In one escalator accident in Kentucky, a four-year old girl became stuck on an escalator because of her Crocs footwear. She ended up sustaining broken bones and lacerations from the accidents, causing her parents to file a product liability lawsuit as well. They claim that their child was standing perfectly still on the escalator before the accident occurred. Although Crocs, Inc. has already settled five of the product liability lawsuits filed against them and will likely settled several more, they continue to deny any accusations that their footwear is unsafe or defective in any way for children and adults alike.

Although Crocs, Inc. has yet to recall any of their footwear products, there have been a number of recalls conducted by companies and the Consumer Product Safety Commission because of various safety hazards. One such recall occurred earlier this year when a number of baby cribs were recalled because of the potential for falling accidents. The cribs apparently had defective side rails that could detach from the crib itself, allowing a child to fall out of the crib. Another recall was recently conducted for Little Tikes Clubhouse Swing Sets. The swing sets did not come equipped with assembly directions, and if one of the swing seats was not assembled properly to the rest of the piece, it could become detached from the rest of the set. This could also lead to serious falling accidents for infants and young children.

Defective or dangerous products are a hazard for everyone, but they are especially dangerous for children. Children are often unable to inform their parents or other caregivers that there is a problem with their toys, clothes, or necessities until substantial injury has already occurred. In many cases, children are even then unable to communicate that something is wrong. If your child has been injured because of a dangerous or defective product, you should call a product liability attorney. California product liability & recalled products attorneys have helped parents in the Crocs, Inc. liability lawsuits to receive compensation for the injuries their children have sustained. This compensation has helped them to pay for medical bills, as well as caused Crocs, Inc. to begin placing warning labels on their footwear so that other children can avoid future injury on escalators.

The young woman now filing the lawsuit against Nestlé reports that she ate approximately half of the container of Nestlé raw cookie dough right from the package. After a few days, she started to experience nausea and abdominal cramping. She didn’t link her symptoms to the potential for food poisoning in California, however, until she began to have bloody diarrhea. The young woman went to the hospital where a biopsy was performed and an infection caused by E.coli was found. Because of the potentially fatal results an E.coli infection can have, it was incredibly fortunate that the woman was able to be treated so quickly. If an E.coli infection goes unchecked, it can often lead to the kidney failure and death of its victim.

Investigators are still in the process of determining how Nestlé’s prepackaged cookie dough was contaminated with the E.coli bacteria. When E.coli infections break out, they can typically be linked to meat products that haven’t been cooked well. This is because E.coli bacteria live within the stomach and intestinal tract of cattle, goats, and several other types of farm animals. How and why the bacteria ended up in Nestlé Tollhouse prepackaged cookie dough remains a mystery that the FDA, along with Nestlé Food Corporation, is attempting to solve.

With the recent outbreak of Salmonellosis that was linked earlier this year to contaminated peanuts and pistachios, food safety has become the top priority of the FDA. These tainted nuts caused several deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations across the United States. If you or someone you love has contracted a serious illness from contaminated food products, you should call a San Carlos personal injury attorney in your area as soon as possible. Food manufacturers are responsible for selling their consumers safe food products. Therefore, when the food you purchase has been contaminated, the company manufacturing it has likely shirked its duty to provide safe groceries for you and your family. A personal injury attorney can help you reach the settlement you deserve from the injuries you’ve sustained from contaminated food products. The young woman who spent a week in the hospital with an E.coli infection will likely receive all the compensation she needs to cover her medical expenses, as well as compensation for the pain and suffering she had to suffer.

One of the most recent cases of product recall occurred within the last three weeks. The Food and Drug Administration advised customers all over the nation to desist from using face paints that have been reported to be contaminated with mold and yeast growth. The warning came out because of mild and severe skin rashes that were reportedly a result of using defective face paints. Rashes were not the only problem reported with the use of the paints, however. Burning and swelling were also symptoms that caused pain and irritation to many of the victims.

The defective face paints were first discovered when a group of Girl Scouts attended a function where face painting was a popular activity in which they could participate. Many of the girls did, in fact, get their faces painted, many of which experienced redness, burning, and swelling on their faces soon after. A local school nurse in the area noticed that there were many girls that had the same rash-like symptoms on their faces and eventually discovered the link connecting these students—the Girl Scouts function. Many of these girls reported that the rash lasted up to and even longer than two weeks. Some stated that after a few days, the rash and its accompanying symptoms disappeared, only to return when the girls went outside into the sun.

As this has happened so recently, it has not yet been determined whether or not the parents of these girls will file a product liability claim with personal injury attorneys. Many people who become the unsuspecting victims of products that are later recalled because of defects go to personal injury attorneys for help with the wounds they’ve received. Although the rashes that these girls sustained from the face paints may not have required a hospital visit, many people do end up in critical condition because of defective products. This can lead to huge medical bills that can financially devastate a victim and their family. In these instances, personal injury attorneys can help victims receive monetary compensation from those who produced or sold the defective product. This compensation is then used to cover medical costs and other expenses incurred from the victim’s injuries.