From Fort Worth Personal Injury Lawyers Laird & Cummings, P.C.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Attorneys from the Fort Worth personal injury law firm
of Laird & Cummings, P.C., are asking shoppers to be extra careful this
holiday season in light of recent recalls of dangerous toys and other
products.
Several heavily-publicized recalls in recent months have cause concerns
about product safety. In 2007 the Consumer Product Safety Commission
recalled more than 25 million toys and children's items, many of them made
in China. The agency has about 400 employees to monitor more than 15,000
types of products.
"It's no wonder that consumers are concerned for their safety and the safety
of their loved ones," says attorney John Cummings, partner in the Fort Worth
personal injury law firm of Laird & Cummings, P.C. "Toys contaminated with
lead paint, foods laced with E. coli bacteria and children's cold medicine
with improper dosage instructions just heighten awareness of how some
manufacturers and importers don't seem to care about the negative impact of
their products."
In a recent survey of 1,000 American adults, researchers with information
services provider Thomson West found that 61 percent of Americans are
worried or very worried about product safety; 55 percent say they are more
worried today about product safety than they were a year ago; and 73 percent
say they have owned a recalled product.
"Congress is having trouble passing major legislation that gives the safety
commission greater enforcement powers, although there has been a moderate
increase in funding for the agency," says Cummings. "Unfortunately it's up
to the consumer to be more mindful than ever of news reports on product
recalls, recognize when a product they're using may have a defect and be
willing to report problems quickly."
Laird & Cummings, P.C. is a Fort Worth, Texas, personal injury law firm that
represents individual and families in cases involving personal injury,
wrongful death, trucking accidents, construction site accidents, products
liability and business litigation. Contact the law firm for more information on product safety.
For more information on the this holiday product safety reminder, please contact Bruce Vincent at 800-559-4534 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
