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May 25, 2010

GE Coffee Makers Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

It was just recently announced that “nearly 1 million General Electric coffee makers sold at Walmart are being recalled after dozens of reports of overheating, smoking, burning and fires. (AP Washington, 5/20). The Consumer Product Safety Commission stated Walmart has...

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May 2, 2010

CPSC Announces 2 Big Crib Recalls

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is “recalling thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them.” (Washington AP, 4/29). The agency says the Simplicity recall has been implicated by at least one death, and...

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April 11, 2010

Feds Cited Massey Mine Twice on Day of Explosion

As a personal injury lawyer in Chicago, I am both saddened and disappointed in the West Virginia Mine explosion that caused 25 needless deaths. Quickly after the explosion, news surfaced that the Massey Energy coal mine had a less than...

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April 4, 2010

FDA Panel Mulls Tanning Bed Ban For Teens Under 18

Federal health experts are now saying that additional restrictions are needed” to protect teenagers from the cancer risks of tanning beds, including a potential ban for people under 18. ” (Gaithersburg, MD, AP, 3/25). As a personal injury and products...

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March 21, 2010

Government Orders Recall of 1.2 Million High Chairs

As a products liability and personal injury attorney in Chicago, I urge parents to pay attention to recalls affecting products they may be using for their children and replace the recalled products as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary injuries....

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March 7, 2010

FDA Cracks Down on Misleading Food Labeling

The Food and Drug Administration is “cracking down on baby food manufacturers and other companies for misleading nutrition labeling on their products, the beginning of a larger effort to set stricter standards for the labels” (M. Jalonick, AP Washington, 3/5)....

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February 14, 2010

FDA Using Computer Program To Track Risky Imports

New technology is allowing the Food and Drug Administration to utilize an automated system to sort through millions of foreign shipments and identify food and drugs that are most likely to be contaminated and dangerous to consumers (AP for Findlaw,...

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February 4, 2010

Jury Awards $9 Million Verdict

CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN In Circuit Court A Cook County jury has returned a $9 million verdict in favor of a disabled 20-year-old man whose mother claimed her son sustained severe brain damage and spastic quadriplegia as the result of...

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