West Virginia – A gas station in Charleston, West Virginia is being sued by a woman who claims she slipped and fell in the stations convenience store sustaining more than $33,500 in damages.

The plaintiff claims the gas station negligently caused great injuries to her body after suffering the slip and fall.  According to the claim the woman suffered great pain of body and mind and incurred expenses, which currently amount to more than 433.543.  She seeks to be awarded judgment for her injuries.

If you or someone you love has been injured in a slip and fall accident due to a business’s or person’s negligence, contact the Rhinelander personal injury lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® at 800.369.5990 to discuss your case and further legal options.

The President signed into law today legislation that would ban the use of lead and phthalate chemicals in products intended for children ages 12 and under.  The law comes after over 400 product recalls were issued last year, half of them being children’s toys.

In addition to the ban, the new law bolsters the reach and authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.  The legislation expands the commission’s role in monitoring the safety of consumer products, especially those intended for kids.

Phthalates are chemicals that make vinly more flexible.  These chemicals are used in several children’s and baby products like teething rings and bath toys.  They have been linked to reproductive damage.

If your child has suffered an injury because of a defective toy or other consumer product, contact the Rhinelander defective toy lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® at 800.359.5990 to discuss your case and further legal options.

Nine companies have been fined a total of $355,000 for selling children’s clothing with drawstrings around the neck.  In 2006 jackets, sweaters, and coats with drawstrings around the neck or waist have been considered defective and automatically recalled.  The drawstrings, considered strangulation hazards, have caused the death of dozens of children as they were caught on playground equipment, cribs, and other objects.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is fining the companies for importing and selling tops with drawstrings and not notifying them.  It also recalled 8,000 items of clothing.  Companies will face fines if they fail to notify the Commission that they are selling children’s clothing with drawstrings.

Parents should cut the drawstrings off of sweaters, jacket, and coats.  Also, strings should be sewn in place to prevent them from catching on something if pulled all the way to one side.

If your child has been injured by defective clothing, contact the Rhinelander defective products lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® at 800-369-5990 to discuss your case and further legal options.

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that they have finally identified the food culprit in the summer salmonella scare.  A batch of serrano peppers from a Mexican farm was the source of the outbreak.

The peppars were involved in an irrigation system that used contaminated water, officials reported.  The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration have advised people to avoid eating raw and unprocessed serrano and jalepeno peppers grown in Mexico.

Tomatoes were orginally thought to be the source of the illness that affected 1,300 people nationwide.  An estimated $300 million has been lost by the tomatoe industry for the inaccurate warning because farmers were forced to under crop and throw away tons of produce that could have gone to market.

Critics assert that the long delayed identification of what was causing the salmonella outbreak is evidence that both Congress and the FDA failed to keep Americans safe.  If you have become ill from eating peppers from Mexico, contact the Rhinelander Food Injury lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® to discuss your case and further legal options.