Seat belts are one of the most important safety equipment inside vehicles; millions of people depend on them daily. This type of equipment has a dramatic impact on a person’s chances of survival in an accident. A malfunctioning seat belt can put drivers and passengers...
Products Liability
Understanding the dangers of defective car seats
Car seats exist to keep babies, toddlers and children safe during a car crash. However, in certain instances, they do not work as they are supposed to due to a defect or flaw in the product. An improperly manufactured car seat can be ineffective and extremely...
Children’s cups recalled for lead content: the danger to toddlers
The recent recall of more than 345,000 children's drinking cups due to excessive lead in the containers is an excellent time to remember why lead exposure is so dangerous to children. There's a reason the U.S. government strictly regulates the use of lead in household...
How can we protect children from furniture fall-over accidents?
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that there were over 20,000 Americans from 2018 through 2020 seriously injured by a furniture tip-over accident. Although a scary statistic for anyone, even more concerning is the fact that 44% of...
How do I know what kind of product liability case I have?
When we invest our money in a product, we expect it to do what it’s supposed to. It’s incredibly frustrating when a product malfunctions unexpectedly, and it’s even worse when that malfunction results in a serious injury for us or one of our loved ones. Identifying...
Can a seat belt actually cause injury in an accident?
There’s been a huge push across the nation to raise public awareness about the safety benefits of wearing a seat belt whenever you’re in a moving vehicle. In 2017, seat belt use saved nearly 15,000 lives in motor vehicle accidents, according to the National Highway...
NHTSA proposes rulemaking process for semi-autonomous vehicles
We’ve discussed before on this blog the fact that semi-autonomous vehicles may not be as safe as they might seem. While there is great promise in the technology to reduce crashes caused by human error, they are not free from error themselves. It all comes down to the...
Is your hand sanitizer a hazard?
Wood alcohol, or methanol, can be absorbed through the skin -- and it can be toxic enough to cause blindness. If it is ingested, it can be lethal. A rush of new brands of hand sanitizer has hit the market since March and, unfortunately, some of them contain wood...
Jeep recalls Cherokees for dangerous fault in power transfer unit
There are now two recalls involving the Jeep Cherokee, and they involve the same problem. The power transfer unit (PTU), an important element of the optional all-wheel-drive system in affected vehicles may not be able to maintain a connection between the transmission...
FDA issues new recall of drug device
The last thing an Alabama resident who must take or receive medication for a serious condition needs to worry about is a complication with the drug. While many people commonly think about things like side effects to medications, there are other problems that could...
