Defective & Dangerous Products

• Fast Food Health Concerns

  RLF Staff | June 15, 2006 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  What do we not know about the fast food that we eat? When we run to places and grab a quick order to go, are we ruining our health?A recent lawsuit was filed against KFC in an attempt to stop them from cooking with partially hydrogenated oil which is high in fact and switch to other types of cooking oils. While KFC does provide figures to the inquiring consumer in stores or online, the...

• Coleman Camping Heater at Center of Potential Fraud & Dangerous Product Case in California

  Jeff Rasansky | May 20, 2009 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  From time to time, we receive reports from not only our clients about current personal injury news, but from friends of the law firm as well. John Bisnar and Brian Chase, of the Orange County,...

• Are Tanning Booths as Dangerous as Tobacco?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 21, 2009 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Tanning beds first arrived in the United States in 1978, and their design has not changed much since then. They contain a special blend of phosphors that bombard users with a combination of UVA and...

• Marie Callender Recalls Frozen Pies Due to Bacterial Contamination

  RLF Staff | August 29, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  American Pie, LLC has recalled over 1,400 cases of frozen pies (Marie Callender Turtle Pies) that may be contaminated with bacteria that could cause food poisoning. The pies were sold in Kroger, Giant Eagle and Hy-Vee supermarkets in Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota. The recall...

• Are Tanning Booths as Dangerous as Tobacco?(2)

  Jeff Rasansky | August 21, 2009 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Tanning beds first arrived in the United States in 1978, and their design has not changed much since then. They contain a special blend of phosphors that bombard users with a combination of UVA and...

• Skin Numbing Drugs Are Linked To Dangerous Side Effects

  Jeff Rasansky | January 22, 2009 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Drugs that are designed to numb the skin, such as lidocaine, tetracaine, benzocaine and prilocaine have all been linked to serious and life-threatening side effects when used improperly. According...

• Victoria's Secret Bras Containing Formaldehyde?

  Jeff Rasansky | November 14, 2008 2:26 PM | 7 CommentsDallas, TX

  Uh oh. Look's like Victoria has been keeping something else a secret. Women have been coming down with blistering rashes and sever itching as a result of some of the Victoria's Secret bras!...

• Tyson Fresh Meat, Inc. Issues Recall of Over 20 Tons of E. Coli Contaminated Meat

  RLF Staff | June 14, 2007 6:12 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Tyson Fresh Meat, Inc. can be added to the list of food manufacturers who have had to recall E. Coli tainted products. On Friday, the company issued a recall of 40,000 pounds of beef in 12 states. The company decided to take this action after samples tested at its Texas plant revealed E. Coli contamination.The ground beef has a sell-by date of June 13, and was sold in prepackaged trays. The...

• Playskool Recalls Tool Bench Toys After Multiple Deaths

  Robert Wolf | September 22, 2006 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Toymaker Playskool and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall Friday of about 255,000 of its "Team Talkin' Tool Bench" toys following the deaths of two young children.Playskool, a unit of Hasbro Inc., said it received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.Va., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized, plastic toy nails sold with...

• The Puck Stops Here - Hockey Goalie Seriously Injured by Allegedly Defective Mask

  Robert Wolf | April 19, 2006 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  With a serious eye injury he said could have been avoided, an Irving, Texas man is suing the makers of the goalie mask he was wearing when a hockey puck broke through the mask and struck his face.Michael Eeds, was playing goalie in an August 2004 ice hockey game when the puck broke through the mask. The impact popped the lens of Eeds' right eye out of its membrane. He's now on his 18th contact...