Product Recalls

New Law Proposed for Recalled Rental Cars and Trucksby Brayton Purcell LLP | Nov 20, 2014 | Product Recalls | In 2014 there have been 52 million cars and trucks recalled, which is the equivalent of about 2 per day or one car out of every five on the road with you. In the first [...]

Vehicle Owners Urged to Protect Themselves against Defective Airbagsby Brayton Purcell LLP | Oct 28, 2014 | Product Recalls | After airbag explosions have caused “severe lacerations” and a reported four deaths, the government is urging nearly five million drivers to take “immediate action” to protect themselves against “defective” airbags. The airbags, manufactured by a [...]

Two Deaths Prompt Bean Bag Recallby Brayton Purcell LLP | Sep 30, 2014 | Product Recalls | Ace Bayou Corp., of New Orleans, La., announced the voluntary recall of about 2.2 million bean bag chairs following the deaths of two children. A 13-year old boy from McKinney, Texas died and a 3-year-old girl from Lexington, [...]

27,000 JVC Flat Panel Televisions Recalledby Brayton Purcell LLP | Sep 9, 2014 | Product Recalls | Electronics maker JVC has issued a recall for 27,000 of their flat panel televisions after 16 reports of cracked tv neck stands. The neck stand, or base, could crack and may cause injury. JCS is specifically recalling their [...]

Here is another product recall that proves that boutique fashion can come at a serious price! Julie Vos of New York has recently recalled about 324 women’s scarves, due to failing to meet the federal flammability standard. There has been one report of a scarf catching fire.The Flammable Fabrics Act was passed in 1953 in [...]

What dangers come to mind when you think of Independence Day, one of our country’s most celebrated holiday? Fireworks might be just one.Illegal in several counties and states, fireworks are usually left to be handled by the fire department. Elaborate displays are put on safely in open fields, where hundreds of families gather to watch. [...]

If you depend on your bicycle to get you from point A to point B (and then back again), you probably assume it has been built in such a way to keep you safe on the road. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.Scott USA recently recalled 2,000 SCOTT Speedster 30 and 40 and Contessa [...]

Sitting down and resting your feet on a comfortable ottoman sounds pretty ideal, right? But what if the ottoman cannot support your weight? A comfortable situation can quickly turn into a dangerous one.Recently, about 2,000 Wilson and Fisher brand ottomans were recalled due to a fall hazard. The center of the ottoman can collapse during [...]

There are many products available on the market aimed to make parents’ lives easier and more efficient. But what happens when these products fail and risk their childrens’ safety? In both the United States and Canada, over 350 phil&teds Travel System 26 infant car seat adaptors for strollers have been recalled due to a fall [...]

Tools have come a long way since we first invented the wheel, and sometimes not for the better. While technology has blessed us power drills and electric saws, some of these new tools can become dangerous for users if they are not built and programmed correctly.Recently, about 25,000 pneumatic nail guns manufactured by Hitatchi Koki [...]