Category: Defective Products
How a Texas car gets a recall and what to do if you’re affected. Ever wonder exactly what it takes to get a vehicle in Texas recalled? Considering the large number of vehicles recalled in the last couple of years, you may have wondered what it takes for a vehicle…
Toyota has another recall affecting Houston drivers – this time for seatbelts. On February 18, 2016, Toyota announced another recall to add to the millions of vehicles on the market today already being recalled for other items, most notably for Takata airbags. This particular recall for Toyota is because of…
Vehicle recalls in 2015 hit record-breaking high Consumer safety should be the number one priority for all companies that design, manufacture and sell products on any market. The sad truth is that many companies put profit before safety, and the consequences can be tragic. In 2015, the auto industry had…
The Brenham, Texas plant is just one of the locations under scrutiny from recent listeria outbreak. Last spring Blue Bell Creameries recalled all of its frozen products from freezers in stores across 23 states after listeria was found on the lid of a food service cup. Since the recall, 10…
Numerous products can cause a death or serious injury if they are not manufactured properly. This can happen in Houston or in Texas, as it has been happening across the country. IKEA is in the spotlight again for its unstable Malm dressers. The parents of a 2nd toddler that was…
Injury and fire-prone hoverboards are the gifts that keep on giving, but not in a good way. Hoverboards may have been the “gift of the year” in 2015, but they were also the gift that led the news headlines for things you don’t want to have happen to your loved…
In late 2008, as reports emerged of strange odors and corroded metal in homes across the United States, investigators realized that some drywall manufactured China between 2001 and 2007 was defective and was emitting sulfur gases. The gases created an unpleasant smell and caused corrosion to metals, including electrical wiring,…
Last year saw a record number of prescription and over-the-counter drug recalls, 1,472 different types in all. That number is four times the number of drugs recalled in 2008. While it is difficult to attribute the increase in defective and dangerous drugs to a single reason, the overseas manufacture of…
When the morning-sickness drug thalidomide was introduced in the 1960s, little was known about how medication could affect a developing fetus. But when more than 10,000 babies were born with missing or shrunken limbs, medical experts quickly realized that drugs ingested by women during pregnancy can have powerful and potentially…
Products qualifying as medical devices are required to undergo a rigorous review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being sold. However, some medical devices marketed in the past, or currently promoted, pose dangers to patients because of poor testing and flawed FDA review. Transvaginal mesh (TVM) slings are…
