Government Crackdown on Dietary Supplements

Product liability lawsuits sure to follow
Criminal and civil charges have been filed against 117 manufacturers and distributers of products that are falsely being marketed as dietary supplements. Recalls could also result for more than 100 dietary supplement products that received warnings from...

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Retailers and Airlines Ban Hoverboards

Lithium batteries pose fire hazard
Hoverboards are one of the 2015 holiday season’s most sought after gifts. And Amazon, one of the world’s largest retailers, is playing the part of the Grinch.
Amazon is pulling many models from its U.S. and U.K. websites for safety reasons.
A safety page on Ama...

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Bankruptcy Judge Rules on GM Ignition Recall

Punitive damages can be awarded in some cases
A while back we posted on the 2014 recall of 2.7 million cars, which was the result of 42 deaths, 58 injuries, 13 years of errors and a cover-up by General Motors. Because GM filed Chapter 11 in 2009, it received a Congressional waiver for any...

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State-to-State Variability of Product Liability Laws

When a retailer can be sued as a manufacture
A topic that often comes up in my phone conversations with different businesses is their belief that as a distributor they have less liability than the manufacturer of the product.  The truth is that this is correct in most states. However, in some ...

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A Strong Case for Having a Product Recall Plan

Better safe than sorry
I was just reading about Graco’s recall of six million car seats and possibly being subject to punitive damages because they may not have notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within the required five days.  Punitive damages are just what they so...

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Are Nanobots Really Already Here?

The effects of rapid technological advancement
I read an article on the Next Big Future about nanobots currently being used to treat a terminally ill leukemia patient.  Without the DNA nanobot treatment, the patient would only be expected to live until the summer of 2015.  If the treatment goes a...

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5 Risk Management Steps to Prevent Product Liability Claims

Being proactive lowers the risk of costly claims
Step #1:  Design with safety in mind
The first and most important step for risk management is during the product design phase.  During this phase you should take into account how your product will be used and ANY hazards that could result.   Pro...

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Dietary Supplement Industry is Its Own Worst Enemy

Fallout from ongoing negative reports
The dietary supplement industry’s gaffs continue to add up. I have written several blog posts about the dietary supplement industry and, unfortunately, nothing has been very positive.
One of my first posts was about how testing revealed that 25% of all ...

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How Negligent Was GM on Ignition Problems?

Negligence in terms of product liability
It took 42 deaths, 58 injuries, 2.7 million cars recalled and 13 years of errors and a cover-up before  any definitive action, a product recall, was taken to prevent GM’s vehicles from killing more people.
After reviewing the timeline of events that ...

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