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| | CVS to Pay Fines to Product Safety Commission | |
| | CVS Pharmacy, Inc. has agreed to pay $45,000 in civil penalties to the Consumer Product Safety Commission for failing to report that the company had sold children's hooded jackets with drawstrings at the neck. Companies are required by law to notify the CPSC "after obtaining information...that a product contains a defect which could create a substantial product hazard or creates an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death." In March 2009, the agency announced a recall of products with drawstrings that may pose a choking hazard. Staff Report, PR Newswire 08/04/2011 | | Read Article: PR Newswire | | Chrysler Recalls 300,000 Minivans | |
| | Chrysler has issued a recall of 300,000 minivans to fix problems with the air conditioner that could cause the airbags to suddenly deploy. The recall affects certain 2008 Grand Voyager, Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan vehicles. The company said "condensation from the heating and air conditioner could leak onto a sensor module," causing the airbag deployment. John Crawley, Reuters 08/04/2011 | | Read Article: Reuters | | Laws/Cases | |
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| | Man Awarded $300,000 in Suit Against Chrysler | |
| | A federal judge has awarded $300,000 to an Illinois man who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Chrysler, where he had worked for 23 years. The man claimed in his lawsuit that he was subject to "religious and ethnic harassment" for years at work and the company did nothing to stop it. A federal jury originally awarded the man $4.2 million, but the judge found the damages "excessive." Alex Gary, Rockford Register Star 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: Rockford Register Star | | Appeals Court Tosses Verdict Against Austin Architect | |
| | Reversing its own earlier decision, the 3rd Court of Appeals threw out a jury's verdict against Austin architect Sinclair Black, saying Black and his firm were not partially to blame for a 2004 balcony collapse that left a McKinney woman paralyzed from the waist down. The 4-2 decision came from the full court and reversed a 2-1 ruling in December by a three-judge panel of the court that had affirmed a roughly $410,000 judgment against Black and his firm, Black + Vernooy, and in favor of Lou Ann Smith and her family. While it's not unusual for a party in a lawsuit to ask for a ruling to be reheard, it's rare for an appeals court to reverse its own decision. Barry Harrell, Austin American Statesman 08/08/2011 | | Read Article: Austin American Statesman | | Lawsuit Filed in Deaths of Girls, 14, in Cornfield | |
| | The father of a teenager electrocuted in a cornfield in western Illinois has filed a lawsuit accusing the Monsanto Company and others of negligence. Hannah Kendall and her best friend, Jade Garza, both 14, were removing tassels from corn in a field near Rock Falls last week when they suffered electrical shock. Garza also died. Witnesses say Garza stepped into a puddle and screamed as she was jolted by an electrical current. Kendall grabbed her and was the next to fall. Staff, Chicago Tribune 08/08/2011 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune | |
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