When you drive a car, or ride in someone else’s car, you assume it is built safely. However, there is currently a recall for airbags in cars produced by 19 different automakers, according to Consumer Reports. This massive recall in the auto industry has been increasing for the last two years. In the first few […]
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Lab experiments are both educational and fun, but a recent chemistry lab gone wrong left five students injured. During the experiment at a Glendale school, a beaker exploded. The shattering glass gave the students serious cuts and more minor scratches. The experiment was part of an after-school STEM class for middle school and high school […]
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In what could be the greatest pun in recent history, an attorney’s pants started smoking while he was in court defending an arson suspect. Could the “liar, liar, pants on fire” tale be true? Whether it was a lie that caught his pants on fire or not, NBC News reports that the fire was caused […]
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A scary ATV (all-terrain vehicle) accident involving Maddie Aldridge, daughter of singer and actress Jamie Lynn Spears, two weeks ago is now getting a happy ending. After the 8 year old drove her ATV into a lake she nearly drowned, and doctors and family feared she might suffer permanent damage. Now People reports that Maddie […]
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What To Do If Your Car Has A Defect In the olden days, you would buy a car and it would last you for a decade. Nowadays, however, we’re lucky if a car lasts us even a third of that time. If you find that your car seems to spend more time in the body […]
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Google Self-Driving Cars – Auto Product Liability Issues Product liability is a relatively important section of personal injury law. Where products are defective and are also mass-produced, this defect, if dangerous, can conceivably cause injury to quite a few people. There are different types of product defects: design, manufacturing and ineffective warnings. Where one defect […]
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Ice Cream Recalled Due To Possible Listeria On Match 13, 2015, reports came in on the Blue Bell recall of its ice cream bars over concerns to possible ties to a listeria outbreak, though at the time unconfirmed. Within a few weeks, the CDC confirmed the connection between the listeria outbreak and the ice cream […]
Read more...A Faulty Ignition Switch Can Spell Tragedy Last year, on February 7, 2014, General Motors Co. recalled approximately 800,000 vehicles. The recall was later expanded with over 600,000 vehicles on February 24, and over 820,000 vehicles on March 28. In all, GM recalled a total of nearly 2.6 million cars, all due to problems with […]
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Protect Your Children From Falling From Windows 5,000. That’s approximate the yearly number, as of 2011, of young children who are admitted to emergency departments across the country due to injuries sustained from falling out of windows. That’s approximately 14 kids a day. The majority of the injuries happen to kids between the ages of […]
Read more...Is Your Car Considered A Lemon? Have you ever purchased a new car and could tell straight off that something wasn’t right? Whether it is the brakes, the steering, or some sort of a smell that just won’t go away, there just seems to be something wrong with your brand new car. You may have […]
Read more...Is Your Macaroni And Cheese Dangerous? How many people do you suppose come home after a long day at work, spend a few minutes relaxing before starting on dinner, with their children milling around waiting for one of their favorites. How many boil a pan of water and empty into it a new box of […]
Read more...Ford Recall Increases To Nearly 1.5 Million Cars 2015 has found Ford Motor Company plagued with a range of defects that affect the safety of the cars. These product defects range from door latches to gearbox motors, and affecting several hundred thousand cars. On Friday, April 24th, Ford recalled a total of 390,000 defective cars, […]
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