In Washington State’s first vehicle homicide case involving a driver distracted by texting, 18-year-old Antonio Cellestine was sentenced to 60-months in jail for killing his former Hudson’s Bay High School teacher, Gordon Patterson.
KATU: Man was texting when he hit and killed teacher.
Cellestine was texting his girlfriend when he swerved off the road and hit 50-year [...]
Safe, reliable vehicle design and manufacturing are expected by all consumers of vehicles. When this standard is violated by the manufacturer, lawsuits will arise and car manufacturers lose customer loyalty.
Such violation of customer trust has occurred twice for Toyota. Toyota’s ineffective quality control and/or research and design teams have led to two, independent recalls [...]
Following the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) changed position on the safety of bisphenol-A, or BPA, a widely used component of plastic bottles and food packaging that it declared safe in 2008 in products, The Seattle Times reports that Washington state lawmakers are pushing for new legislation that will protect children under age 3 from exposure [...]
In follow-up to Monday’s blog post regarding tanning bed risks and inadequate warnings, comes today’s timely story regarding legislative efforts to protect the unknowing from serious health risks.
“Florida’s Palm Beach Post (1/20, Cerabino) reports, “A national health group called Aim at Melanoma is backing a statewide legislative effort to institute what would be a tough [...]
Yet another nationwide recall of cribs following an infant fatality and several serious injuries from the cribs’ defectively designed door.
“In a story appearing on at least 177 news websites, The Associated Press (1/19) reported, “Barbados-based company [Dorel Asia] on Tuesday recalled about 635,000 cribs sold by Kmart, Sears, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death [...]
Parents, be cautious with your bed purchase for your infant. An Oregon father is suing Amby Baby for the suffocation of his infant in an Amby Baby Motion Bed. The lawsuit alleges defective manufacturing and design of the hammock, which when rocking back and forth, caused the infant to wedge into the hammock, face down, [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Commission (NHTSA) has announced that General Motors (GM) is recalling 22,000 Corvettes Z06s manufactured between 2005-2007. The model has a defectively designed removable roof. The adhesive gluing the roof to the frame in some vehicles erodes over regular use, causing leakage and the risk of the roof flying off while [...]
A daughter is suing Sprint Nextel and Samsung in Oklahoma District Court on behalf of her mother’s estate, for failing to adequately warn consumers that driving while talking on a cell phone can cause fatal collisions.
Fatal Collision
On September 3, 2008, then 61 year-old, Linda Doyle, was fatally hit by 20 year-old Christopher Hill. Mr. Hill [...]
Following a 4-fatality collision in San Diego, likely caused by a Toyota floor mat snagging the gas pedal, Toyota announced its largest vehicle recall. It is reported that one minute before the collision, the driver of the careening Toyota called police to report that the Toyota’s gas pedal was stuck and kept accelerating. The Toyota [...]
Bayer, the U.S.’s leading manufacturer of birth control pills, sold Yaz and Yasmin to millions of women, some of whom have experienced heart attacks, blood clots and strokes. These women have filed individual lawsuits around the nation, claiming that the pills caused such harm.
While blood clots are a known side-effect of oral contraceptives, the severity [...]
Alexandra A. Filutowski
Attorney at Law
