Approximately 21,000 Banzai inflatable waterslides have been recalled due to a potential safety issue. At the request of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, this recall has been issued by Toys R Us Incorporated, headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The inflatable waterslides affected by this recall were designed for use with in ground swimming pools, and they may become deflated during routine use potentially causing them to provide inadequate protective cushioning from the ground beneath them, or to become imbalanced and tip over during use. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received reports of injuries incurred during the use of this product, including a man who became a quadriplegic while using this waterslide, and a woman who died from a broken neck when she hit her head on the pool’s concrete edge during her descent into the pool.
The waterslides affected by this recall were manufactured by China’s Manley Toys Limited, and they were distributed for sale at Wal-Marts and Toys R Us between January 2005 and June 2009. The recalled slides bear the words “Banzai Splash” printed in blue orange and white on both sides and their packaging is marked with model number 15734 and bar code number 2675315734.
As a personal injury attorney in San Diego, I hope that this recall can be thoroughly and efficiently completed in order to prevent any further tragedies that might result from this potential safety issue. If you a loved one has been injured by a defective product, please consider discussing your case with a San Jose personal injury attorney.
Defects can occur in just about any product, and as you’ll soon see, even the very chair you’re sitting on might be deemed unsafe.
Salt Lake City-based Intercon has announced a recall of their Sonoma Valley Swivel Top Bar Stools due to a potential danger these items could pose to users. Manufactured in China by Gaomi Yatai Wooden Wooden Ware and then imported by Intercon, around 2,350 stools in total are affected.
There are two models encompassed by the recall: a 24” model and a 30” model. Each of these models are wooden with a cream-colored cushion. Although the stools have separate model numbers, neither type has the number displayed anywhere on the chair.
The problem has to do with the bolts holding the legs to the stool. These bolts can loosen, posing a fall hazard due to the seat suddenly being dislodged from the legs. One report of bolt loosening has been brought to the attention of Havertys Furniture Company, the exclusive retailer of this stool, but in that instance, no one was injured.
The items were sold between October 2010 and this past March for either $270 or $300. Consumers can expect to receive a repair kit and free installation of the new bolts.
I know firsthand as a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer how many seemingly safe household items can be hiding a potentially devastating defect. This is why I urge as a personal injury attorney in Long Beach that everyone out there pay close attention to recall announcements.
Farm Glass & Metal Spiral Tea Light Holders imported by the Middleboro, Massachusetts-based Nantucket Distributing Company are being recalled due to a possible fire hazard associated with the product’s use.
The recalled spiral tea light holder features red, orange and green flowers painted on glass. The product, which was produced in China, has a UPC number of 000015931955. This number is displayed on the bottom of the item. Tea lights can be contained within the item by way of a metal insert meant to display the lights within the glass body of the structure. The recalled spiral tea lights were sold at Christmas Tree Shops throughout the country between July and March of last year.
At issue is a fault with the product’s design. The lights can burn higher than what would be considered safe, and as such, persons using these lights are put at risk of being burned themselves. Already the firm has received one report of a customer’s hand sustaining a burn due to a heightened flame.
Consumers who may be in possession of one or more of the 6,200 or so tea light holders affected by the recall are being advised to discontinue use immediately and return the item to any nearby Christmas Tree Shop. A full refund is being issed on the product.
I’m sorry to see any product pose a danger as a personal injury attorney in Los Angeles. It’s my desire that all products be safe for use, and barring that, I hope as a Fresno personal injury lawyer that everyone pays close attention to recall information so they can avert disaster.
The Food and Drug Administration is coming down on the makers of certain dietary supplements whose products contain an ingredient that has yet to be proven safe.
Ten different manufacturers and distributors have received a warning letter from the safety agency because their products contain what’s known as dimethylamylamine, or DMAA. Also known as geranium extract, the makers of the products many times refer to the item as a natural stimulant, but the FDA takes issue with its presence.
They say that none of the companies have proved the safety of DMAA. Because the ingredient falls under the category of New Dietary Ingredient, the companies that include it must prove through various testing that DMAA is safe before they set out to market it. Doing otherwise takes the items out of compliance with FDA regulations, forcing the agency to classify the products as adulterated.
The FDA has stated that they have not acquired evidence that proves DMAA’s safety, and in fact have anecdotal data that shows the opposite. DMAA is known to narrow blood vessels, thus increasing blood pressure. Products containing DMAA have also prompted 42 complaints to the FDA, although it should be noted the ingredient was never proven to be the cause of the reported health issues.
The companies have 15 days to respond.
Take it from a personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles like me: compliance with FDA regulations is essential to preserving safety. I hope as a Riverside personal injury lawyer that pains are taken to correct these violations, as to do otherwise could be dangerous for the citizens of this country.
At the request of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has announced a voluntary recall for approximately 7,000 of its ceiling fans due to a packaging error. The ceiling fans affected by this recall were mistakenly packaged with two 60-watt light bulbs. These bulbs exceed the ceiling fans’ maximum allowable wattage, so using the bulbs with the ceiling fan could result in product malfunction or electrical shock. This recall affects ceiling fans with 24, 30, and 42 inch diameter blades. The canopies of these fans are imprinted with the Westinghouse brand name, and the model number is printed on the fans’ motor casings. The following model numbers are affected: 72243 and 78631 24 inch blade ceiling fans, 72245 and 78763 30 inch blade ceiling fans, and 78764 42 inch blade ceiling fans. The fans affected by this recall were manufactured in China to be sold from January 2011 to January 2012 at various hardware and retail stores, as well as online for a price of $135 to $150. Owners of affected ceiling fans should discontinue their use until the 60-watt bulbs can be replaced by 40 watt bulbs, which will be provided by the manufacturer at no cost to the consumer.
As a personal injury attorney in San Diego, I hope this recall is successfully carried out before anyone is harmed by this potential safety issue. If you or someone you love has been negatively affected by a defective or improperly packaged product please consider contacting a San Jose personal injury attorney.
A recall affecting a large portion of Europe and possibly other environs has been issued by Ikea.
The recall announcement was made by the Stockhom, Sweden-based furniture chain regarding their 365+ Sanda Track 70 and 114 track lighting systems. These items came from supplier 21338. Around 95,000 units were sold from September until March of this year. The majority of these lighting systems were purchased in the countries of Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy.
At issue is a component known as an earth connection. This part has a defect that could cause the user to experience an electric shock should he or she come into contact with it. Consumers who believe they might have this product are being advised to cease using the lighting system and to dismantle it at once. Users should unplug the unit before making contact with either the track or the lamps.
Once the product has been unplugged, consumers can bring it in to an Ikea store to receive a free replacement. Thus far, Ikea has not received any reports of injury relating to this safety issue.
This happened far away from a San Francisco personal injury lawyer like myself, but that doesn’t make the recall any less important. You never know when a unit from overseas could make its way into our own country, or when a similar defect could make some other product dangerous. I urge everyone as a personal injury attorney in Riverside to pay attention to recalls from all around the globe.
The threat of inadvertent laceration has caused the recall of an item meant to lacerate.
The Portland, Oregon-based company Gerber Legendary Blades has announced a recall of their Gerber Instant Knife. These black knives have a 3.18 inch blade that can be splayed outward or retracted thanks to the assistance of a spring. Affected model numbers, which can be found beneath the barcode on the knife’s package, are 30-000435 and 31-001101.
The issue has to do with the blade’s locking mechanism. This component might not work properly, and as such, an extended blade might suddenly fold, cutting the person using the blade. No injuries of this nature have been reported as yet in the 3,000 affected units.
These knives were available all across the country at a variety of sporting goods retail outlets in February and March. They sold for around $50. Persons who have the affected items are being advised to cease usage at once. Gerber is willing to provide a free replacement to those knife owners who contact them.
Knives are dangerous without there being something wrong with the item, which is why it’s particularly frightening to this San Diego personal injury lawyer that this product has had to be recalled. When you’re dealing with blades, particular care should be taken to ensure safety. I’m keeping my fingers crossed as a personal injury attorney in Bakersfield that the affected products all get promptly replaced.
An off road vehicle is being recalled because because a certain usage direction on the label might create a hazard.
The Irvine-based Kawasaki Motor Corporation announced the recall, which affects Teryx Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles. About 2,000 units fall under the purview of the recall, which was initiated after it was discovered that a safety label on the vehicle fails to provide the correct number of people that can be safely seated. Because the number that is described says that more occupants can ride at once than is actually acceptable, persons obeying this label place themselves and their passengers in danger.
All of the vehicles are of the 2012 model year. They come in all sorts of colors and have a steering console like a regular automobile. The vehicles were available between April of last year and this past March. Customers could have purchased them from $10,600 to $12,000.
Those persons who have the defective units can expect to receive through the mail a glove compartment cover that states the accurate capacity. Kawasaki will install it for free if need be, but users are being advised that they can just go ahead and install it themselves if they so choose. There have yet to be reported injuries.
Being a car accident attorney in San Bernardino, it pains me to see any vehicle recall. The fact that following the directions provided could pose a hazard is incredibly frustrating, but I’m glad as a San Bernardino personal injury lawyer to see Kawasaki address the issue.
A class action lawsuit has been brought against a Japanese soap manufacturer because of the danger the item posed to consumers.
In May 2011, Yuuka Cosmetics was forced to recall a soap called Cha no Shizuku, which translates to “a drop of tea.” This came after more than 500 people claimed to have a severe allergic reaction upon repeated usage of the soap, despite the fact that the people did not have any reported sensitivity to food products prior to that time. 70 people even had to receive treatment at a hospital.
The soap contained a wheat known as Glupal 19-S as one of its ingredients, and Japanese scientists believe that repeatedly using the product may have in fact caused previously non-allergic people to develop a wheat allergy. The Glupal 19-S may have a tendency to pile up in the mucous membranes of a user’s facial cavities such as the nose and eyes.
Because of the recall and ensuing class action suits, ten other companies have recalled cosmetics with wheat. In the March 2012 issue of the Journal of University of Occupational and Environmental Health, scientists from Japan advised people allergic to gluten to stay away from wheat-containing cosmetics.
Even though this is happening in Japan, I feel the subject is still important to a Long Beach personal injury lawyer like me. Products have a tendency to make their way overseas, and even if they don’t, one country’s safety hazard today could become another country’s tomorrow. I will be paying attention to this story as a personal injury attorney in Ventura.
A pilot program being instituted by the state of Maryland aims to help parents protect their children from harm in the event of a motor vehicle collision.
Kids in Safety Seats, otherwise known as KISS, has created a program wherein parents will be able to get assistance with installing a child safety seat via Skype. To sign up, parents can simply call a phone number, make an appointment, and get a free Skype account. Then, starting on April 30 and depending on the time that the appointment was made, technicians will call the parents through Skype to assist them.
The parents can then position their video chat device, be it a smart phone or a laptop or a tablet, in a way that shows technicians the specific car seats and automobiles they are working with. Participants can expect to receive instruction on recalls, how to follow the instruction manual, usage of the harness, and the actual installation.
At first, the program will only be available Monday mornings. If its popularity grows, it might expand from there. Officials with KISS are hoping that this will be an easy alternative for parents that don’t necessarily have the time to make it all the way out to a car seat inspection event.
I’m glad to see programs like this as a car accident attorney in San Diego. In this age of constantly evolving technology, it’s vital that we figure out ways to use that technology to help people. There’s no word on if this program will expand to other states, but as a San Diego personal injury lawyer, I have my fingers crossed that it or something like it will become more prevalent across the country.
