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April 5, 2016

Bumble Bee Foods recently recalled its popular brand of canned Chunk Light Tuna due to concerns about consumer health. Another company, Tri-Union Seafoods, also issued a tuna recall after learning that certain types of tuna it was selling may have been under-processed. When announcing the recall in a public statement, Bumble Bee Foods said that the company became aware of manufacturing issues that specifically affected the products’ “commercial sterilization process. The end result, said company officials, was that some cans of tuna may have been contaminated by “spoilage organisms or pathogens. At this time, there have been no reported illnesses…

March 30, 2016

A major distributor of pistachios in the U.S., Canada and Mexico recently announced that it would be issuing a recall of several products due to a Salmonella outbreak. Wonderful Pistachios, which is located in California, said that it was voluntarily recalling a number of products, including Roasted No Salt In Shell Pistachios, Roasted Salt and Pepper In Shell Pistachios and Roasted Sweet Chili Pistachios. The FDA provides a comprehensive list of all of the products that should be disposed of or returned to grocery stores. The recall was issued after reports emerged of multiple people suffering serious illnesses after consuming…

March 22, 2016

Nestle recently announced that it was voluntarily recalling roughly three million frozen food items because of health risks posed by the presence of small glass pieces in boxes. The product recall is garnering major media attention because Nestle, based out of Switzerland, is one of the largest transnational food and beverage companies in the world. Nestle issued the recall after a number of consumers reported finding small pieces of glass in the company’s popular spinach-based products. Thankfully, no actual injuries or illnesses have been reported at this time, according to a recent press release issued by Nestle. We have offices…

March 7, 2016

Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceutical goods and consumer packaged goods, recently admitted to including cancer-causing ingredients in their products. Now Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $72 million in damages after a jury found that the company’s talc-based products resulted in the wrongful death of a Missouri woman. Jacqueline Fox, the victim, was 59 years old when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After Fox died last year at the age of 62, doctors said that her death was caused by the cancer. The attorneys for the victim’s family…

March 4, 2016

A nonprofit auto safety organization is asking the federal government to follow up on its earlier recall of certain older-model Jeep SUVs because the vehicles are reportedly still causing wrongful deaths on U.S. roadways. The Jeeps, which include 1993-1998 Grand Cherokees and 2002-2007 Liberty SUVs, reportedly have plastic gas tanks that are prone to ruptures, spills and potentially deadly explosions. The Center for Auto Safety issued the recent call to action after analyzing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data and learning that as many as 11 people have died in fire-related car accidents involving Jeeps since June…

February 23, 2016

NJ TRANSIT recently announced that it will be prohibiting passengers from using or carrying hoverboards on trains and light rail vehicles. The NJ TRANSIT senior public information officer said that the risk of people falling and injuring themselves has become too great to ignore. Moreover, customers and public transit employees have also been deemed at risk of potentially catastrophic injury due to a possible product defect in the batteries used by the hoverboards. New York MTA Bans Hoverboards The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), New York’s massive public transportation system, has also declared that hoverboards will not be allowed on…

February 9, 2016

Amazon was recently hit with fines by the U.S. Department of Labor for allegedly failing to properly document work-related injuries and illnesses. The fines were levied against Amazon’s fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The 1.2 million-square-foot center, which is located just off Route 539 in Robbinsville, typically employs approximately 2,500 people. During the most recent holiday period, the warehouse had in excess of 4,000 full-time employees. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the main federal agency charged with enforcement of federal safety and health legislation, the NJ Amazon fulfillment center violated federal law by shirking…

February 9, 2016

A major auto recall was recently issued due to the presence of defective airbags in the vehicles. The car manufacturing companies affected by the recall include Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Mercedes-Benz. Vehicles manufactured by these companies contained airbag control units supplied by Continental Automotive Systems. The investigation began in August 2015 after the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a complaint about the airbags in a 2008 Honda Accord failing to deploy during a car accident. A spokesperson for Continental Automotive, which is run by Continental AG and based out of Germany, recently indicated that the company…

January 26, 2016

Fiat Chrysler was recently fined tens of millions of dollars for negligence in failing to provide data about serious injuries and deaths caused by its vehicles. Last year, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, was hit with a total of $175 million in fines for safety deficiencies. In July 2015, Fiat Chrysler was ordered to pay more than $100 million in fines for mishandling vehicle recalls. Those fines were imposed at the end of a public hearing held by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Now another $70 million in fines have been…

January 19, 2016

It’s winter in New Jersey and that means plenty of snow, ice and — yes — slip and fall accidents. If you got hurt in a slip and fall, would you know what to do about it? Here are some common myths swirling around about slip and fall accidents and personal injury lawsuits: Myth 1: You Can’t File a Personal Injury Claim if You Slip and Fall on Public Property Wrong! If you fall on public property — anything owned by a government entity such as the city or county — you can definitely bring a claim. However,…