On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 27, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The Consumer Product Safety Commission imposed the third largest toy-related this week against a California toy company that sold the defective and dangerous arts-and-crafts beads Aqua Dots, that were linked to a dangerous drug and sickened about a dozen children....
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 26, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
An elderly female driver suffered only minor injuries when her vehicle was struck by a Capitol Corridor train in the Decoto district of Union City this morning, according to an Alameda County Fire Department spokesperson. The accident which occurred at around 7:50...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 26, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
A high speed police pursuit is the cause of yet another death in the Bay Area this time in Contra Costa County. The fatality occurred when police attempted to stop a man for talking on a cell phone while driving without using a hands free device. The incident began in...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 21, 2011 | General, Product Liability / Defective Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Health Canada, and the Consumer Protection Federal Agency of the United Mexican States (Profeco) concluded a first-of-its-kind consumer product safety Summit that was aimed at strengthening the protections for...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 21, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Nordica USA, of West Lebanon, N.H., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $214,000. The penalty agreement has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5–0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff’s...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 20, 2011 | Product Liability / Defective Products
The Federal Communications Commission’s “safe exposure” limits for low-level radiation absorbed from cell phones operating at their highest possible power level—known as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)—“does not adequately protect” most people who use cell...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 20, 2011 | General
A $2.2 million grant will allow the University of Louisville and Frazier Rehab Institute to establish a new program to broaden their research and care in spinal cord injury cases. The research element will examine the effect of the drug baclofen on locomotion in...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 19, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
All southbound lanes of Highway 101 are shut down at this time at the Interstate 80 split in San Francisco due to a fiery crash involving an overturned big-rig truck, authorities said. The crash happened near the westbound Interstate 80 split to southbound Highway 101...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 13, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
Five students suffered minor injuries this morning when the driver of their school bus crashed into a farm tractor while trying to pass it, authorities said. The collision happened at Runge and Hackman roads in Dixon at about 7:25 a.m., according to California Highway...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Oct 13, 2011 | Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
At least 18 people were injured in a low-speed collision between two Amtrak trains near the Oakland passenger station in Jack London Square late Wednesday. The collision occurred at Webster Street and Embarcadero around 10 p.m., at least 18 people had minor injuries....