If you are like me, summer means backyard grilling season! There are all sorts of grills, but the ones I want to focus on are propane gas grills whose fuel source is a 20 lb. propane cylinder, sometimes called an “OPD cylinder.” These are the propane cylinders typically exchanged or purchased at grocery stores, gas stations, and home-improvement stores. They …
Anchor Devices to Prevent Tipping Child Furniture Defective, Recalled
Here is an article discussing a safety measure for children’s furniture that, itself, is unsafe: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/19/24043498/safety-furniture-anchor-recall-tipover-accidents-consumer-product-safety-commission-cspc While we applaud the numerous furniture manufacturers cited in this article for having the foresight to use safety anchors to prevent the well-known child hazard of tipping furniture, a problem clearly still exists. The CPSC recall is here: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Alliance4Safety-and-31-Furniture-Companies-Recall-Millions-of-Plastic-New-Age-Furniture-Tip-over-Restraint-Kits-Due-to-Tip-over-and-Entrapment-Hazards-to-Children We have, in the past, …
Tragic Oklahoma Dog Attack Death
This article discusses an absolutely tragic dog-attack occurrence in Osage County, Oklahoma earlier this year, in June. Alleged particulars about the dog-attack are in this excerpt from the article: “’The homeowner claimed he raised pit bull dogs for hobby/sale,” the Sheriff’s Office said.’ ‘There were several pit bull dogs caged in the garage. One of the dog cages was toppled …
Lampasas Man Experiences Explosion of 40 Volt Lithium-Ion Battery
Battery technology has rapidly evolved in recent years. With that evolution there has been a corresponding increase in battery related fires. One recent example is a fire down in Lampasas County, Texas arising from a 40-volt lithium battery, reported here. According to this report, “Xander Walthrop from Lampasas County heard an explosion on his front porch Saturday saying one of …
Cheyenne Products Recalls Folding Chairs and Barstools Due to Fall Hazard
On May 19, 2021 Cheyenne Products and/or Cheyenne Industries recalled 795,000 multiple styles of “Mainstay” padded chairs and barstools because the weld attaching the legs to the seat bottom can break, posing a fall hazard. These chairs and barstools were sold at Walmart stores nationwide and Walmart.com from January 2014 through April 2021 for between $30 and $42. You can …
Amazon At Times Sells Defective Products Causing Injury. What to Do About It?
This is an interesting article from the Washington Post in August 2020 concerning allegations and lawsuits that Amazon has sold defective products that have injured people, and several of the defenses it attempts to raise. In March 2021 we blogged about one of the defenses Amazon typically raises – that in many instances it is just an “innocent retailer” under …
U.S. CPSC 2020 Report: Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Furniture Tip-Overs
We have blogged within the past several months about the hazards associated with household furniture that is not designed properly and, as a result, has a propensity to tip over and cause death or injury, especially to young children. The January 2021 report authored by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) addresses in detail this very dangerous problem as …
Is Amazon Really a “Seller” for Purposes of Products Liability in Texas?
An article from the National Law Review describes an important issue that a federal appellate court recently posed to the Texas Supreme Court for it to officially answer: “Under Texas products-liability law, is Amazon a ‘seller’ of third-party products sold on Amazon’s website when Amazon does not hold title to the product but controls the process of the transaction and …
Carbon Monoxide Deaths in Recent Cold Texas Weather
Texans have recently been through a rough stretch due to the severe cold weather experienced in late February. No tap water to drink, cook or bathe with, and the loss of electricity to power furnaces and other heat sources was a very common problem for many Texans due to the stunning lack of competence by the Electric Reliability Council of …
Transform Recalls Four-Drawer Chests Due to Tip-Over and Entrapment Hazards; Sold Exclusively at Kmart
Here is yet another piece of recalled furniture – this one a 4-drawer chest sold exclusively at Kmart stores – that poses a dangerous tipping hazard. The recall is effective August 11, 2020 and involves about 19,900 Essential Home Belmont 2.0 chests. These were sold at Kmart stores and online by Kmart between March 2018 and April 2020. There are …
