Defective & Dangerous Products

• Nail Gun Lawsuits

  Brooks Schuelke | May 30, 2008 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Over the last week, I've looked at some of the dangers inherent in many forms of nail guns. Today, I want to address what claims can be brought for those injuries. The obvious claims are those...

• Nail Gun Safety Tips

  Brooks Schuelke | May 28, 2008 10:16 AM | 2 CommentsAustin, TX

  As the old Schoolhouse Rock videos used to state: Knowledge is Power! That phrase, so applicable in most aspects of life, certainly appllies to nail gun safety. And one great thing about the...

• Is Your Nail Gun Injury The Result Of A Defective Design?

  Brooks Schuelke | May 27, 2008 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  It seems that Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer Steve Lombardi and I have started a little series on nail gun injuries. He had a post about nail gun injuries yesterday morning. I saw that post and...

• Nail Gun Injuries

  Brooks Schuelke | May 26, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  I’ve been around construction pretty much my whole life. My dad has done residential and commercial construction, and I consider myself a weekend warrior myself. And when I read a post this morning...

• Particularly Bad Personal Injury News for Texans: Artificial Turf May Be Dangerous

  Brooks Schuelke | April 20, 2008 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  There are few things Texans are more passionate about than football but now the Consumer Products Safety Commission says that might be dangerous The CPSC is now investigating whether artificial...

• CPSC Finally Helps With Dangerous Toys

  Brooks Schuelke | February 26, 2008 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  In the "better late than never" cateogory, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is finally acting on dangerous toys. I have often lamented on here that the CPSC has been letting the American public down with its lax oversight of imported products. But last week, the head of the CPSC finally stepped up to the plate. From the article:"I will not tolerate this industry or any other not...

• Potential Bad News For Victims of Defective Products

  Brooks Schuelke | January 28, 2008 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  The Washington Post is reporting that the Bush Administration is considering the nomination of Gail Charnley to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission. This would not be welcome news to personal injury victims. Dr. Charnley runs her own consulting firm and has frequently testified and written on behalf of the tobacco, energy and pesticide industries. In 2006, she wrote an op-ed article...

• College Students Beware: Recall of Frozen Pizzas

  Brooks Schuelke | November 02, 2007 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Yesterday, General Mills issued a recall of Totino's and Jeno's pepperoni pizzas (including pizzas that have pepperoni combined with other toppings) due to potential e-coli contamination. This is disasterous news for anyone that was on my college-years diet.For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.

• Keeping Up With Recalls of Defective Products

  Brooks Schuelke | October 15, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  There have been numerous recall stories in the news lately, but in the last ten days, the recalls have reached core American products such as boy scout badges, some cans of Campbell's soup, and, heaven forbid, even hammocks. The constant news stories about recalls really leads to the question, "How is someone supposed to keep up with what's safe?" One of the best websites out there is...

• CPSC Failing On Defective Products

  Brooks Schuelke | October 08, 2007 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Today's New York Times had a great article discussing the issues facing the Consumer Products Safety Commission in its attempts to regulate defective products. The articles uses a do-it-yourself tile waterproofing product, Stand 'n Seal, and the injuries it caused to a New York doctor as its case study of what's going wrong. According the article:Dr. Friedel was the latest victim of a product...