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King & Spalding Fights Effort to Open Confidential Notes on GM Ignition Switch – The Daily Report By Katheryn Hayes Tucker The plaintiffs in this case, Ken and Beth Melton, allege the defective ignition switch killed their daughter, Brooke Melton.
Seat Belt: How a bad habit could cost you severely Seat belt use in 2012 saved an estimated 12,174 lives, but people are still choosing to not use their seat belt every time they get in the car. The U.S.
USDA Proposes Standards to Reduce Rates of Salmonella in Poultry Chicken could become safer to eat. New voluntary standards were proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reduce rates of salmonella and campylobacter in chicken parts, ground
Half of teen car crash deaths were in old cars When purchasing a vehicle for the new teen driver in your home, you may be tempted to help them purchase a small used car, but a recent study may have
Should you replace your car seat after a car accident? If you were recently involved in a car accident and have a car seat in your vehicle, you could be asking if you should replace the car seat or not.
Recall for Granny Smith and Gala Apple Due to Listeria Granny Smith and Gala apples are being recalled after Listeria moncytogens were found at an apple processing facility in Shafter, California. The Apples were from Bidart Bros. apple processing
CPSC cracks down with high penalties The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has more than doubled the amount of penalties this year compared to last year, and it does not seem to be letting up. One of the most recent
Keurig Recalls 7.2 million coffee makers due to burn hazard Keurig Green Mountain announced a recall last month on 6.6 million MINI Plus Brewing Systems in the United States and 564,000 in Canada due to a burn risk. According to
Honda’s $70 million fine: Why Early Warning Reports Rarely Detect Early Enough Honda, the Japanese automaker, recently paid $70 million in fines due to a data entry glitch. The glitch failed to report 1,729 death and injury claims to the
Ikea Recalls Crib Mattresses Due to Entrapment of Infants Ikea is recalling 169,000 mattresses due to the fact that two infants got trapped in a gap between the mattress and the crib, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Two Fatal Car Crashes in Cobb County Last Weekend Cobb County Police are investigating two fatal car crashes that happened over the weekend. The accidents were only hours apart from each other. On Saturday, around 7:30 pm, William G. Howe, 25,
Report Reveals Top 10 States for Bicycle Fatalities The Governors Highway Safety Association released a new report that the majority of bicyclists killed by cars in the United States occur in just a handful of states. Between 2010 and 2012, the
