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March 28, 2010

Life-Threatening Baby Slings Sold In Massachusetts Recalled

The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Infantino, LLC, issued a recall on March 24, 2010 of two models of baby slings that have caused at least three infants to fatally suffocate. The models – “SlingRider” and “Wendy Bellissimo” – were sold from January 2003 through March 2010 at Walmart, Burlington Coat Factory, Target, [...]

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March 18, 2010

On Uncontrolled Acceleration And Black Boxes

Last week, big business shill Theodore H. Frank wrote an op-ed drawing on data from a Los Angeles Times article reviewing the fifty-six fatalities attributed to sudden uncontrolled acceleration problems with Toyotas. Frank noted that, in about half of the car crashes, the driver’s age could be ascertained from the LAT‘s compilation and the ages [...]

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March 10, 2010

NHTSA Investigators To Probe Massachusetts Toyota Crash

The Boston Globe reports today that experts from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will soon descend upon Cape Code to investigate a car accident where a Harwich woman’s 2010 RAV4 drove through the wall of a doctor’s office in Yarmouth. The woman reported that her car accelerated after she depressed the brake. The woman [...]

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March 6, 2010

Just Be Glad You Live In Massachusetts

OK, so unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard countless stories about the massive global Toyota recall for problems with sudden uncontrolled acceleration. Millions of cars have been recalled in the US and Europe. Now guess how many Toyota cars have been recalled in the company’s home country of Japan. Just try and [...]

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February 15, 2010

Good NPR Program On Toyota Recall

NPR’s OnPoint program, broadcast from Boston’s own WBUR, had a terrific hour-long program on the Toyota recall today. You can listen here.

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February 10, 2010

Toyota Recall II: Is Sudden Uncontrolled Acceleration Something To Be Worried About?

The pro-business blog Point of Law insists, citing to an article in Popular Mechanics, that the dangers posed by Toyota’s acceleration system are overblown. Meanwhile, Department of Transportation head Ray LaHood is telling Toyota owners to stop driving (at least until political concerns cause him to backtrack). Who do you trust? Someone should tell Popular [...]

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February 3, 2010

Toyota Acceleration Problem Poses Dangers For Massachusetts Drivers

Earlier this week, a third wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Toyota relating to acceleration problems that have caused Toyota vehicles to accelerate suddenly and uncontrollably. This third lawsuit was filed by lawyers for Trina Renee Harris, a 34-year old mother of two, who was killed when her 2009 Toyota Corolla slammed into a cement [...]

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January 26, 2010

Baby Stroller Recall: Important News for Massachusetts Parents

As this Times article details, Graco Children’s Product, Inc. has recalled 1.5 million of its baby strollers because defective hinges on the stroller can amputate children’s fingers. The defective strollers were sold in Massachusetts stores including Walmart, Babies R Us, Toys R Us, and Target between 2004 and 2008. The strollers affected by the recall [...]

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