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Apr

US, Canada recall Disney tricycles

Parents, you’ll want to read about this recall.

Reuters (4/21, Keiper) reported the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada issued a joint statement Thursday announcing the recall of over 9,000 Disney Princess Plastic Racing Tricycles. The statement explained that children risked cutting themselves on a plastic display affixed on top of the tricycles’ handle bars. The trike, from manufacturer Kiddieland Toys Limited was sold at Target and JCPenny in the US. The company has received three injury reports. The CPSC and Health Canada instructed customers to contact Kiddieland for a replacement trike that covers the display.

This comes amid a spate of other toy recalls including:

  • 29,000 pacifiers by Key Baby LLC due to a potential choking hazard. Both the Pampers Natural Stages Infant Ortho and Bulb pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards.
  • “Troy the Activity Truck,” by Infantino LLC. The toys, made in China, were sold from September 2009 through February 2011 at toy stores in the U.S. and Canada.
  • A voluntary recall of 169,000 pogo sticks by Bravo Sports due to their potential to cause serious injury.

Our goal in mentioning these is simply to give you another tool to help keep those you love safe from injury. If you own any of the products mentioned, you should check with manufacturer for recall details, or you can visit the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s site for recall details.

If you or a loved one have been injured by a defective product, call the personal injury lawyers at Lundy Law at 1-866-281-8612.

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Apr

AAP, CPSC say decorated cribs pose suffocation risk to infants

Parents, this is a story you should read, especially if you’re using an older or used crib.

The Wall Street Journal (4/19, Beck) reported that, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, puffy bumpers, bedding, and stuffed animals all pose suffocation hazards to infants less than 12 months old. The CPSC noted 28 investigations following infant deaths where bumpers were in the crib. CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson said the commission is revisiting the instances and warned parents using bumpers to secure them tightly.

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Apr

OSHA says popular hair smoothing treatment may release unsafe levels of formaldehyde

The New York Times /AP (4/13, A19, Subscription Publication) reports that on Monday, regulators from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that “a popular hair smoothing treatment called Brazilian Blowout can release unsafe levels of formaldehyde, posing a risk to salon workers and customers.” OSHA officials “also said they have found the chemical in some hair products that are labeled ‘formaldehyde-free,’” and are now “investigating complaints about the products.”
Check with your stylist and find out what they’re using on you before getting exposed.

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Apr

FDA launches new website on recalled foods

If you want to get the “skinny” on tainted foods (ha, ha), you’ll want to check out the FDA’s new website on recalls. The Los Angeles Times (4/5, Zajac) reported that the website compiles food “recall notices in a searchable table. from 2009 on by date, product brand name, product description, the reason for the recall and the firm doing the recalling. It also includes an image of the product label and links to the press release on each recall — which generally contain additional information.”

We’ll be checking back on this database periodically to try to keep you informed. We encourage you to keep an eye on this as well to keep you and your family informed.
If you’ve been harmed by tainted food, you can call the personal injury experts at Lundy Law — 866-281-8612 or visit us online at www.lundylaw.com.

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Apr

Pennsylvania House poised to amend lawsuit liability law

Folks, I normally wouldn’t post something of a political nature, but I felt this was important to bring to your attention. The AP (4/7) reported, “People who are awarded civil judgments against multiple parties would no longer be able to collect all of it from any single defendant under a bill that Republicans in the state House moved near to a final vote on Wednesday.” Liable defendants would only be required to pay for their share of caused damage. The bill, opposed by Pennsylvania trial lawyers “provides exceptions for awards that are based on intentional misrepresentation, for intentional torts such as assaults, for defendants who are liable for more than 60 percent of a loss and for some hazardous waste or liquor code violations.” Paul Lyon of the Committee for Justice for All “said the bill would lead to many seriously injured people being undercompensated.”

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