Tag Archives: Hazard

Potential Fire Hazard Prompts Instant Pot Recall

Due to potential fire hazard concerns, Double Insight is recalling more than 100,000 Gem 65 8-in-1 Instant Pots. Read more detail on Recent Products Liability posts –

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Personal Data as an Environmental Hazard

Omri Ben-Shahar, “Data Pollution,” University of Chicago Public Law & Legal Theory Paper Series, No. 679 (forthcoming 2018), available at SSRN. Ronen Avraham What was the nature of the harm when data on 143 million Equifax consumers was stolen? More generally, … Continue reading

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Court Reverses Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Slip-and-Fall Case Based on Defendant’s Willful Ignorance of Hazard

Recently, a state appellate court issued a written opinion in a personal injury case that presents an interesting issue for Virginia slip-and-fall victims who are considering filing a premises liability claim. The case required the court to determine if the … Continue reading

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OECD Evaluates Application of In Vitro Methods for Human Hazard Assessment in OECD Testing Program for Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published a March 23, 2018, report entitled Evaluation of in vitro methods for human hazard assessment applied in the OECD Testing Programme for the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials.  The Testing Program … Continue reading

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VTech Recalls 37,000 Mobiles for Injury Hazard

VTech has issued a recall for 37,000 Lights & Lullabies travel mobiles after determining the products may fall, posing an injury hazard to infants in cribs. About the VTech Mobile Recall According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the … Continue reading

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