CEO promised transparency in the investigation and provided over 21,000, Congressional leaders believe they are still holding back. That may well be […]
