North Carolina Product Liability Blog : North Carolina Product Liability Lawyer & Attorney : D. Hardison Wood : Toy Safety, Child Restraint, Car Seats

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals issued a recall of several lots of birth control pills There was a packaging error that could leave women unprotected. 

The recall is being implemented because of a packaging error, where select blisters were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing the weekly tablet orientation and making the lot number and expiry date no longer visible. As a result of this packaging error, the daily regimen for these oral contraceptives may be incorrect and could leave women without adequate contraception, and at risk for unintended pregnancy. (read more)

The recall is reported to effect:

Cyclafem™ 7/7/7
Cyclafem™ 1/35
Emoquette™
Gildess® FE 1.5/30
Gildess® FE 1/20
Orsythia™
Previfem ®
Tri-Previfem®

If you have been harmed by a product defect and would like to discuss your options, contact the Law Office of D. Hardison Wood at 919.233.0520 today.

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Hyundai is recalling over 139,000 Sonata sedans

because of a manufacturing defect that could cause drivers to lose steering control.

The recall affects 2011 models built between Dec. 11, 2009 and Sept. 10, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration noted on its website Sunday.(article)

An investigation had been opened in August. In February, Hyundai had recalled about 47,000 Sonatas because of faulty front door latches.

Hyundai now joins other major auto makers, namely Toyota and Nissan, who have been forced to recall their vehicles because defects have rendered their product not crashworthy.

If you have been a victim of a product defect and have suffered personal injuries contact the Law Office of D. Hardison Wood at 919.233.0520.

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Ford has recently lost a lawsuit in New York. This case gives value to the argument that the roof standards in our vehicles need to be reexamined. And more importantly manufacturers must ensure that they selling a product that is within the standard. In addition, this case raises yet another defect that we have been seeing lately in various cars: cruise control issues.  Ed Bell and his law firm in Georgetown, SC represented plaintiffs in this action on liability.  We congratulate Ed and his team and hope this verdict sends a message to Ford: safety is job one.

Ford must pay $6.5 million to the family of a 60-year-old man who died in a 2000 rollover accident involving an Explorer, a New York jury said Thursday.

The family of Steven Motelson claimed a cruise-control defect caused him to lose control of the Explorer and that an inadequate roof failed to protect him in the subsequent rollover.

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Ford recalls another 3.6 million vehicles due to engine fires resulting from faulty cruise controls.  They had recalled 6 million back in 2005 for what appears to be the same defect.  Apparently the issue is with vehicles primarily out of the Louisville plant.

More on this here.  Just hope they got them all this time.

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