Defective Products

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is issuing a vehicle defect recall for 1.3 million vehicles worldwide in two separate campaigns for possible fire risks and inadvertent airbag deployments. According to a CNBC news report, the automaker is recalling about 770,000 SUVs because of a wiring issue that could cause the driver-side airbag to suddenly deploy without warning. […]

Graco Recalls 25,000 Car Seats for Injury Risk Graco is recalling more than 25,000 car seats that might not properly restrain children during a car accident. According to a CNN news report, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that the webbing in the Graco My Ride 65 car seat failed to meet Federal […]

Viking Range has agreed to pay $4.65 million in government fines to resolve allegations that it failed to properly report the issue to federal regulators in a timely manner. According to a report on Consumerist.com, Viking recalled 52,000 oven ranges because they were somehow able to turn themselves on. Under federal law, manufacturers, distributors and […]

The number of children’s products that were recalled for safety issues reached the highest levels of any year since 2001 with the exception of 2004, according to a new report published by the nonprofit group Kids in Danger or KID. ABC News says the report analyzed recall data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission […]

Not too long ago, hoverboards were on a lot of Christmas wish lists. Last week, the first ever fatal blaze involving a hoverboard claimed three people including two girls, 3 and 10 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. According to a news report in The Philadelphia Inquirer, a firefighter who was on the way to fight the March […]

When a dangerous or defective product has injured you or a loved one, you may be able to file a product liability lawsuit against the manufacturer. However, in order to do this successfully, you must prove that the product was defective, that you suffered injuries as a result of using the product as it was […]

South Korean automaker Hyundai is recalling 977,778 Sonatas and Sonata Hybrid vehicles for defective seatbelts that could leave vehicle occupants vulnerable to serious injury in the event of a crash. According to Autoblog.com, the seatbelts in these vehicles could detach from their anchor pretensioners, which could lead to an injury. This recall affects 2010 cars […]

The manufacturer of the popular Keurig coffee brewers has agreed to pay a $5.8 million penalty after allegedly failing to report a defect, which caused more than 100 burn injuries. According to an NBC news report, Vermont-based Keurig Green Mountain recalled 6.6 million if its Keurig MINI Plus brewers in December 2014 after getting about […]

Calphalon is recalling nearly 2 million kitchen knives after thousands of consumers reported that the blades snapped off and in several cases, caused serious laceration injuries. According to a Fox News report, the company issued a voluntary safety recall after 27 reported incidents of lacerations. To date, Calphalon says it has received about 3,150 reports […]