Late last week, Prym Consumer USA and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of 12,000 Dritz Quick Cut Electric Scissors from shelves amid fears of fir and burn injuries.

It was discovered that the defective scissors could become overheated, leading to fires and burning to users. No injuries had been reported from use of the product thus far but their have been two complaints that the product has caught fire and caused minor property damages.

The families and dependents of the 11 oil rig workers killed and the 15 injured on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on April 20th may see the personal injury compensation paid to them reduced severely if Transocean are successful in using a law from the 19th Century.

The law in question is the 1851 Limitation of liability Act which was introduced to encourage investment in shipping and keep the US fleets competitive.

Under the Act, ship owner's liability is limited to the value of the ship plus the money the ship owner would collect if the voyage/trip was completed.

The Jones Act 1920, which actually provides cover against personal Injury accidents to those working on ships & vessels , has been seen as many as being a barrier to the clean up operation of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Act, as well as providing personal injury cover, also requires that vessels operating in US waters be built in the US and operated by US crew.

This means that better equipped clean up ships from other countries have not been able to be brought in and help with the clean up, which many see as leading to the clean up taking much longer than necessary.

Mr. Carl Woodbridge is suing his employer, Rentokil Initial, for an injury he suffered while working at a shopping center in England.

Mr.Woodbridge had been pruning some cacti plants when one of them shot toxic sap into his eye.

The sap burned his cornea and left him blinded for one week, and making him miss 6 weeks of work.

Mr. Woodbridge claims that his employer had not trained him properly for the work, had not been informed about the toxins in the plant and that they had not provided him with the safety equipment needed for the job

Around 10,000 firefighters, construction workers, police officers and others who suffered injuries while helping with the rescue and debris removal efforts after 9/11 could receive up to $712.5 million in a new personal injury compensation settlement revealed yesterday.

This revised compensation pact address a long standing legal issue where some of the helpers from the rescue mission were excluded from receiving compensation as their injuries/problems arose after the initial compensation fund had closed in 2003.

Bayer Pharmaceutical have come under fire from a number of parties taking personal injury cases against the firm because of the firms failure to make consumers aware of the health risks their oral contraceptives, Yaz and Yasmin, present.

Over 100 personal injury cases have been taken against the pharmaceutical company in the US, including a group of 8 women from Toronto and stage actress, Brenda Hamilton who is an understudy for the Broadway musical "Wicked", who suffered a stroke after taking the pill.

Matthew Shaffer has been voted by his Texas personal injury peers to be recognized as a Texas Super lawyer for the 5th year in a row.Only 5% of Texas attorneys get selected for the Super Lawyer list.

Mr. Shaffer has also been chosen as one of H Texas Magazines Top 20 lawyers for 2010, a list he has made for a large number of consecutive years.

Mr.Shaffer is also one of the select few Texas personal injury attorneys who has achieved Board Certification in Personal Injury Trial Law.

BP's efforts to try and clear the massive oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico could lead to the oil giant facing even more personal injury lawsuits than they already have.

Over 100 lawsuits have been filed against BP, Transocean, Halliburton and Cameron International in areas of law including lost wages, business loss, lost profits and loss of use of property as well as numerous personal injury and wrongful death cases.

On top of all this, the firm is now facing a new string of personal injury lawsuits; in the form of toxic/chemical exposure and poisoning.

While reading through various personal injury cases and websites, a term I kept coming across was the 'Walking On Eggshells" rule.

I decided for this blog post to comment on the "Walking On Eggshells" rule as I wondered if there were many people out there who were unfamiliar with the term.

thousands of Chrysler jeeps and minivans have been recalled because of the discovery of defects within them that may heighten the risk of car accidents.

Chrysler have recalled almost 575,000 vehicles because of a brake line and wiring defect. The defect is causing the vehicles to leak brake fluid which can partial loss of brakes in the affected wheel.

Last week, Chrysler issued a recall for 35,000 Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass vehicles due to sticky accelerator pedals that are failing to return to the idle position.