Tylenol recall
Certain lots of infants' and
children's Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl products
may contain too much of the active
ingredient and should not be used.
Lexus rollover
Consumer Reports found that the GX 460 Lexus has an increase risk of rollover during a turn.
The special designation given to the GX 460 by Consumer Reports -- "Don't Buy: Safety Risk" -- is rarely given by the magazine.
Toyota Fine
The federal government announced it's seeking the maximum penalty, more than $16 million, against Toyota for failing to promptly notify the government about defective gas pedals . The size of this fine sets a new record. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood explained that the evidence showsToyota knew of the problem with sticking gas pedals in late September but did not issue a recall until late January.
high chair recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced this week that the Harmony High Chair was unsafe for use. The action by the Commission prompted a recall of 1.2 million chairs produced by Graco Children's Products Inc.
Continue Reading...Toyota Tacoma recall
The drama continues. Toyota now is recalling 2010 Tacomas because of cracks in the front drive shaft. This could lead to "...separation of the drive shaft..."
Honda airbag
Honda Motors Inc. has issued another recall to replace of more than 430,000 faulty airbag deflators that could rupture, causing death or harm to the driver. This is the third recall Honda will issue for this problem. The latest recall applies to 2001 and 2002 model-year Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, Pilot and 2002 Acura TL and CL vehicles in the United States.
Lexus E350 acceleration
Information has now come to light that there was an acceleration problem causing crashes in the Toyota made Lexus. Although the incidents were high enough to cause concern, there was no recall or publicity. Toyota never found a conclusive reason for the crashes. Yet here we are in 2010 with a massive recall of other Toyota vehicles with the same problem. Toyota first blamed floor mats and now a sticky gas peddle rod. My guess is that the true problem has yet to be discovered.
Continue Reading...Prius brakes
As if Toyota didn't have enough safety quality issues, now there is evidence of a serious safety problem on their hybrid Prius. The brakes fail causing injury and death.
Toyota recall
Toyota is recalling 2,000,000 of its cars because of a defect in its accelerator. Tragic injuries and even death have resulted from a sudden acceleration of Toyota vehicles. At first Toyota announced that the mat could hold the gas peddle down but now it appears the the problem is in the system itself. These problems have had a ripple effect as to some American cars such as the Pontiac Vibe.
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Candidacy for Supreme Court
"When can a plaintiff win in the Texas Supreme Court?"
"When one insurance company sues another." -- from Judicial Tort Reform in Texas
"When one insurance company sues another." -- from Judicial Tort Reform in Texas
That’s a joke among law clerks in the Texas Supreme Court, a reference to the court’s reputation for ruling in favor of corporations and insurance companies.
It’s included in a recent study by a University of Texas law professor that documented that bias, finding that the court ruled in favor of corporations or the insurance industry 87 percent of the time.
A separate study by Texas Watch, a non-partisan, advocacy organization reached much the same conclusion based on the court’s rulings for 2007-2008, stating in a recent article that “Texas families and consumers do not have a level playing field at the Texas Supreme Court. The Court has exhibited a clear bias towards insurance and corporate special interests for several years.”
As a candidate for Place 9, Blake Bailey is seeking to restore balance to the court. "We don’t want unfair decisions against insurance companies. We simply want a level playing field," Bailey said, "and we want the court to honor every American's right to a trial by jury.
"In many opinions the Supreme Court has held against a Texas citizen by deciding that the 12 members of the jury, the trial judge and the three Court of Appeals judges were 'unreasonable' in their fact findings."
"This is tantamount to stealing our right to trial by jury ... a right that is guaranteed by the U.S. and Texas constitutions.”
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