In June 2013, an Oregon jury awarded $6.2 million to an agricultural worker who became paralyzed from the waist down after his torso was crushed in a hay bale cutting machine. The accident happened in March 2010. According to reports, the plaintiff forgot to take…
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As you drive down the roadway, you probably never give a thought to the guardrails. You just know they are there; you know they will protect you from going off the road or into oncoming traffic, right? Maybe not. Unfortunately, many highway guardrails are defective…
Last month, a Los Angeles jury awarded $417 million to a woman who claimed her ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Baby Powder. The decision marks the largest verdict to-date resulting from a talcum powder lawsuit. This was not the first jury…
For all those not up-to-date on the latest toy craze, the Fidget Spinner is the latest fad for kids — and apparently just as dangerous. What is a fidget spinner? The fidget spinner is a propeller-shaped gadget with ball bearings and button batteries that allows…
Lithium-ion batteries are the world’s leading re-chargeable battery type. There are literally billions of them in use today, so chances are, if you plug something in to charge, it is powered by a lithium ion battery. While overall safe as a power source for electronic…
Guardrails are supposed to absorb a car’s energy when they are hit from the front. In many cases, they are designed to absorb the energy and coil away. Yet, critics say that sometimes they fail, with catastrophic results. Rather than absorbing the impact, the guardrail…
It was a cold, wet December day when a man couldn’t get the fire started during a family camping trip. What he did next is what experts say you should never do. The man used gasoline to start the fire. Unfortunately, something – maybe a…
Following a warning by the FDA, Medtronic has issued a worldwide field corrective action for all its Newport HT70 and HT70 Plus ventilators due to a risk that the devices may unexpectedly reset during operation. The notice follows at least a dozen reports where the…
Over the weekend, four people were killed and nine others injured when an out-of-control pick-up truck slammed through a concrete retaining wall and plunged off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, nose-diving into a crowd gathered at a booth for the La Raza Run, a motorcycle ride…
You may remember last holiday shopping season when hoverboards sparked safety concerns over their lithium ion batteries, after numerous reports of fires. Now, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone, only one month on the market, is suffering the same fate. Once again, the problem appears…
