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disney

Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park Won't Help You If You Break Your Ankle On Their Rides

When Adam got stuck on one of Blizzard Beach's tube rides, he injured his leg and had trouble getting out of the ride. He had to wait over 15 minutes for a wheelchair, and then the medical staff at the water park treated him more or less the way a school nurse would treat someone—with a brochure, some water, and some ibuprofen. More »

11:55 PM on Thu Sep 11 2008
By Chris Walters
15,913 views, 173 comments

Latest by RaphaelaCbazon: First off, I would like to thank the Consumerist for posting my message. I actually didn't even know it was more »

pets

Owner Calls For Chew Toy Recall After Dog's Injury Results In Tongue Amputation

Here's a heartbreaking story: A dog owner is asking the public to demand the recall of a chew toy after it caused an injury to their dog that required amputation of its tongue. More »

5:19 PM on Thu Aug 21 2008
By Meg Marco
19,703 views, 87 comments

injuries

Cut Your Hand At Kmart? The Manager Will Provide Paperwork Instead Of Help

Paul reached into a clearance bin at Kmart and cut himself on a rotary blade. Blood everywhere, fingertips flying like chunky confetti, you can imagine the scene (oh wait, we just did for you). He went to the customer service desk to ask for help and was greeted with an annoyed store manager who was concerned about two things only: whether or not there was any "contaminated area" to clean up, and getting Paul to fill out some paperwork for insurance purposes. What she wasn't concerned about was helping Paul in any way, even after he explicitly asked for help, as the following exchange makes clear. More »

1:17 PM on Fri May 23 2008
By Chris Walters
19,502 views, 98 comments

Latest by RvLeshrac: @Buran: "Sorry" lowers lawsuit *rates*, but it increases your chances of being successfully sued. If you don't say "sorry," and you win more »

rectal exams

Jury Says 'Up Yours' To Rectal Exam Lawsuit

Remember Brian Persaud, the Brooklyn construction worker who tried to sue a New York hospital for performing a by-the-books rectal exam on him in 2003? On Monday, a Manhattan jury tossed his lawsuit, claiming he failed to show he suffered assault and battery. This means we'll never get to hear both sides splitting hairs about what constitutes a full "rectal examination"—Persaud says the doctor did it, and the doctor says she didn't.
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11:38 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Chris Walters
10,298 views, 59 comments

Latest by EdnaLegume: @UFIA: I spit soda laughing. more »

taking it seriously

$7 Million Lawsuit: Combining Crocs And Escalators May Result In Mangled Feet

Back in September we wrote about the hazards of wearing the popular "Croc" clogs on escalators, a combination that may have produced more than a few injuries all around the world. We heard about at least one case where the child's toes were ripped off when the shoe was sucked down into the escalator. More »

12:10 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Meg Marco
13,979 views, 107 comments

Latest by CyrilPolyxena: @FearlessUser: I feel for you. The same thing once happened to me while climbing up some granite stairs. In the spirit more »

Wisconsin-based hunting stand company Ardisam Inc. has agreed to pay a $420,000 civil penalty to settle a government lawsuit. In 2004, the company recalled 78,000 hunting tree stands that "unexpectedly detached from trees," sending hunters tumbling to the ground. The suit alleged the company "failed to immediately report" the problem. [CPSC]

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settlements

Home Shopping Network Agrees To Pay $800k Civil Penalty

HSN has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $875,000, according to a CPSC press release, settling allegations that HSN "failed to report in a timely manner, as required by federal law, serious injuries and hazards with the Welbilt Electronic Pressure Cookers." The CPSC alleged that from 2001 to 2004, HSN received "at least 25 reports" from consumers that the cooking appliance was potentially unsafe. (In 2005 the cookers were recalled.) More »

11:18 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Chris Walters
2,371 views, 19 comments

Latest by nardo218: @chouchou: Lol, really! Taht's what I was thinking, there's no small problem when a pressure cooker breaks. :) (My great-aunt-who's-a-lesbian-SO-THERE,-MOM! has more »

cpsc

22 Children Died Toy-Related Deaths In 2006

Toy injuries were responsible for 22 deaths and 220,500 emergency room visits in 2006, according to a report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The report looked at injuries affecting children under 15 and found that most deaths were caused by asphyxiation or collisions associated with riding toys, scooters, toy pegs, and rubber balls. More »

3:00 PM on Sun Dec 16 2007
By Carey
3,488 views, 25 comments

Latest by conformco: You might want to clarify that the toy used in the photo to illustrate this story has not killed anyone. more »

recalls

This Huffy Bike Will Injure You

If you own this Huffy bike, you should be aware that at any moment "the bicycle crank can unexpectedly come off, causing the rider to lose control, fall and suffer serious injuries." More »

5:27 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Meg Marco
2,952 views, 18 comments

safety

Design Flaws In Toys Cause Far More Injuries Than Lead

Lead isn't what you need to watch out for with American toys—it's design flaws and the policies of irresponsible toy companies, says E. Marla Felcher on Slate. One study "recently found that of all the toys recalled since 1988, 76 percent involved design flaws. Kids choked, were strangled, and were burned by toy makers' design mistakes."
The reason so many toys were recalled this summer is not that there weren't enough regulations. It's that toy makers were ignoring the regulations that are already on the books. And the new testing proposal won't stop them from continuing to do so.
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2:58 PM on Wed Sep 12 2007
By Chris Walters
1,260 views, 13 comments

Latest by vdragonmpc: Remember treehouses so high you would get a nosebleed getting into them? How about the 'forts' built from construction scrap? more »