Injuries to children and teens caused by falls from windows have gone down four percent in the last 19 years. Even though the numbers are going down, falls from windows still injure 5,000 kids every year in the U.S., or 14 every day. According to a...
Month: August 2011
Cargill facing lawsuits from those sickened by contaminated meat
Cargill is facing lawsuits from people who became ill after eating ground turkey contaminated with salmonella. On August 3, the company recalled about 36 million pounds of ground turkey. The meat recall is one of the largest in the history of the U.S. The company...
Judge says Louboutin cannot monopolize red soles on shoes
Last week, a federal judge ruled that Louboutin could not stop Yves Saint Laurent from making its own red-soled shoes. Red-soled shoes are a trademark of high-end shoe designer Christian Louboutin. When people see the red-soled shoes they think "Louboutin" and in 2008...
Illegal cribs still being bought and sold through the Internet
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is pressuring online resale sites, like Craigslist and eBay, to stop the sales of illegal used cribs. The CPSC put new safety guidelines in place for cribs on June 28. The guidelines are meant to make cribs safer for children by...
Google still insists robot car safe despite accident
Google's robot car was in an accident recently near the company's headquarters. It was a minor accident and no one was reported injured. The company has been testing an autonomous vehicle and has said that the cars have driven autonomously more than 160,000 miles...
Federal officials, Cargill knew about bacteria in turkey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cargill announced a recall on August 3 of 36 million pounds of ground turkey that are potentially contaminated with a strain of salmonella that is resistant to many antibiotics. Ground turkey contaminated with salmonella...
Taco Bell sued by EEOC and man fired for refusing to cut hair
An interesting case involving alleged religious discrimination by Taco Bell is currently in litigation. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a religious discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against Taco Bell for firing a man who...
Nevada trucking company countersues Amtrak for June crash
The trucking company involved in the June 24 crash between a semi-truck and Amtrak passenger train near Reno has countersued Amtrak and Union Pacific. Amtrak earlier filed a lawsuit against the John Davis Trucking Company of Battle Mountain, Nevada, saying that...