By: U. Kelley Riedel, Attorney at Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier today, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, along with State Farm of Bloomington, Illinois, announced an immediate recall of “State Farm Good Neigh Bears” due to a potential choking hazard posed to children.
About 800,000 State Farm Good Neigh Bears have been [...]
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By: Matthew Paré, Attorney at Law
According to the latest statistics, 76 Californians have become ill from the outbreak of salmonella bacteria recently found in some peanut butter and peanut butter products. Nationally, more than 630 people became ill from infections caused by the outbreak, the CDC says. Although nine people have died there have been [...]
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WASHINGTON – Peanut Corp., the Georgia Peanut plant that recently recalled more than 400 of its products, has expanded the recall to include all products that have been produced at the plant since January 1, 2007.
About 500 people have been sick and about eight died from the salmonella outbreak that sparked the recall. Federal [...]
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OCEANSIDE, CA - A plane crashed in the Oceanside area of San Diego County on Saturday injuring the 24-year-old pilot Amadeep Singh and his 18-year-old passenger, Harshdeep Multani. The cause of the plane crash is still under investigation; however, it apparently encountered mechanical trouble and was attempting to make an emergency landing when it hit a utility [...]
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By: U. Kelley Riedel, Attorney at Law and Partner at Berman & Riedel, LLP
CONSUMER PRODUCT LIABILITY ISSUES - Imagine that you’re watching the local news one evening and you hear a report about the recall of a toy your child loves and has been playing with for over a year, with no problems. Or imagine that [...]
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By: Natalie B. DeClusin, Attorney at Law
CALIFORNIA - On Monday, January 18, 2009, the manufacturing company Ryobi announced a recall on their corded circular saws model numbers CSB 123, CSB 133L, and CSB 142LZ. From October to November 2008, Home Depot sold around 12,000 Ryobi saws for between $30 and $70 each. Ryobi has stated [...]
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The San Diego based personal injury firm of Berman & Riedel, LLP, which handles claims for injured victims throughout the entire State of California, has established itself as one of the leading California firms in handling tire failure cases. The firm has been lauded for its tremendous successes in handling serious personal injury and wrongful [...]
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NATIONAL NEWS – Federal health authorities from the Food and Drug Administration issued a release on Saturday, January 17, 2009, warning consumers to avoid eating any food products that contain peanut butter or peanut butter flavored ingredients. It is now believed that a peanut butter paste manufactured by Peanut Corp. of America and distributed for [...]
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PRODUCT RECALL – In the wake of a major recall last week of 56,000 additional baby cribs manufactured by Jardine Enterprises, the Consumer Product Safety Commission today issued an even much larger recall for 535,000 baby cribs manufactured by Stork Craft Manufacturing, Inc. The Stork Craft baby cribs were recalled because the metal brackets used [...]
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By: Natalie B. DeClusin, Attorney at Law
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - Most boaters understand that they must be on the lookout for any and all dangers when they are out on the water, whether it be boating traffic, weather conditions, or mechanical problems. However, quite possibly the most deadly of these threats is one that people [...]
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