Personal Injury Law Product Defect News Article Excerpts Q2 2004 - April through June

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2004 Personal Injury Law Product Defect Cases News Articles

June 30, 2004 - "Power window reforms sought in wake of deaths"
June 24, 2004 - "Car Window Deaths Anger Safety Groups"
June 17, 2004 - "Lawsuits could mount in popcorn factory lung problems"
June 16, 2004 - "One Wrong Move: Car Window Switches Can Be Deadly for Children"
June 16, 2004 - "Behind the rollover ratings: NHTSA's SUV rating system doesn't say much"
June 13, 2004 - "GM's Stabilitrak"
June 13, 2004, "Providing Electricity When the Power Fails"
June 10, 2004 - "Worker says breathing butter flavoring damaged lungs"
June 8, 2004 - "Ford likely to hit speed bump with rollover suit"
June 8, 2004 - "Some Popular SUV's Fare Badly in Rollover Tests"
June 8, 2004 - "Van rollovers spark driver training, fixes; Churches, schools abandon, modify 15-passenger vehicles"
June 8, 2004 - "Tire Failure Leads to Two Fatal Crashes"
June 4, 2004 - "Rollover Case Yields Punitives of $246 Million"
June 3, 2004 - "Jury orders Ford to pay $122 million"
June 2, 2004 - "Regulators Question the Stability of Big Vans"
June 2, 2004 - "Third trial set this month in popcorn flavoring lawsuits"
May 30, 2004, "Firefighters Pull Woman From Burning Kia Sportage"
May 26, 2004, "Miami tenants settle lawsuits over carbon monoxide poisoning"
May 25, 2004, "Be on the lookout for carbon monoxide poisoning at home"
May 25, 2004, "Bill requires boats to post carbon monoxide warnings"
May 24, 2004, "Summary of Bowden v. General Motors Corp."
May 23, 2004, "Portable Generators Linked to Rise in Carbon Monoxide Deaths"
May 22, 2004, "Generating danger"
May 21, 2004, "Officials Warn Generators Give Off Deadly Gas"
May 20, 2004, "U.S. Warns Consumers on Generator Dangers"
May 17, 2004, "Texas judge affirms $1 billion award in diet drug case"
May 13, 2004, "State Parks official warns of carbon monoxide threat"
May 5, 2004 - "Few SUVs Win Highest U.S. Safety Ratings"
May 5, 2004, "Jury Awards Family $4.4 Million In Death Of Trucker At Roadside"
May 4, 2004 - "In Door Safety Cases, Ford Settles and a Mother Struggles"
May 1, 2004 - "Settlement is reached in popcorn plant trial"
April 29, 2004, "Death caves claim 3 more U.S. teens: Carbon monoxide poisoning from a smouldering fire is blamed for the deaths"
April 28, 2004, "Texas Jury Rules Against the Maker of Fen-Phen, a Diet Drug"
April 28, 2004, "Jury Awards Man's Widow, Son $4.4 Million; Trucker Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning"
April 28, 2004, "Family Awarded $1 Billion in Diet Drug Case"
April 19, 2004, "California bill warns of lethal boating danger"
April 16, 2004, "Sarpy County death tied to carbon monoxide"
April 17, 2004, "Boating's Deadly Secret; People Must Learn Dangers of Carbon Monoxide"
April 15, 2004, "Gas Danger for Boaters, Swimmers"
April 13, 2004 - "Danger for Popcorn Workers; Health Workers Try to Determine Extent of Illnesses"
April 12, 2004, "Slender at a price... Diet Drugs Users Seek Compensation for Heart Damage"
April 11, 2004 - "Thousands killed, hurt as auto roofs collapse"
April 11, 2004 - "Popcorn worker awarded $20 million in lawsuit over lung damage"
April 10, 2004 - "Ohio man's lungs crippled by vapors at popcorn plant, doctors say"
April 10, 2004, "Viagra may get a role as a lung medication"
April 5, 2004, "Gassed to Death"
April 4, 2004 - "Arkansas underdog bites big SUV makers in their bank accounts"
April 4, 2004 - "EPA examines link between microwave popcorn and lung disease"
April 4, 2004 - "Snack Food: Is It Hurting Workers Who Make It?"

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