Defective & Dangerous Products

• Fitness Balls Burst, Injure People

  Diego Madrigal | April 24, 2009 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Our fellow IB blogger, Joe Saunders, has a very interesting post on his blog dealing with Fitness Balls exploding and causing injury to people. These ball are usually used to strengthen the core. A...

• Strict Liability or Negligence?

  Ed Normand | April 10, 2009 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to the Associated Press, a business that stores molasses-based cattle feed is being sued by neighbors for allowing 10,000 gallons of the substance to leak from a tank at...

• Theme Park Injuries Where the Ride Worked As Intended

  Ed Normand | March 12, 2009 1:02 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Lately we have been seeing inquiries from folks injured on theme park rides where the ride was operating as intended. Case in point, a visitor from the United Kingdom who sustained injuries...

• Does Chinese Drywall Devalue Florida Homes?

  Ed Normand | February 10, 2009 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Chinese manufactured drywall imported in Florida was installed in new housing in Florida. It has now been reported that Chinese drywall may be causing health problems and building defects in those...

• Whole Peanut Recall Adds More Items to FDA Recall List

  Sandy Grinnell | February 03, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The FDA has reported that the salmonella outbreak previously thought to involve only bulk peanut butter and peanut paste from a plant in Georgia has now been expanded to include whole peanuts. Most...

• Peanut Butter Recalls List of Recalled Products

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2009 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  We have been asked to provide a list of the products that have been recalled due to the peanut butter Salmonella infection. Sadly, the list is too long to print here but it is available from the...

• Peanut Butter Recalls Expand Daily

  Sandy Grinnell | January 26, 2009 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  I'm sure by now that you all have heard about the peanut butter recall last week. But what everyone may not know is that the list keeps expanding. I receive FDA recall notices via email and I'm...

• Peanut Butter Danger Speads To 491 Infected Persons

  Ed Normand | January 25, 2009 8:44 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The food poisoning outbreak related to Salmonella keeps getting larger and larger. According to the the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) there are now 491 reported cases of people...

• More Peanut Butter Product Recalls Due to Salmonella

  Sandy Grinnell | January 21, 2009 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The contamination of peanut butter products by Peanut Corporation of America has spread to more and more products each day. Here is a list of the FDA recalls received just today: Premier Nutrition...

• Most Pools Against Federal Regulation

  Diego Madrigal | January 21, 2009 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A report says that most of the public pools in the United States, do not meet the standard of the new federal regulation regarding drains. About 240,000 of the 300,000 pools and hot tubs found in...