Category: Consumer Law

Thanks to Bob Kraft’s Blog P.I.S.S.D. for posting an article regarding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s announcement that there is to be improved safety protection in new passenger vehicles by September 2012. Here’s the quote from Bob’s blog: Specifically, the rules mandate better head protection, and that will probably be provided by manufacture through the use of side and window curtain air bags. Side-impact crashes killed 9,200 people in 2005, the most recent figures available. Automakers agreed in 2003 to install side air bags in all new passenger vehicles by September 2009, and the safety equipment is becoming more widely available.… Read More

The New York Times published the following article on September 29, 2007: By KATIE HAFNER Published: September 29, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28 — Since the iPhone hit the market in June, tech-savvy owners of the phone have been busy messing with its insides, figuring out how to add unauthorized software and even “unlock” it for use on networks other than AT&T’s. But the Web was filled Friday with complaints from people who had installed the latest iPhone software update, only to see all the fun little programs they had been adding to their iPhones disappear — or, still worse, see their phones freeze up entirely.… Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has published the July 2007 product recalls. Many, many products have been recalled but I am posting some here that I think may be of particular interest: Pottery Barn Kids Crib Bumpers Due to Entanglement Hazard Black & Decker Trimmers/Edgers Due to Laceration Hazard from Projectiles CVS/pharmacy Recalls Playskool Sippy Cups; Poses Choking Hazard To Young Children New Easy-Bake Oven Following Partial Finger Amputation Payless ShoeSource Recalls Children’s Clog Shoes Due to Choking Hazard The Law Office of Lowell Steiger represents injury victims. Free consultation.

new government website, www.recalls.gov, which provides links and recall information from six (6) government agencies: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, United States Coast Guard, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Agricultureand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Click on this main link to www.recalls.gov or any of the other links above to get information on products, including recalls, in the areas of consumer products, motor vehicles, boats, food, medicine, cosmetics and environmental products. The Law Office of Lowell Steiger represents injury victims. Free consultation.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission provides Recalls and Product Safety News. Their page, with links to recalls by Product Type, Company or Product Description as well as product categories such as child products (not including toys), toys, household products, outdoor products, sports & recreation products and specialty products, describes their service as follows: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products. You can find information on over 4,000 product recalls and recall alerts using the various searches on this page.

Today’s Consumer Law and Policy Blog refers to a Washington Post article published on May 6, 2007 aimed at illuminating strategies that borrowers and mortgage lenders might employ to avoid foreclosure.  The article entitled Fighting to Keep The Roof On  discusses the fact that lenders are willing to work with borrowers.  Restructuring the loan may benefit both the borrower and the lender because it is much less costly for the lender to restructure than to foreclose.  The lenders are in the business of lending not foreclosing and selling the property so, when feasible, they would prefer to keep the homeowner in their home.

A question that is frequently asked by people who have been in automobile accidents is “What is the difference between rental and loss of use?” Jonathan G. Stein of the California Personal Injury and Insurance Blog answered this question by using the following illustration: Okay, so your car is damaged in a car accident. You can’t drive it and it is in the shop. You think you are entitled to a rental car (because you read this blog, you know you are entitled to a rental car). But what about loss of use? What the heck do you get? This is pretty easy. If… Read More

The Public Citizen’s Consumer Justice Project publishes an incredible blog called Consumer Law & Policy Blog which has articles related to consumer safety, dangerous products, class actions, consumer lending and much, much more. The blog caught my eye with a recent posting which discusses Dangerous Kitchen Stoves — in essence, there are 15-20 million lightweight stoves currently in use in the United States which pose a danger “because they are so light-weight, have a tendency to tip over and maim and kill consumers” with the potential of causing great personal injury to their users. I urge you to view the informative Consumer Law & Policy… Read More