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More than seven years after a San Diego jury awarded Benetta Buell-Wilson $369 million against Ford Motor Co. it looks like she will finally get paid. Ms. Buell-Wilson suffered a severed spinal cord when the Ford Explorer she was driving overturned on I-8. The jury found that Ford failed to follow its own engineer’s advice…

The baby stroller maker Maclaren USA Inc. is recalling 1 million umbrella baby strollers after received reports of 12 children who have had fingertips amputated by side hinges. The Connecticut-based manufacturer has apparently been working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on what is being called a “voluntary recall.” (Click here for the CPSC notice.)…

A Montana jury awarded $850,000 in compensatory damages to the parents of an 18-year-old who died in 2003 in a baseball game. The teen, who was pitching, was hit in the head by a line drive hit with an aluminum bat. The family sued that bat’s maker, Hillerich & Bradsby, for failing to place warnings…

The National Highway Safety Administration and Toyota Motors issued a warning today about potential dangers related to the floor mats possibly jamming accelerator pedals on almost 4 million Toyota cars. Toyota Motors and the agency, however, have known about the problem for more than two years. Questions will no doubt arise about Toyota’s awareness of…

Toyota Motor Sales USA has ordered mandatory inspection of all Toyota and Lexus vehicles after a fiery San Diego crash that killed four people. Earlier indications suggest that the accident may have been caused by a faulty floor mat that made the accelerator get stuck. You may recall the accident that occurred two weeks ago…

In what can only be describe as an unbelievable tragedy, an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, his wife and daughter, and his brother-in-law were all killed yesterday when the accelerator on the Lexus they were in got stuck, preventing the car from stopping or slowing down. What makes this car accident tragically ironic is that…

A former lawyer for Toyota Motor Sales, USA, has alleged that the car company intentionally withheld evidence of its vehicles’ structural shortcomings in hundreds of injury and death cases arising from rollovers. Toyota counters that the former employ has an ax to grind, since he was fired for alleged misconduct on the job. The information…

Six window covering companies, and their retailers, are recalling millions of window coverings after three children strangled to death on the cords that come with the product. The companies include Lewis Hyman, IKEA, Lutron, Pottery Barn Kids, and were sold at stores such as Target and Expo Design Centers. Of the deaths, two were being…

Almost three years ago, Jim Halverson of Danville suffered fatal injuries when his pool’s two-piece kettle style filter exploded and struck him in the head. Since that time, his wife Sue has made it her mission to make sure this kind of terrible accident doesn’t happen again. Sue has started a website www.poolsafetyadvocates.org, to highlight…

The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that consumers should stop using Zicam nasal gel and swabs as they can permanently damage user’s sense of smell. Zicam is a homeopathic cold remedy which is manufactured by Matrixx Initiative of Scottsdale, Arizona. The announcement does not cover other Zicam products such as their tablets and liquid…