Jacksonville Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Defective & Dangerous Products

The state of Florida is spending about 58 million to get you to kick the habit. Any Floridian who qualified because of income can obtain the stop smoking aids for up to eight weeks. Call...

You could say that two Kingsland truck stops were busted this month.Two weeks after state inspectors found that the pumps were shorting customers in the amount of gasoline they pumped, the fuels are now flowing after the owner agreed to pay a $500,000 fine.On February 12th there was actually a fuel pump lock down at the two stations.That was done by the Georgie Department of Agriculture which...

A young teen poses nude and a friend put the image on their MySpace page. It probably happens more often than us parents would like to think. Afterall social networking is an easy way to stay connected to people and avoid the unpleasantries of face to face encounters.But a Jacksonville Beach teen could be facing felony child pornography charges after the innocent prank.The mother of a Fletcher...

An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 cases will be filed in Florida courts today under a deadline set to file lawsuits for smoking related illnesses. A 2006 state Supreme Court decision decertified a class-action punative verdict of $145 billion, the largest award ever granted against the tobacco companies, but directed injured smokers to file individual lawsuits.Smokers all over Florida who got sick...

While in Australia, they are celebrating a return of the new improved toy, Aqua Dots, in the U.S. there is still a ban on the product.But that hasn't stopped a few unscrupulus importers from trying to bring them into this country- especially just before Christmas. Fortunately border agents confiscated shipments in Savannah, Seattle, International Falls, Minnesota and Norfolk just in time. But...

A class action lawsuit involving 800,000 Ford Explorer owners may be over.A Sacramento County judge has tentatively accepted a deal to settle the cases stemming from the bad publicity the vehicle received over rollover dangers. That caused the vehicle to decline in value and owners from four states joined in the class action.Anyone who bought an Explorer from 1991 to 2001 may be eligible for a...

We've been told that tasers are a useful tool for law enforcement to subdue agitated people.But in the last two days in Jacksonville, tasering has resulted in two deaths.In the latest case, a man got into a wreck in the Springfield area Tuesday afternoon. The driver then got out of his vehicle and began fighting with another man. The sheriff's office now says the man, Conrad Purvis Lowman, 35,...

Wal-Mart thought Aqua Dots were so cool that the toy made the Top 12 List for Christmas.The Canadian distributed toy has been on store shelves since April.Now about four million Aqua Dot toys are being recalled because they contain a chemical that can, if ingested, lead to coma or seizures.You guessed it- the chemical beads are made in China.The toy is a craft item and comes with small dots or...

Georgia is just one of 30 states reporting incidents of salmonella linked to pot pies made by ConAgra Foods Inc.That's the same company that made the peanut butter that was recalled in its Georgia plant.This time the company's Missouri plant produced the Banquet pot pies. Production has stopped there as, so far, 139 cases have been confirmed. 23 people are hospitalized.Most of the cases reported...

Winn-Dixie Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Prestige Chocolate Ice Cream because of a potential mislabeling in packaging. Some of the products may have the correct lid identifying the product as chocolate almond, but the "tub" is identified as only chocolate. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to almonds run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction...

The good news happened at the U.S. Supreme Court as it reconvened Monday.The highest court of the land rejected with no comment or discussion, an appeal by the tobacco industry. Big Tobacco wanted to overturn a decision last year that would allow "deception" and "negligence" to be argued against Big Tobacco in the states upcoming individual lawsuits. Those cases are being filed by Farah and...

Approximately 300 people who currently suffer from tobacco-related illnesses, as well as family members of those who have died from these diseases, will gather at the downtown Jacksonville Public Library Auditorium, Wednesday, September 26th at 6:30 p.m. to hear the progress and current status on their lawsuits against the tobacco industry. A news conference will follow, updating reporters on...

A 2-year old Georgia boy died after electronic eqipment fell on him at his south Georgia day care center.Jamerson Goodman suffered the injuries in the afternoon at the God Daycare in Douglas. His mother, Kimberly Wright, reports that electronic equipment, possibly a TV or VCR on a stand, fell on the little boy.Wright was called at work and told her son was hurt. The boy was pronounced dead at...

Ford is recalling millions of vehicles because a faulty cruise control switch could spark fires.3.6 million vehicles, including the F-150 truck, Ford Explorer, Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car, among others, are included in the recall. All vehicles were built between 1992 and 2004.This is the second time the auto giant has recalled vehicles over this problem. In January 2005, over 6 million...

The story appearing in the August 14-20 issue of Folio Weekly puts into perspective having a bad day.Karen Donges, a 35-year old communications instructor at UNF, moved into the Esplanade at Town Center earlier this year. While the renter liked the grainite counter tops and stainless steel appliances, she didnt like the black mold spores climbing up her bedroom wall.She began feeling flu-like...