On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 21, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents, Product Liability / Defective Products
Ford is recalling 26,715 vehicles including Ford Rangers from 2004 to 2011, plus service parts shipped to dealers for the affected vehicles. The recall also includes the 2002 to 2007 Ford E-250, E-350, E-450, E-550, and the 2002-2005 Ford Excursion. The recalled Ford...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 21, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
You might be surprised to learn the yes they may. Warning stickers can be found on all kinds of toys sold in some large retail stores including Toys “R” Us. Toy sellers have been adding them to comply with an Illinois law that went into effect last year. It requires...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 20, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
A Caltrain struck and killed a man on the tracks in Sunnyvale on Tuesday evening during heavy commute time, according to the commuter line. This marks the fifth death since June 1, 2011. A southbound commuter train hit the man at the Lawrence station in Sunnyvale at...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 20, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
A motorcyclist was killed this morning in a collision on southbound Highway 101 near San Tomas Expressway. According to the Highway Patrol they began receiving reports just before 6 a.m., of motorcyclist down in the slow lane of 101 just south of San Tomas Expressway,...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 14, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
One man was killed and three were injured after an accident involving a big rig and a UCSF shuttle bus in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood this morning, police said. The accident, which occurred at Octavia and Oak streets at 6:20 a.m., happened when a...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 11, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
Macy’s Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 for failure to report children’s apparel with drawstrings. The Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) staff accused Macy’s of knowingly failing to report to CPSC...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 6, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted (5-0) today to approve a new federal safety rule for drawstrings in children’s outerwear. The final rule designates children’s upper outerwear in sizes 2T through 12, with neck or hood drawstrings, and...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 6, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Viking Range Corporation, of Greenwood, Miss., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $450,000. The penalty agreement has been provisionally accepted by the Commission. The settlement resolves CPSC...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jul 6, 2011 | Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
Treating the rare children’s cancer neuroblastoma with a high dose of chemotherapy that is now the standard in Europe has proved to be most effective in an 18-country study comparing treatment regimes. Outlining the study’s results, the Institute of Cancer...