All posts by Elizabeth Bradley

Lifelong consumer advocate. Pop culture nerd. Grammar evangelist. Wannabe organizer. Travel addict. Zombie fan.

Lamictal SJS Lawsuit

Lawsuit Filed Over Horrific Lamictal Skin Rash

A woman from Georgia who took the drug Lamictal (lamotrigine) has filed a lawsuit after suffering a devastating allergic reaction that causes the top layer of skin to peel off like being "burned from the inside out."

/ May 10, 2017

Smallbatch Raw Organic Pet Food Recalled for Salmonella Risk

Smallbatch Pets Inc., a pet food company in Portland, Oregon, has recalled frozen 2-pound bags of raw organic "Chicken Blend for Dogs and Cats" after a sample tested positive for Salmonella.

/ May 8, 2017

Combi Stroller Car Seat Recalled for Fall Hazard

Combi USA has recalled about 1,000 Shuttle stroller and car seat systems because the car seat can fall off the stroller and injure a child.

/ May 5, 2017
Star Wars AT-AT Walker Recalled for Cold Weather Failure

Star Wars AT-AT Walker Recalled for Tip-Over Hazard

May the fourth be with you. Transport Canada is celebrating May 4th, Star Wars Day, with a spoof recall for the Imperial AT-AT Walker. No word yet on R2 Units with bad Motivators or Death Stars with vulnerable exhaust ports.

/ May 4, 2017
HoMedics Hand Massager Recalled for Electrocution Hazard

HoMedics Massagers Recalled for Burn Hazard

HoMedics recalled over 400,000 handheld massagers after over a dozen people were burned and 140 reports of sparks, smoking, or shooting out flames where the power cord broke and exposed wires.

/ May 3, 2017
Picture of Hoverboard Fire in Harrisburg

LayZ Board Hoverboard Caused Deadly Fire in Pennsylvania

Safety officials confirm that a LayZ Board hoverboard caused a tragic house fire on March 10, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which took the lives of two young girls.

/ May 2, 2017
defective vaginal mesh implant

$20 Million Awarded in TVT-Secur Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit

A woman from New Jersey who was left in chronic pain when her transvaginal mesh implant eroded into her body was awarded $20 million by a jury in Philadelphia. Three more trials are set for the next 2 months in...

/ May 1, 2017
Baby Pack Recall for Injury Hazard

Osprey Poco Baby Backpacks Recalled for Fall Hazard

Osprey recalled nearly 90,000 Poco baby backpack carriers after several children were injured when they fell through the leg openings.

/ April 28, 2017
Polaris ATV Lawsuit Filed Over Deadly Rollover Fire

Polaris ATV Lawsuit Filed Over Deadly Rollover Fire

A lawsuit has been filed by the families of two Arizona women who died when their all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled over and exploded.

/ April 27, 2017
Party Animal Recalls Dog Food for Pentobarbital

Cocolicious Dog Food Recalled for Pentobarbital

Party Animal Dog Food recalled two varieties of Cocolicious organic canned dog food that tested positive for pentobarbital, a euthanasia drug that can cause severe illness, coma, or death.

/ April 26, 2017