Target Recalls Step Stools with Storage Due to Fall Hazard

Incidents/Injuries: Target has received 26 reports of the stools breaking or collapsing. Fourteen incidents involved children, seven involved adults, and five incidents where the user’s age was unknown. Two adults fractured their wrists, and of those victims, one also fractured her hip and pelvis. Additionally, six children and one adult suffered scrapes and bruising. If you or someone you know has been injured by this product, please contact Attorney Robert L. Vogel immediately at: 865-357-1949 or email rlvogel@robertvogellaw.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 4, 2011 Release #11-299

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 440-0680 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Step Stools with Storage
Units: About 206,000
Importer: Target Corporation, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Hazard: The wooden step stools can break apart or collapse under the weight of the user, posing a fall hazard.


Description: The wooden step stool has two steps and comes in various colors, including natural, natural and red, white and honey. The Circo step stool has a lid on the bottom step that lifts to provide storage. The Do Your Room (DYR) step stool has a lid on the top step that lifts to provide storage. The step stools measure approximately 13” H x 13 5/8” W x 14 1/8” D. The Circo brand name or DYR brand name and UPC numbers are printed on a label found underneath the step stool. The following step stools are included in this recall:

Step Stools With Storage
Brand Name	Style Description	UPC Number	Selling Period
Circo	White step stool w/storage	490970403046 or 180970208597	June 2009-Feb 2010 Feb. 2010-Oct 2010
Circo	Natural step stool w/storage	490970403053 or 180970208610	June 2009-Feb 2010 Feb. 2010-Oct 2010
Circo	Natural & red step stool w/storage	490970403060 or 180970208665	June 2009-Feb 2010 Feb. 2010-Oct 2010
Do Your Room (DYR)	Natural step stool w/storage	097168014338	Jan. 2007-Aug. 2009
Do Your Room (DYR)	Honey step stool w/storage	390970402622	Jan. 2007-Aug. 2009

Sold exclusively at: Target stores nationwide and online at Target.com from January 2007 through October 2010 for between $25 and $30.
Manufactured in: China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Thailand
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the step stools and return them to any Target store to receive a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Target at (800) 440-0680 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.target.com

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on www.saferproducts.gov

Honeywell Recalls Electric Baseboard and Fan Heater Thermostats Due to Burn Hazard

If you or someone you know has been injured by this product, please contact Attorney Robert L. Vogel immediately at: 865-357-1949 or email rlvogel@robertvogellaw.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2011 Release #11-289

Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 235-7363 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Honeywell Recalls Electric Baseboard and Fan Heater Thermostats Due to Burn Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Electric Baseboard and Fan Heater Thermostats
Units: About 77,000
Importer: Honeywell International Inc., of Morris Township, N.J.
Hazard: The thermostats can overheat, causing them to melt and smoke. This poses a burn hazard to the consumer.
Incidents/Injuries: Honeywell has received 16 reports of thermostats melting. There have been no reports of injuries.
Description: The recalled thermostats are rectangular, white, programmable thermostats used to control electric baseboard and fan heaters. “Honeywell” or “Cadet” is printed on the front of the thermostats that come in various sizes. The model number and four-digit date code are printed on a label inside the front cover of the thermostat. The model numbers listed below are included in this recall. Only models with date codes beginning with 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 or 06 are included.

Brand Name	Model Number
Honeywell	CT1950A1003
Honeywell	CT1950B1002
Honeywell	CT1957A1008
CADET	T4700B1030
CADET	T4700A1040
Honeywell	T4700B1014
Honeywell	T4700A1016

Sold at: Home improvement stores, HVAC and electrical stores, and contractors from January 2000 to December 2007 for between $80 and $300.
Manufactured in: Singapore
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled thermostats by setting the thermostats to 45 degrees or turning them off. Only models with a “B” in the model number have an off switch. Consumers should contact Honeywell for a free replacement installed by Honeywell.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Honeywell toll-free at (888) 235-7363 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT. Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at http://www.yourhome.honeywell.com/T4700

    

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on www.saferproducts.gov

Flea problems - any suggestions on curing our flea problem?

We have four dogs and have gone through two bouts of serious flea infestations this year.  Short of getting rid of the dogs, we don't have a permanent solution.  We bath, shampoo, give pills, put on chemicals, bomb the house, etc, the fleas come back.

I tried to put flea collars on, but the fleas only laughed at them.  I think I saw a couple of fleas unbuckle the collar from one of the dogs and use it as a toy.

Any advice would be helpful.

How much is your child's health or safety worth?

How many of you think that the lady who got a jury award for spilling hot coffee on her lap played the system?  The new movie - HOT COFFEE helps explain why the jury, in spite of all the media spin, gave her the award.  

Watch This Trailer for the Movie "Hot Coffee" 

"Tort Reform" which is not a reality in over 30 states, does not help you, or me, or any other individual citizen.  Tort Reform protects corporation, doctors, and other who are in positions of power which can be abused.

 Interview with the Director of Hot Coffee - find out why 

Tort Reforms you are giving up your rights in favor of corporations, big business, and healthcare providers.  They benefit, you don't!  Agreeing to arbitrate does the same thing.

Article about Tennessee's new tort reform

When you read this article, you can read the words "level playing field" to mean - predicable risk of loss in a law suit - This means that a company can create an actuarial model to determine how negligent they can afford to be.  Your life, health and safety are reduced to mere numbers on a balance sheet.  Remember the infamous case about the Ford Pinto, when Ford decided it was easier to pay off the families of the people who burned up in an accident than it was to recall and fix the relatively minor problem with the cars.  Fortunately, in that case, the Jury told them "no", human life is worth more than your precious balance sheet. 

They took your rights with Worker's Comp.  Now they are taking them away with tort reform.  The simple question is, if a doctor acted negligently and injured your child, how much is enough to properly compensate you and to provide for her?

"Hot Coffee" explored the human effects of caps on damages. Four states, including Nebraska and Virginia, however, have a cap on all damages - including economic damages.
In the HBO documentary, a Nebraska boy was injured at birth. As a result of the negligence of an obstetrician, he is severely brain damaged and will require a lifetime of care. A lifetime of medical care alone will cost in excess of $5 million. The jury awarded $5.5 million. But because Nebraska maintained a $1.75 million cap on all damages, his family received only $1.75 million (much of which went to expenses and attorney fees). That means that taxpayers get stuck with the bill, rather than the wrongdoer.

Tennessee's law places a $750,000 cap on non-economic damages and limits punitive damages at twice the amount of compensatory damages or $500,000, whichever is greater. The bill lifts the cap if the defendant is found to have intended to cause bodily injury.

They want you to believe that this is going to help you.  What will you do if your medical bills, the uncovered portion, is over the limit and it was caused by a negligent doctor?  What you will do is head for bankruptcy court, because your governor gave away your rights in an effort to attract businesses to Tennessee.  He traded your rights for more tax revenue.

Compensatory damages, including non-economic damages, are designed to make a Plaintiff whole. Punitive damages are designed to punish the wrongdoer.  Punitive damages have been limited to $500,000.  So, if your doctor gets drunk, operates on you, and cripples you for life, the most his insurance company will have to pay is $500,000 in punitive damages - no matter how badly you are injured or how blatant his negligence.  That's what has happened due to the 25 year long lobbying efforts of big corporations and insurance companies. 

Please take a look at some of the videos posted here.  These limits are tragic for the citizens of Tennessee, just like they are tragic for the 30 other states that have also adopted them.  Don't be fooled into giving up any more of your rights. 

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Skin-Prep Wipes Used in Convenience Kits and Tray Recalled

This is a Class 1 recalls are the most serious type of recall and involve situations in which there is a reasonable probability that use of these products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Skin-prep wipesfor inclusion into dressing kits and Peripherally- Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) insertion tray.  The skin-prep wipes were recalled by the manufacturer due to the potential for bacterial contamination. Surgical patients, and patients who are immuno-compromised, such as those with diabetes, cancer, and certain other chronic diseases, may be at potential risk for infection. This may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

If you have been injured, or if you know someone who has been injured by this or any other medical device, email Robert Vogel at rlvogel@robertvogellaw.com or call at 865-357-1949.

Churchill Medical Systems, a Vygon Company, Skin-Prep Wipes Used in Convenience Kits and Tray

Recall Class: Class I
Date Recall Initiated: April 19, 2011
Products: Skin-prep wipesfor inclusion into dressing kits and Peripherally- Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) insertion tray.

Product Name	Product Code	Lot Number
Dressing Change Kit	AMS-7080CP	10J29, 10J55, 11A18, 11A47, 11B06
Central Line Dressing Kit	AMS-8316CP-1	10I60, 10K42, 10F87
PICC Insertion Tray	AMS-8431CP	10H30
Dressing Change Kit	AMS-9189CP-1	1006150, 1006149, 1008143
Dressing Change Kit	AMS-9189CP	1003527

These products were distributed from September 3, 2010 through March 11, 2011.
Use:

• Dressing Change Kit is intended for use during a dressing change of a patient with a central line catheter.
• Central Line Dressing Kit is intended for use as a dressing following the placement of a central line catheter.
• PICC Insertion Tray is intended for use during the placement of a peripherally inserted central catheter line.

Recalling Firm:
Churchill Medical Systems, a Vygon Company
103 A Park Drive
Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania 18936-9613
Manufacturer:
H&P Industries, doing business as, Triad Group
700 West North Shore Drive
Harland, Wisconsin 53029-8358
Reason for Recall:
The skin-prep wipes were recalled by the manufacturer due to the potential for bacterial contamination. Surgical patients, and patients who are immuno-compromised, such as those with diabetes, cancer, and certain other chronic diseases, may be at potential risk for infection. This may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Public Contact:
Consumers with questions should contact Vygon Customer Service Department, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am through 6:00 pm, at 1-800-473-5414, Eastern Time.
FDA District: New England
FDA Comments:
Customers and Distributors:
Vygon sent a customized letter to their customers by overnight mail. Each customer received the specific product codes and lots that were shipped to them (as described in the Recall Acknowledgement and Inventory Return Form). Distributors were provided with instructions on how to handle the product that was further distributed by them.
On May 31, 2011, the firm issued an updated Recall Notice to two “consignees” affected by the expanded recall.
Consumers:
STOP using the product. Coordinate the return and replacement of the product with Vygon immediately.
Class 1 recalls are the most serious type of recall and involve situations in which there is a reasonable probability that use of these products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Health care professionals and consumers may report adverse reactions or quality problems they experienced using these products to the FDA’s Safety Information and MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting Program either online, by regular mail or by FAX.