Bicycle handlebars without grips can be lethal in a fall. Falls bring more than one-half of the approximate 600,000 annual bicycle injuries seen by U.S. hospitals. Seventy percent involving males. The data is collected by Emergency Rooms and reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission via the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. This system […]
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Tesla and Malfunctioning Airbags
Although the Tesla Model 3 has been touted as the “safest car ever built,” the high-end automaker is currently facing yet another lawsuit related to potential safety issues. Tesla Inc. is being sued over a crash that happened last year where a Model 3’s airbags didn’t deploy. That crash happened on I-95 in Maryland, and […]
SUVs Have the Highest Rollover Rate of Passenger Vehicles
Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are among the most popular automobiles in the United States. SUVs account for more than 40% of new passenger vehicles purchased nationwide. Yet, they are twice as likely as another vehicle to roll over in a crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that SUVs rollover at a rate higher […]
Internet Sellers Liable for Defective Products
On August 13th, 2020 California law changed with a landmark decision in Bolger v. Amazon, 4th District Court of Appeals, holding Amazon strictly liable for selling a defective product manufactured by a Hong Kong company. Bolger bought a replacement laptop computer battery on Amazon.com, LLC. The seller was “E-Life,” a fictitious name used by Lenoge […]
Defective Insulin Pumps: The Failed Regulation of Medical Devices
The recall of 322,005 life-necessary insulin pumps by Medtronic is an example of lackluster supervision of medical manufacturers by the FDA and a failed system of after-the-fact regulation and proof that the FDA has been captured by the industry it is intended to control. Regulatory capture or “capture theory” was first identified by Professor George […]
