Medical devices and tools must be sterile, or else expose patients to serious infection. Hospitals and medical clinics are often full of germs, because those facilities are where sick people go. If doctors, nurses and device manufacturers are not sufficiently careful, disease can spread from patient to patient. Two people who died at a California…
Almost any kind of product can be dangerous if it is released into the stream of commerce with a serious defect. From defective automobiles to dangerous medications, there are any number of products that can become dangerous when quality control is compromised. One does not normally think of furniture as an inherently dangerous category of…
Considering the massive waves of automobile recalls in 2014, there are more motor vehicles on the roads than ever with an acknowledged and potentially dangerous defect. However, when vehicles are recalled, a large portion of them never make it in to the dealership for a fix. Vehicle owners may not hear about the recall, may…
A growing number of California manufacturers are removing cocamide DEA from their products in response to lawsuits from a consumer advocacy group. KPBS reports that the Center for Environmental Health sued several major manufacturers for exposing consumers to cocamide DEA last summer. Cocamide DEA, also known as cocamide diethanolamine, is a coconut oil-based chemical used…
General Motors Company has lost another executive amid reports that the company delayed a recall of 2.6 million vehicles with dangerous defects. The New York Times reports that GM’s senior engineer Jim Federico will retire after working for the company for 36 years. Federico oversaw GM’s global vehicle registration operations. He is the fourth GM…
General Motors recently recalled almost 620,000 cars which have an ignition switch problem that has been linked to at least six deaths. Jarring or heavy key chains can trigger these defective switches and disable power systems, airbags, and engines in the impacted vehicles. The switch defect has been linked to at least 22 car accidents…
A federal investigation has prompted a massive recall of child safety seats manufactured by Combi USA. The company announced that it was recalling several models of its child safety seats because the harness webbing fails to meet minimum federal breaking strength requirements. NHTSA officials say that the defective child restraints fail to comply with federal…
Food borne contamination and poisoning cases appear to be on the rise. Most recently Tyson Foods Inc. announced a widespread recall of some of its chicken products due to Salmonella contamination. At least two people have been hospitalized after being sickened by the contaminated chicken. The voluntary recall impacts Tyson Mechanically Separated Chicken products produced…
The defective hip design team at Walkup Melodia in San Francisco is representing clients with defective Stryker hips in claims against the manufacturer. Stryker Corporation recalled its ABG II and Rejuvenate hip implant systems last year after patients began to suffer injuries from corrosion. The company recently told reporters that it will spend between $700…
Intuitive surgical has issued a voluntary recall for instruments associated with its da Vinci robotic surgical system. Intuitive Surgical issued a field notice to physicians that announced a recall related to its da Vinci surgical system. Walkup Melodia’s defective medical device team has been monitoring a number of post-surgical da Vinci patients and evaluating their…
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