NEW YORK, 10:30 AM, WED JUL 9 | 21 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@consumerist.com | RSS
Posts Tagged “

Injury

verdicts

U-Haul Must Pay $84 Million To Man For Injuries

A Dallas court found U-Haul guilty of negligence for failing to maintain its vehicles properly, and awarded 74-year-old Talmadge Waldrip $84 million in damages, $63 million of which are punitive. "The truck's parking brake did not work at all," said the man's lawyer. "He stepped out of the truck and it rolled right over him." More »

fads

The Crocs Fad Is Over?! Profits Down, Will Close 1 Factory

Like Zubaz pants before them, Crocs seem to be well on their way to assuming their rightful place of honor in the bad fad hall of fame as the company slashed its sales forecast and announced that it would be closing a plant in Quebec due to decreased traffic in its US stores. More »

recalls

Recalled Simplicity Crib Owners: Your Repair Kits Are Ready

If you have one of the Simplicity cribs that was recalled due to a design flaw that made it easy to assemble incorrectly and dangerous to use, your repair kits are ready. More »

kmart

Kmart Automatic Door Fractures Woman's Ribs

Automatic doors in one West Virginia Kmart went haywire, attacking a customer. More »

wii

Wii Breaks More TVs than Elvis

Carbon nanotubes have one of the highest tensile strengths of any material known to man, which is how we know that the Wii wrist strap is not made of them. The Wii strap has been breaking at inopportune times all over the country since the Wii's release in mid-November—and the results have been disastrous enough to warrant a few news stories and at least one blog dedicated to documenting the destruction. Because after you've bounced a video game controller off your laptop and into your brand new plasma tv—you're going to take a picture. And we're going to laugh. In all seriousness, Nintendo might have a little problem on its hands if these "accidents" are caused by a faulty wrist strap. May we suggest Kevlar next time?—MEGHANN MARCO More »

toys

10 Worst Toys of 2006

The W.A.T.C.H. List of the 10 worst toys of 2006 is out! This list claims to feature toys that have the potential to "cause childhood injuries, or even death." What evil toys made the list this year? The insanely popular skate shoe "Heelys" come with the following warning, "There is no way to heel and/or grind without running the risk of SERIOUS BODILY HARM, including head injury, spinal injury, or even death" Death! Jeepers. More »