On January 28, 2014, System Sensor recalled about 160 reflected beam smoke detectors with the model number BEAM1224S and dates code 2111 through 3053. The detectors are ivory or black in color and the model number can e found on the printed label on the detector’s back cover and on the packaging. The recall was […]
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Ford Recalls Steering Components on 2011-2012 Explorers
Doug / 02-17-2014 / Auto Accidents
Ford Motor Company has launched a recall of steering gears installed on model year 2011-2012 Explorers, which were service parts in September 2013 and January 2014. The gears that were installed may lock, preventing the driver from properly steering the vehicle. The defective steering components cause an increased chance of crash. “It is important to […]
Britax Stroller Recall
Doug / 02-14-2014 / Consumer Safety
On January 30th, Britax recalled three models of its strollers. Consumers are cautioned and encouraged to discontinue use of B-Agile, B-Agile Double and BOB Motion strollers, to avoid injuries. The recall effects approximately 216,000 strollers in the United States and 8,800 in Canada. The recall was sparked by discovery of the folding mechanism posing a […]
Gree Recalls GE Brand Dehumidifiers
Doug / 02-11-2014 / Consumer Safety
Gree, a Chinese manufacturer, previously recalled 2.2 million dehumidifiers under 12 other brand names in September of 2013, but now is recalling 350,000 in the United States and Canada under the brand GE. The recall is due to discovery of the dehumidifiers overheating, smoking and catching fire posing a risk to consumers. The recall involves […]
Roadtrek Motorhomes Reports Potential Breaks in Their Brake Lines
Doug / 02-06-2014 / Auto Accidents
Roadtrek Motorhomes Inc. (Roadtrek) has recalled certain model year 2013-2014 RSCM Motorhomes manufactured between February 2013 and December 2013 on Mercedes Sprinter van chassis. The manufacturer has acknowledged that during installation of the coolant lines, the front right brake line may have been unseated from the holder, which would allow the line to make contact […]
Parents Beware: American Eagle Has Issued A Recalled On Toddler Clothing
Doug / 01-31-2014 / Consumer Safety
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. has issued a recall of approximately 1,200 toddler girl’s pants and shorts due to a choking hazard due to a metal clasp on the pants. There is a metal clasp at the waistband and should it detach from the garment it could pose a choking risk to toddlers. The recall involves […]
New Technology Sparks a New Influx of Lawsuits
Doug / 01-28-2014 / Consumer Safety
Modern society has grown to embrace advances in technology, especially as of late technology that makes every day life more convenient. Among these new conveniences, is the growingly popular laser hair removal technology that is sparking interest by non-physicians. Laser hair removal has recently become more and more advertised on Tv, the radio and flyers, […]
New Car Owners Beware!
Doug / 01-27-2014 / Auto Accidents
American Honda Motor Company (Honda) will be launching a recall of its 2014 Acura RLX vehicles that were manufactured between August of 2012 and November of 2013. The reason for the recall is suspension failure. The company has become aware that during transportation to dealerships the bolts attached to the rear lower control arms to […]
Seventh Recall By Ford on 2013 Ford Escape!
Doug / 01-24-2014 / Auto Accidents
The Ford Escape is one of Ford’s most popular selling vehicles, but appears to be one of its most troubled as of late 2013. The company has recalled the 2013 Ford Escape due to problem that have cause a reported 13 engine fires. Ford officials have released a statement that a “misinstalled fuel line could […]
Why A Friendly Card Game May No Longer Be As Safe As You Think
Doug / 01-22-2014 / Dangerous
Wal-Mart has recalled as of January 2, 2014, about 73,400 units of a five piece set card table and chairs. The set has been recalled de to a fall risk posed by the chairs unexpectedly collapsing while in use as well as finger injuries, including amputation. The recall involves the Mainstays card table sets with […]
Buyers Beware: Trying to Keep Warm May be More Dangerous Than You Imagined
Doug / 12-17-2013 / Consumer Safety
Mirage Fashions recalled Yoki Girls Faux Leather Jackets with drawstrings on December 16th, 2013 due to hazards posed by the coats. The coats have been recalled because of the danger to children they pose due to the presence of a drawstring in the neck portion of the coat that could foreseeably lead to strangulation or […]
Playgrounds and Recess: A Thing of the Past?
Doug / 12-13-2013 / Consumer Safety
American schools are following a trend of removing playgrounds and some all together are eliminating recess. Many adults can think back on fond memories of touch football, tag, and even just swinging on a swing with friends at school when they were younger. Unfortunately it appears that for children now a day, they will not […]
The Dos and Do Nots for Halloween
Doug / 10-31-2013 / Consumer Safety
Every year people of all ages take part of the festivities that Halloween has become known for: haunted houses, scary masks and candy. What they don’t always think of are how wrong it can all go if not done safely. Halloween can be just as festive as any other holiday, but has the potential for […]
Keep Your Dog Out of Costume and Other Halloween Pet Safety Tips
Doug / 10-30-2013 / Dangerous
We don’t know anyone who doesn’t enjoy Halloween. Dressing up and giving out, or receiving, candy is a fun tradition and we can’t wait to see how many Harry Potters, Ender Wiggins, and Miley Cyruses show up at our doorstep tomorrow night. But what about that one house where the dog tries to jump through […]
Remington Faces Class-Action Litigation for Faulty Trigger
Doug / 10-22-2013 / Consumer Safety
The firearm industry faces surmounting pressure on a daily basis for creating weapons capable of death, mostly in the form of gun control. However, this time firearm leader, Remington Arms Co. is facing litigation over alleged faulty defects in its Model 700 bolt-action rifle. Three separate class-action lawsuits have been filed in Montana, Missouri, and […]
Are the Drugs You’re Prescribed Helping or Hurting You?
Doug / 10-14-2013 / Consumer Safety
Researchers from the Pharmacy Department of Changhai Hospital in Shanghai, China report unfavorable findings after 15 clinical trials of the drug Avastin. The research revealed the use of Avastin was associated with the risk of hypertension and gastrointestinal hemorrhage and perforation. Adverse Events Inc., another organization that monitors FDA approved drugs has also reported similar […]
Universal’s Rip Ride Rockit: What Happened?
Doug / 10-10-2013 / Consumer Safety
If you caught the morning news today, you probably saw a short video and reference to Universal Orlando’s Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster. Last night 12 passengers on the coaster were stuck for more than two hours near the top of the coaster’s first climb. Today, we’d like to discuss what happened. According to […]
Breaking News: Universal Guests Stuck on Roller Coaster (UPDATED!)
Doug / 10-09-2013 / Consumer Safety
Halting the joys of a day at the park for nearly 12 guests the Rip Ride Rockit Roller Coaster at Universal Studios Orlando has been stuck at the top of its arch for nearly two hours as of this posting. The Universal guests stuck at a nearly 90° angle just below the peak of the […]
Laundry Detergent Pods Posing Health Risk To Children
Doug / 10-09-2013 / Consumer Safety
With the new fad of using dissolvable pods (laundry detergent & dish washing detergent) so comes the potential health risks associated with them. Over the past few months, we’ve noticed an increase in children related illness linked to these detergent pods. Last Month, a child in Central Florida died after accidentally eating a laundry detergent […]
Hidden Dangers in the Sea
Doug / 10-08-2013 / Consumer Safety
Over the course of this year at least 27 Floridians have become sick from infections of Vibrio vulnificus. Vibrio vulnificus is a deadly bacterium that lives in warm and/or brackish seawater. It is the most underreported foodborne pathogen, according to CDC. The infection is commonly associated with eating raw shellfish, such as oysters and often […]
How the Federal Government Shutdown is Harming Your Health
Doug / 10-02-2013 / Consumer Safety
As we’re sure you’re aware of by now, fighting between the parties in our nation’s capitol have lead to a shutdown of many of the Federal Government’s functions. While we’re not about to weigh in on Obamacare and whether it is good or bad for the country or the economy, we do want to bring […]
Electronic Cigarette Use Expanding While Devices Explode
Doug / 10-01-2013 / Consumer Safety
More and more we’re seeing people smoking electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in their daily life. While we’re of the opinion that quitting smoking altogether is still the safest option, we can understand why those trying to quit are moving to these, supposedly, safer options first. But are these electronic devices really all that safe? Take away […]
Acetaminophen: Why The Drug We Think Is Helping May Not Be
Doug / 09-24-2013 / Consumer Safety
More than 1,500 Americans have died from inadvertently overdosing on acetaminophen, over the past decade. Taking too much acetaminophen is one of the most common poisonings worldwide. The risk presented by taking too much of this common painkiller stands to affect consumers of all ages with symptoms including but not limited to abdominal pain, coma, […]
Florida Widow Gets Verdict Against Tobacco Companies
Doug / 09-23-2013 / Dangerous
The Palm Beach Post ran an article announcing that a 75-year-old Boca Raton widow won $3.8 million on Friday after a jury found two tobacco companies responsible for her husband’s death. Kathleen Gafney Hanners filed suit on her husband, Frank Gafney’s behalf after he died in 1995 at the age of 59 from lung cancer. […]
Attention Gun Owners
Doug / 09-12-2013 / Consumer Safety
A faulty fire control system has been discovered in both the 700 and 710 model rifles produced by the Remington Rifle Company, Inc. The Company has pinpointed the affected rifles as those manufactured between July and October of 2002. The flawed systems cause the weapon to fire without the trigger being pulled. In fact all […]
Medical Malpractice: A Growing Preventable Epidemic
Doug / 09-10-2013 / Dangerous
It’s become increasingly common to hear reports of medical professionals making mistakes. Mistakes ranging from administering medication that a patient happens to be highly allergic to, misdiagnosing condition, or in fatal cases making mistakes that lead to a patient’s death due to human error. These mistakes fall into an area of the law called medical […]
Balancing your Bicycle May Have Gotten More Difficult
Doug / 09-06-2013 / Dangerous
The trend among those in the cyclist community has been to find ways to make bikes lighter and faster. This has lead to an increasing move towards cyclists adopting carbon fiber bikes that have taken the industry by storm. However the race to find the desired weight and speed may have thrown cyclists off balance […]
Nationwide Recall of Daptomycin
Doug / 09-03-2013 / Consumer Safety
There has been a recent voluntary nationwide recall of four lots of the intravenous antibiotic drug daptomycin (CUBICIN), due to contamination. Four lots of the drug were found to have glass particles within the vials, the FDA and the drug’s manufacturer said. The affected lots, which were shipped by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, according to a statement […]
Litigation Over BP Oil Spill Continues
Doug / 08-30-2013 / Dangerous
The BP oil spill, considered to be “the worstoil spill in the history of the petroleum industry,” began on April 20, 2010 at the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig, operated by BP, which they leased from Transocean. It wasn’t until July 15, 2010 that the rig was successfully capped, after the lives of 11 […]
N.F.L. Concussion Update (Updated!)
Doug / 08-29-2013 / Consumer Safety
Yesterday we wrote about a local high school quarterback who experienced his second concussion in just a few months. We also mentioned the damaging affects of concussions and a call for action to create better safety equipment across all sports to reduce the potential for concussions. Today, the New York Times shed light on a […]
Local H.S. Star Suffers Another Concussion, Is It Time for a Change in Football?
Doug / 08-28-2013 / Dangerous
The Orlando Sentinel ran an article this week about Zack Darlington, a top high school quarterback prospect who plays for Apopka High School, and the unfortunate concussion he suffered last weekend in a game against Byrnes (S.C.) High School. Zack, a high school senior, has committed to play his college football at the University of […]
Propane Tank Explosion In Kissimmee
Doug / 08-27-2013 / Consumer Safety
Early this morning, around 6:30 A.M., a 70-year-old man in Kissimmee was rushed to the hospital with 1st degree burns when a propane tank in his home exploded in his garage. The Osceola County man was cooking in his kitchen, when a propane tank exploded knocking out a wall. The man’s wife was also in […]
Hernando County Case Deciding on Big Tobacco
Doug / 08-22-2013 / Consumer Safety
Over the past three years, Central Florida’s court system has been a hotbed for national attention. This time though, the attention isn’t turning a negative light on the community, but rather trying to right a wrong. Right now in a Hernando County courthouse, the trial of Mr. John Rizzuto’s against Phillip Morris and Liggett Group […]
Welcome Back To School, But Stay Away From Energy Drinks
Doug / 08-21-2013 / Consumer Safety
It’s that time of the year again: kids are going back to school. And with that comes the endless nights of waiting until the last minute to finish that pesky art project, cram the unread chapters for the quiz the next day, or frantically finish a mid-term paper. In the past 10 years or so, […]
The Possible Legal Fallout for Blue Rhino
Doug / 07-31-2013 / Consumer Safety
The investigation into what caused Monday night’s fire and the subsequent explosions at a Blue Rhino propane facility in Tavares, FL are just beginning. While it will likely be weeks, and possibly months before we know what caused the conflagration we can already make some supposition that there will be legal implications as a result […]
Propane Plant Explosion Rocks Central Florida
Doug / 07-30-2013 / Dangerous
Sometime between 10:30 and 11:00pm Monday night an explosion rocked Tavares neighborhoods in Lake County, Florida. Two massive booms came from the nearby Blue Rhino Propane plant. The plant, which was built in 2004, is where retail sized, 20-gallon propane tanks are recycled and refilled. Three workers were seriously injured and rushed to Orlando Regional […]
Tragic Death at Texas Theme Park
Doug / 07-22-2013 / Dangerous
Little did she know, but Rosy Esperaza’s first trip to Six Flags, would also be her last. This past weekend, Rosy Esperaza lost her life while riding The Texas Giant, one of the monstrous rides at Six Flags Over Texas, and what they coin as the “the world’s steepest drop!” Rosy Esperaza was seated alongside […]
Parasailing Accident Leaves Two Teen Tourists Hospitalized
Doug / 07-05-2013 / Boat Accidents
In a tragic parasailing accident Monday left two 17 year-old tourists, Sydney Good and Alexis Fairchild, from Indiana hospitalized and in critical condition. The accident occurred when the cord holding the parasail to the tow boat snapped. This left the sail and the attached teen girls adrift in the winds above Panama City Beach, FL. […]
A Case for Filling Out Appliance Registration Forms
Doug / 06-11-2013 / Consumer Safety
We’re the first to admit that filling out the registration cards that come with new appliances is a bit of a pain. Not only do you have to put all your personal information down expecting only junk mail and marketing material to fill up both your mailbox and, likely, your email’s inbox, there’s the hassle […]
Congress Considers Holding Foreign Manufacturers Responsible for Injuries
Doug / 05-14-2013 / Dangerous
It is difficult enough to sustain an injury caused by a defective product. When that product is manufactured outside of the United States it gets worse. Subjecting manufacturers outside the United States to the authority of our courts in has proven to be a daunting and burdensome task. Our legislature understands that something needs to […]
Negligent Security Harms the Whole Community
Doug / 05-01-2013 / Dangerous
Recently we described the attack on one of our clients. In that write-up we mentioned that the owner of the property where our client was beaten was found to be at fault because they failed to heed the many warnings that their property was insecure. This type of premises negligence not only lead to the […]
Is Your Hospital Profiting From Their Mistakes
Doug / 04-26-2013 / Dangerous
A recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association shows that some hospitals may actually be profiting from mistakes they have made when performing surgery. The study, which was conducted with records from 2010, shows that hospitals reap over $30,000 on average in fees from the mistakes their doctors make during surgery. Mistakes […]
Product Liability Litigation: It Isn’t Just About Our Clients, It’s About You
Doug / 04-24-2013 / Dangerous
Most of the things you buy on a regular basis are perfectly safe. They have been time tested, engineered, and manufactured in a way to ensure they are safe to use and operate on a regular basis without harm to the user. Most manufacturers put in extraordinary effort the ensure their products are strong, and […]
Beating Linked to Property Owner’s Negligence
Doug / 04-23-2013 / Dangerous
In late April of 2009 a young man and his friends were leaving a bar located near UCF (University of Central Florida) after a night out. As they crossed the parking lot headed home, one of the young women in the party was set upon by a group of unknown men. They tackled her and […]
Florida Most Dangerous State for Pedestrians
Doug / 09-28-2012 / Auto Accidents
Central Florida has been identified by experts as the most dangerous region in America for pedestrians, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Transportation for America, a non-profit, released the study. It is particularly disturbing to see the top 10 most dangerous cities—Florida was over represented. The Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater area ranked second, Jacksonville was third and Miami/Fort […]
Man Killed Crashing Personal Watercraft After Dark
Doug / 09-24-2012 / Boat Accidents
A man was killed in a boating accident over Labor Day Weekend near Miami’s Venetian Causeway Bridge. According to reports, the victim was speeding on a personal watercraft and collided with a 22-foot boat just after 10 p.m. A Sea Tow operator heard the crash and saw two men in the water, one unconscious. The […]
Counties, Employers Imposing Distracted Driving Bans
Doug / 09-17-2012 / Auto Accidents
Florida has recently failed to pass legislation to ban drivers from texting behind the wheel, but that won’t stop some counties from taking measures to make their roadways safer. Florida is one of only six states across the nation to not have distracted driving legislation on its books. According to the Orlando Sentinel, employers and […]
Alcohol Suspected as a Factor in Fatal Labor Day Weekend Boating Accident
Doug / 09-14-2012 / Boat Accidents
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating a recreational boating accident that occurred at Fort De Soto Park near Tampa in Pinellas County, according to sources. The accident occurred around 8 p.m. on the Friday before Labor Day Weekend, and investigators believe alcohol may have been a factor. A 20-foot Mako boat carrying […]
Two Killed in Deadly Orlando Collision
Doug / 09-10-2012 / Auto Accidents
A car accident on State Road 408 killed two on the morning of August 30, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Reports from the Florida Highway Patrol say the driver of a black Hyundai Elantra crossed over into oncoming traffic in the eastbound lanes, colliding head-on with a Toyota Corolla. Shortly after the collision, the Hyundai […]
Fatal Parasailing Accident under Investigation
Doug / 08-31-2012 / Boat Accidents
A Connecticut woman on vacation with her husband in Florida died in a tragic parasailing accident on August 15, according to sources. Stephen Miskell, 31, and his wife Kathleen Miskell, 28, were parasailing together 200 feet above the ground off the coast of Pompano Beach when Kathleen’s harness broke. Kathleen plummeted into the water and […]
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