A number of consumers across the country are reporting scary experiences with their Tristar Power Pressure Cooker XL products. According to an article in The Daily Hornet, a woman in Arizona reported that the lid on her new Tristar cooker popped open about 10 minutes into cook time. No one was injured, but had anyone…
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Exploding Pressure Cookers Spur Product Liability Lawsuits
Thousand Oaks Teen Watches as His Dell Laptop Turns into a Fireball
A shocking surveillance video shows two teen boys in their Thousand Oaks home, sitting on a couch, playing video games and eating pizza. Suddenly, their laptop explodes into a ball of fire, barely three feet away from the teens. The video is posted on NBC4’s website. Eighteen-year-old Devon Johnson, the laptop’s owner, said he is…
Three LA County Patients Get Bacterial Infection from Surgical Device
At least three cases of bacterial infections confirmed in heart surgery patients have been traced to hospital use of a specific type of heater-cooler device used during open-heart surgery. According to a report on CBS Los Angeles, all of the Los Angeles County heart surgery patients identified with Mycobacterium chimaera had undergone open-heart surgery, according…
Tips for Enjoying a Safe Super Bowl Sunday
Authorities in Southern California are getting ready for Super Bowl Sunday, which is of course a day when we like to enjoy the big football game with friends and family. It’s also a day when we see a number of traffic accidents, particularly those involving DUI drivers. So, several law enforcement agencies are coming out…
Skoal Tobacco Cans Recalled In Wake of Metal Shards Finding
Variations of smokeless tobacco products from Skoal, Copenhagen, Cope and Husky have been recalled on accounted of complaints stating these products contained sharp, metal objects within the packaging. According to the FDA, the defective products originated from a manufacturing facility in Franklin Park, Illinois and was distributed across the nation. What Do These Defective Products…
How Animation Videos Can Help a Traumatic Brain Injury Case?
The Newport Beach personal injury law firm of Bisnar Chase recently secured a $16 million judgment for Eli Hastings, who was just 3 years old when he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a Sacramento car accident. According to court records, the incident occurred the morning of Sept. 4, 2013, when the Hastings family was…
Volkswagen Issues Massive Recall for Airbag Issues and Fire Danger
Just getting off an embarrassing emissions scandal, Volkswagen now has more troubles with vehicle defects that could result in fires and airbag malfunctions. According to news reports, the German automaker will be recalling nearly 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to these defects. Almost 600,000 cars, most of them Audis, are affected in this recall….
Local Stand-Up Paddle Champion Killed in Oahu Car Accident
Sophia Tiaré Bartlow, a 26-year-old, stand-up paddle champion from Orange County was killed in a car accident in the north shore of Oahu the night of January 28, 2017. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Bartlow was a passenger in a car driven by a 35-year-old man identified as her friend,…
Sean Rodriguez (Atlanta Braves) and Family Seriously Injured in T-bone Collision
Atlanta Braves short stop player Sean Rodriguez and his family were seriously injured Saturday around 2 p.m. in a serious car accident. Rodriguez, 31, was behind the wheel of his SUV when his car was “T-boned” by a stolen police car that killed the driver and injured Rodriguez’s family. What Happened? The Atlanta Braves collectively…
Court Says Johnson and Johnson Cannot Delay Talcum Powder Trials
A Missouri Court of Appeals judge has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s bid to delay thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder products are linked to ovarian cancer. According to news reports, Johnson & Johnson filed a bid to put off the trials, alleging that the lawsuits were filed in Missouri out of jurisdiction. A…