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McDonald’s Toy Recall Targets Hello Kitty Toys for Choking Hazard According to a statement by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Monday, the largest restaurant chain in the world, McDonald’s Corp., has issued a recall of 2.5 million Hello Kitty lollipop whistles that it has been giving away in Happy Meals and Mighty…

Audi Recalled for Airbag Software Defect According to a release by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), German luxury automaker Audi has decided to issue a voluntary recall of more than 100,000 of their luxury sedans and station wagons sold in the United States, as part of a worldwide recall of 850,000 vehicles, because of a glitch they…

Study Finds Recalled Dietary Supplements Still for Sale Despite the fact that a number of these products have been under a recall for years,  a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has uncovered the disturbing fact that some dietary supplements are still being sold, even though they contain potentially dangerous…

After receiving  at least one report from a consumer who found a piece of a shoe in their child’s mouth, Toys “R” Us and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have announced a voluntary recall of approximately 19,000 Koala children’s sandals adorned with butterfly wings. This is because parts of the baby sandals can be…

In a notice released earlier today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it is seriously considering a series of mandatory electronic safety standards and requirements. In the notice, the agency asked the largest automakers to consider seriously whether voluntary standards for vehicle electronics make sense. Safety agency released a notice as…

Halie Bush, the mother of a 3-year-old who was seriously injured and died due to an accident in the family’s driveway, filed a complaint against Ford Motor Co. last month in the Eastern District of Texas, which she alleged that a faulty vehicle design is to blame for her young toddler’s death. According to…

After consumers were burned by General Motors (GM), and their extremely long delay in recalling millions of cars because of defective safety switches, apparently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to be more aggressive with automakers when it comes to making sure they recall defective vehicles in a timely manner, as soon as…

This has been a banner year for recalls of vehicles of all types. The most prominent example, of course, is General Motors, which has already set records this year, and it’s only half over. Then there’s the problem with Takata airbags, which have a defect that could result in the airbags improperly inflating in…

Lawsuits and Car Safety: Lawyers Should be Thanked Over the past thirty plus years, automobiles in the United States have become safer.  In large part, these safety advances were the result of people suffering serious catastrophic injuries in foreseeable automobile accidents and attorneys and other advocates standing up for these victims and demanding changes…

Airbag Defects: Moisture One Cause Ideally, when you drive Texas highways, you hope to never get into an accident. But when the unthinkable happens, you count on your vehicle’s safety devices to keep you safe. But according to Takata Corp., one of the largest suppliers of airbags in the world, your airbags may not…