A man was dead in Norco after his trailer caught on fire sparked off by an electrical short from a remote-control car battery, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Donald Lee Moss, 38, was asleep in his trailer when flames ripped through the RV he was staying in, the article stated. Moss…
While it’s not necessarily a quick fix, there may be a way parents can protect their children from unsafe toys containing lead-based paint this holiday season. According to National Public Radio, there are a few inexpensive testing kits out there that will allow parents to test toys for lead before…
Lately, the newspapers have been filled with articles about children’s toys tainted with lead paint. Most of these products were made in China. Now, we’re almost on Halloween Day and it’s interesting to note that last year at this time the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall…
A South Africa-based company has recalled about 1 million infant baby seats because there were several reports of children falling out of these seats and getting badly hurt. According to a Reuters news report, the seats were sold by many large retailers in the United States including Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart,…
Authorities in Pineville, Missouri, are saying that a baby bassinet that was not part of Simplicity Inc.’s recall of 1 million defective cribs, is as much a death trap as the recalled cribs. How do they know? Because a 4-month old girl died in one of those 4-in-one bassinets. Little…
An Illinois woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Simplicity Inc. and Target Corp. whose cribs were recently recalled because of manufacturing defects that caused the deaths of at least three infants. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, Amber Spritzer is on a mission to get justice for…
By: Staff Writer The company that manufactures Simplicity and Graco cribs have recalled about 1 million of the defective products after at least two babies – including one from Citrus Heights, Calif. — reportedly died of suffocation. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times. Keeping with the recent…
What do parents need to watch out for when they buy Christmas presents this year? Just when we thought we’ve seen the end of the Mattel toy recall, the world’s largest toy maker on Wednesday announced yet another massive recall involving 800,000 Barbie accessories, Fischer Price train locomotives and bongo…
BY: A Staff Writer Tenacity and persistence are two qualities that can make or break a personal injury attorney or firm. Because, without these qualities it is impossible to win cases or more importantly, to get justice for those people who have been seriously injured or killed because of someone…
BY: A Staff Writer A new study has found that the number of children who have been injured by dangerous toys has more than doubled in the last five years compared to the preceding decade, according to an article in the watchdog Web site, www.consumeraffairs.com. The study, which was conducted…