Alabama Injury Attorneys Blog

1. Drop-side cribs by Stork Craft (2009)

After four children suffocated to death, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 2.1 million drop side cribs in 2009. Among the recalls were big names such as Pottery Barn Kids and Evenflo. More than 30 infants died between 2000 and 2010.

2. Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Toys (2007)

Containing extremely high levels of lead paint, over 1.5 million Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Toys were recalled in 2007.

3. Easy-Bank Ovens (2007)

For over 40 years, the Easy Bake Oven has been an iconic toy in households across America. However, in 2007 the Easy Bake Oven issued two separate recalls. The first million ovens recalled occurred after reports of children's fingers and hands were being caught in the oven doors. The CPSC issued their second recall of over one million Easy Bake Ovens after a 5-year old had her finger amputated from a serious burn.

4. Toyota and Lexus cars (2009 to 2010)

After numerous reports and deaths associated with run-away vehicles, Toyota issued a two million-vehicle recall. The recall was the largest recall in the company's history and one of the largest in the United States.

5. Window blinds (2009)

Since the 1980's, over 500 children have been strangled from blind cords. The roll-up blind was officially recalled in December of 2009. The high death figures make the window blinds one

6. Firestone tires (2000)

After nearly 50 deaths and over 300 tire failures, Bridgeston/Fireston recalled some 6.5 million tires in 2000.

DePuy Orthopedics Inc. part of the Johnson and Johnson Family announced a voluntary recall of two of their Hip Replacement Systems, the ASR XL Acetabuler System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System back in 2010. The recall, instituted in August almost a year ago, came after an alarming number of complaints and a high number of revision surgeries (a second surgery to repair the first implant surgery). A five year study also indicated the failure rate of the DePuy Hip Replacement affected about 12% (1 in 8) patients who received the ASR Hip Resurfacing device and 13% (1 in 8) patients who received the ASR XL Acetabular System, requiring them to have a revision surgery.

The DePuy Hip first became available in the U.S. in 2005, but since 2008 the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has received over 400 complaints from people who received ASR hip implants.

In the six years that the DePuy Hip Implant has been marketed, it was implanted in about 93,000 patients. Since most of the defective DePuy Hip devices were manufactured in July 2003 there is a high probability that anyone who received a hip replacement on or after this date might be subject to the DePuy hip recall. If you had hip replacement surgery before July 2003 you are not subject to this recall.

According to DePuy Orthopedics reasons for the failure include loosening of the implant, fracture, infection, dislocation, fracturing of the surrounding bone, and metal sensitivity.

The first lawsuit against DePuy Orthopedics was filed in June 2010, claiming defective design. Since then, their have been several class actions lawsuits filed against DePuy Orthopedics both nationally and in the state of Alabama.

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