Defective Products

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a new app called SaferCar.

This app is designed to help consumers know when their vehicle has a recall, making our roads safer for all of us. Can you imagine driving on a road where all cars are at their peak performance?

How does it work?

1. Download the app for free on the Google Play Store and the Apple Store
2. Add your vehicle
3. Add your VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
4. Add additional items: car seats, tires, and equipment

The recalled helmets do not meet the federal safety standard, posing a risk of head injury. These helmets were recalled on August 21, 2020.

This recall involves woom bikes USA children’s helmets.  The recalled helmets were sold in blue, green, purple, red, and yellow and in size S (for small size). 

Woom is printed on both sides of the helmets and the size “S” appears on the back of the helmet.  Only the small-sized helmets are included in this recall.

There have been approximately 1,900 helmets sold in the US.

Consumers are surrounded by products we rely on in our day-to-day lives.

Our vehicles get us where we need to go. We use appliances to keep our clothes, dishes, and homes clean. Some of us depend on medical devices to keep us in good health.

Unfortunately, when these products fail, people can get injured especially if the product has been recalled. 

If you’ve suffered from an injury from a recalled product, you may be able to start a claim and receive compensation. However, product liability claims and product recalls can be complex and confusing. Read on to learn more about how the process works.

Mr. Steak’s four and five-burner gas patio grills are a popular grill sold in the U.S. and Canada at Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s and ABT Appliance & Electronics.

However, some models of this popular grill come with a dangerous defect and are being recalled.

Baby sleepers are widely popular in the world of newborn merchandise. Recently 4.7 million Rock ‘n Play sleepers have been recalled due to the deaths of over 30 infants using the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper.

Thousands of people are killed and hundreds of thousands more are injured each year by dangerous consumer products, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). These deaths and injuries are the result of products that have design or manufacturing defects or lack adequate warnings about their inherent risks.

If you or a loved one have been injured due a button battery, you may be entitled to compensation from the maker and seller of the button battery and the device that came with the battery.

The attorneys at Carr and Carr have successfully represented families across the United States in lawsuits against retailers, designers and manufacturers of button batteries and the products that contain them. Typically, the lawsuit involves a product that failed to adequately contain the button battery from being accessible to young children. Further, many products do not adequately warn the consumer that the product contains button batteries, the dangers of a button battery if ingested, and what to do if a button battery is accidentally swallowed.

Defective Pacemakers: Life-Saving Devices can Pose Deadly Risks

Pacemakers are commonly implanted medical devices that help control abnormal heart rates associated with certain cardiac conditions. But despite their intended life-saving properties, pacemakers don’t always function as intended. Continue reading “Defective Pacemakers Attorneys in Oklahoma”

This recall involves Vornado VH101 Personal Vortex electric space heaters sold in the following colors: black, coral orange, grayed jade, cinnamon, fig, ice white and red.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled heaters and contact Vornado for instructions on how to receive a full refund or a free replacement unit. Continue reading “Vornado Air Recalls Electric Space Heaters After Report of Death”

According to WebMD, a drug recall happens “when a prescription or over-the-counter medicine is removed from the market because it is found to be either defective or potentially harmful.”

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against the medical device maker Sorin Group, claiming its Stöckert 3T heater-cooler device spreads bacteria called nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Continue reading “2018 Sorin Stöckert 3T Heater-Cooler Lawsuit News”

NutriBullet, sold from a variety of retailers, has caused dozens of people to become injured when the NutriBullet explodes.  Although the NutriBullet has been recalled, the recall is not related to the current problem plaguing those NutriBullets that are exploding and causing consumers to suffer amputations, burns, and other kinds of disfigurement. Continue reading “Exploding NutriBullet causing injuries to consumers”

Almost 38 million fire extinguishers have been recalled for not working. Unfortunately, the defective fire extinguishers resulted in one fatality and numerous injuries.  The fire extinguishers in question were manufactured by Kidde and were recalled because they do not activate, primarily due to the nozzle detaching. To view more about the recall, please click here. Continue reading “Defective Fire Extinguishers Recalled”

In conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), furniture manufacturer Ameriwood announced it is recalling 1.6 million of its Mainstays brand chests of drawers due to a tip-over risk.

According to the CPSC, the product is unstable and poses a potentially deadly hazard to children. A 4-year-old was reportedly injured when one of the dressers fell on him. Continue reading “Child Injury Sparks Recall of 1.6M Dressers Sold in Walmart Stores”