Defective & Dangerous Products

• Gund Recalls Baby Books

  Chrissie Cole | April 11, 2010 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  A choking hazard has prompted the voluntary recall of more than 15,000 Gund Baby Paperboard Books in the U.S. and Canada. To date, there have been three reports of the book filling detaching and...

• GM Hopes To Use Its Bankruptcy To Avoid Liability For Its Product Defect Claims

  Brooks Schuelke | June 29, 2009 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  At a critical hearing tomorrow, GM's bankruptcy judge will be asked to approve the current plan for the transfer of assets from GM to the new GM. As part of that plan, all existing personal injury...

• Will Retailers Push Toys With Lead Paint This Holiday Season?

  Brooks Schuelke | November 18, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  I've been critical of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but I wanted to give them credit for implementing a new regulation requiring manufacturers and retailers to stop selling inventory that...

• Hallelujah! Packaging to Improve

  Brooks Schuelke | November 15, 2008 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  It's a Christmas or birthday ritual. Your child opens a gift, sees the toy he or she has been waiting for, and then a parent spends the next hour (or two) trying to extract the toy from the...

• Two New Studies Regarding Products Liability Claims Are Released Today

  Brooks Schuelke | November 14, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  There were two new studies released today, each discussing the need for the civil justice system to address defective products. First, Professor Andrew Popper from the American University,...

• What Does Obama's Election Mean For Preemption?

  Brooks Schuelke | November 06, 2008 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  We've spent the last month talking about preemption and earlier this week the Supreme Court heard the critical case of Wyeth v Levine, but was it all for nought? Is it possible that an Obama...

• The FDA Is Criticized For Its Stance On BPA

  Brooks Schuelke | November 01, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Those watching the news have surely heard about the BPA controversy. BPA is a common product used in plastics, including hard plastic water bottles, baby bottles and the linings of soda cans. It has...

• Halloween Candy Recalled -- Be On The Lookout For Chocolate Pirate Coins

  Brooks Schuelke | October 28, 2008 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  The problems with Chinese products may come to the public's attention this year as more and more Chinese Halloween candy is recalled. Yesterday I received a belated notice that Sherwood brand...

• The Wall Street Journal and the American Association of Justice Show How Timely We Are On Complete Immunity Preemption

  Brooks Schuelke | October 15, 2008 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Those of us at Injuryboard have been discussing complete immunity preemption issues for the entire month. There were two big developments in the federal preemption story today. First, the Wall...

• Seat Belt Rules Provide A Timely Example of Preemption

  Brooks Schuelke | October 15, 2008 7:55 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last Friday, I wrote a post about preemption by rulemaking, but even I didn't know how timely it was. Thursday afternoon the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued new rules...