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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced several product recalls this month and the month is not even over. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products and frequently announces product recalls. First, in cooperation with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Circus World has recalled wireless video baby monitors due to overheating hazard. Wiring in the baby monitor camera can overheat and emit smoke, posing a burn hazard to consumers. Second, P. Graham Dunn in cooperation with the U.S. CPSC has recalled nearly 500 wooden toy rattles, which pose a serious choking hazard to young children. Third, the U.S. CPSC and Asurion have voluntarily recalled about 470,000 counterfeit Blackberry-branded cell phone batteries in refurbished devices; the batteries can overheat, posing burn and fire hazards.

Additionally, the US CPSC and LG Electronics have reannounced the Goldstar and Comfort-Aire dehumidifier recall, which affects about 98,000 dehumidifiers. The power connector for the dehumidifer’s compressor can short circuit and pose serious fire and burn hazards to consumers. Another fire hazard product recall involved the Bosch Thermotechnology Boiler Survey Kit. The recall affects about 1500 service kit for gas-fired boilers. The use of a silver-covered gas pipe adapter included in the service kit can lead to gas leakage, which can pose a fire or explosion hazard to consumers. Miami Breaker, Inc. has also voluntarily recalled products due to fire hazard. Their product recall involves about 43,600 counterfeit “Square D” circuit breakers, which can fail to trip when they are overloaded.

To read more about recent product recalls, please visit the CPSC website.

In the latest news of vehicle safety concerns, the Los Angeles Times reported that Toyota announced the recall of 412,000 Avalon and Lexus vehicles for steering problems. This means that since October, nearly 9 million cars have been subject to product recalls around the world. This is almost as many vehicles as were sold by all manufacturers in the United States last year. Because of the product recalls and product safety violations, Toyota faces hundreds of product liability lawsuits arising from its problems with sudden acceleration and sticking gas pedals. Additionally, it has been the target of extreme scrutiny by federal safety regulators and the United States Congress.

The 373,000 recalled Avalons, dating from between 2000 and 2004, have improperly cast steering lock bars. These steering lock bars have been a factor in three accidents reported to the Toyota company. The problem occurs like this: a minute crack can develop on the surface, which in turn, can break the bar and lock the steering wheel, increasing the risk of an automobile accident. As opposed to the several hundred thousand Avalons, a smaller number of Lexus model vehicles from 2003 through 2007 have a different steering shaft problem. Luckily, no personal injuries have been reported related to the Lexus issue. Additionally, Toyota says it will recall 80,000 Land Cruisers for another problem involving faulty steering shafts. Toyota plans to replace the steering column bracket on the recalled vehicles, a product procedure that takes nearly two hours to complete. Toyota has announced that it would notify owners by first class mail beginning in late this month to take their vehicles to a dealer to have the work done at no charge.

More information on the Toyota recall is available at Los Angeles Times.

Several U.S. consumers have filed suit against Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest health-products company in federal court in Chicago. The racketeering lawsuits stem from Johnson & Johnson’s product recalls from earlier this year and accuse the company of fraud and racketeering and demands cash refunds for recalled children’s cold and allergy medicines. Five complaints have been filed, seeking class-action status, expressing their rejection of the offer by Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare and McNeil-PPC Inc. units for refund coupons and demanded cash. The complaints allege that the coupons are worthless because McNeil has ceased making the medicines and assumes – wrongfully – that all consumers will want to purchase the company’s children’s products at some uncertain future date.

In late April, the companies issued a product recall for over 40 types of pediatric allergy medications and pain relief medications, stating that the quality and potency of those drugs for children did not meet the company’s internal requirements. The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti think that what was remarkable about this wide reaching product recall was how many popular products were recalled – recalled products included children’s formulations of liquid Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl.

These racketeering cases related to product liability and recalls were filed in the Federal Court located in Chicago, Illinois, which is known as the “Dirksen” federal courthouse, named after Everett McKinley Dirksen. It’s located in downtown Chicago, not too far from the offices of the Illinois personal injury lawyers at Levin & Perconti.

Click the weblink to read the entire article on the lawsuit filed in Chicago.

Ten years after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was accused of downplaying the side effects from the popular diabetes drug Avandia, the agency reports that it will reveal the data it is reviewing ahead of an advisory panel meeting about the drug’s safety. The meeting follows two recent drug safety studies that suggest that Avandia may cause serious or life-threatening side effects. A third study appeared to show the opposite. Since 2005, evidence has suggested that the diabetes drug Avandia may increase the risk of cardiovascular complications, including heart attacks, one the major causes of death among diabetes. The drug is still on the market and scientists continue to battle over its safety, leaving patients nervous pending the FDA’s eventual findings about the product side effects.

Avandia acts primarily by increasing insulin sensitivity and improving glycemic control while reducing circulating insulin levels. The drug is not recommended for patients with symptomatic heart failure. Some studies have showed Avandia to be associated with an increased risk of myocardial ischemic events such as angina or myocardial infarction.

Prescription drugs like Avandia along with over-the-counter medications, including generic drugs, are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Their work, however, covers more than just medicines. They also regulate items such as fluoride toothpaste, antiperspirants, dandruff shampoos, and sunscreens.

For more information about the potential product safety issues with Avandia, click on the link.

Chicago injury lawyers at Levin & Perconti read about the recent product recall involving injuries to children and wanted to share the important recall information with our readers. The asphyxiation deaths of two boys, including one Chicago wrongful death, have prompted the government to announce a product recall of 1.8 million toy dart guns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stated that a 9 year-old boy in Chicago and a 10 year-old boy in Milwaukee both died after they chewed on the one-inch soft plastic darts, which slipped into their throats. The small suction cup part of the dart cut off the children’s breathing. The dart guns were sole nationwide extensively at Family Dollar stores.

Consumer Product Safety Commission chairman warned that parents should know about the risks to children during the preteen years that can come from aspirating these toy darts. The dart gun sets were imported by Henry Gordy International in New Jersey. CPSC stated that the New Jersey company refused to issue a product recall for the dart set, so Family Dollar worked with the agency on recalling the product. Family Dollar stated that the company has not sold the dart sets in more than a year, but wanted to issue the product recall so that customers who purchased the product in the past would be alerted. The agency advises people to immediately take the toy dart gun sets from children and discard them. Family Dollar will offer a refund. Chicago accident lawyers urge parents and guardians to examine the toys that their children have for toys that are potentially injurious.

To read more about the product recall affecting children, click the link.

The Illinois product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti realize that our readers are likely worrying about whether the lettuce they have bought is safe to eat, due to the recent E. coli outbreak and recalls. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded the E. coli outbreak to four states – the outbreak involves potentially deadly food-borne illness linked to tainted lettuce. The E. coli outbreak has sickened at least twenty-three people in four states, but luckily, no deaths have been reported. According to a recent CNN.com article, the current product recall involves companies that distribute lettuce supplies to wholsesale and food service outlets. Experts suggest you abstain from eating lettuce at salad bars because of the fact that this current recall involves the lettuce distributed wholesale. Additionally, salad bars generally have the potential for more contact with lots of hands and people.

Grocery store whole lettuce is relatively safe, according to the expert consulted by CNN.com. Freshway Foods and Vaughan Foods have issued a product recall for bagged lettuce products. Production practices, harvesting, packing, processing, and food handling have all been linked to illnesses associated with leafy greens.

The Food and Drug Administration has offered food safety tips to assist in food safety. 1) Clean –make sure you wash your hands and everything else that comes into contact with good, including utensils, countertops, and tableware. 2) Separate – keep uncooked food from contaminating other food with dangerous bacteria. 3) Cook – keep food safety by cooking it thoroughly. 4) Chill – keep foods cold and chill leftovers quickly.

Click this link to read more about the E. coli outbreak and how it affects your lettuce.

Recent findings are showing that the safety and quality violations that led to the Tylenol plant shutdown were extremely serious and can lead to extremely tough action by United States regulators on drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released an inspection report on the facility in Pennsylvania where the product recall stems from, which a professor of pharmaceutical manufacturer called “absolutely shocking.” According to the professor at Temple University, the inspection report “is pretty close to being the worst [he’s] seen. It suggests that basically the FDA found an issue with almost every system at the plant.”

Earlier this month, a division of Johnson & Johnson recalled nearly fifty children’s versions of non-prescription (over-the-counter) drugs, including Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl. Since then, Johnson & Johnson has suspended all production at the plant. The FDA report listed twenty violations, including dozens of consumer complaints on the products recalled. However, Johnson & Johnson has not revealed details of those complaints. Congress has opened a product liability investigation into the product recall and lawmakers gave Johnson & Johnson and the FDA a deadline of today (May 17) to hand over details about consumer complaints. The Illinois product liability attorneys will keep our readers posted as the details of this product recall involving millions of consumers unfolds.

Chicago injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti want to remind you that you can dispose of pharmaceuticals. The City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department have partnered to provide a place for the safe and proper disposal of unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Where to dispose of recalled and expired prescription and over-the-counter medications.

To read about the shocking conditions at the product facility.

According to a recent Chicago Breaking News Center article, federal regulators at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have issued a product recall for another 170,000 cribs. The cribs were recalled for being a potentially deadly hazard to children. This crib recall is the latest in a string of several dangerous cribs recalled from the market. The recalled cribs, Sorelle and Golden Baby cribs, have sides that drop down to allow easier access to the babies in the cribs. However, the danger is that the drop-side hardware can disengage, which allows the side to separate from the tracks. This can be deadly and at the very last very dangerous for children because babies can slip into that gap and suffocate, strangle, or fall out of the crib.

The cribs have been sold at children’s product stores nationwide for the past 10 years for between $300 and $600. The distributing company received reports of 104 incidents where either the drop-side or crib slates became unattached, creating a dangerous gap. Six children received personal injuries of cuts or bruises; another five fell, but luckily received no injuries. No children were reportedly killed by this dangerous crib, but babies have died in cribs made by other manufacturers after the drop-sides separated.

The Chicago personal injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti encourage our readers to consult this recalled crib list of photos and model numbers to see whether any of the dangerous cribs are in their houses. Please make sure that your cribs are safe!

Click the link to read more about the baby crib recall.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a scathing report slamming the conditions at the factory linked to producing the recalled children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and other over-the-counter drugs that were recalled last weekend. The seventeen page FDA inspection report conducted last month detailed lapses at the facility. The FDA is considering many actions, including potential criminal penalties against the company. In the mean time, Johnson & Johnson is temporarily suspending production at the plant – the company’s only plant that manufactures its liquid pediatric drugs. The company has expressed its concern for the potential to injure children. According to a recent CNN.com article, the federal agency cited the facility for not following quality controls and for not maintaining adequate lab facilities for testing and approval of components and drug products. The FDA’s findings also show that the company bought contaminated raw material from its vendors that tested positive for a type of bacteria that is yet to be identified by the FDA. However, the agency said that the company’s testing showed that the contamination did not reach its finished products.

The company recalled about fifty children’s versions of non-prescription drugs over the weekend for quality concerns. The injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti strongly encourage our readers to follow the FDA’s instructions to immediately discontinue the use of any recalled products. Disposing of the recalled products became a little less confusing in Chicago, with the City of Chicago and Chicago Police teaming to create multiple locations where residents can dispose of expired and/or recalled pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products.

Read more about the FDA's scathing report about the Tylenol product recall.

The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged frequently about the recent Tylenol and other over-the-counter drug recalls from Johnson & Johnson’s drug manufacturing division. Now, CNN.com is reporting that lawmakers have announced that began an investigation into the recent product recall of Children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and other over-the-counter drugs. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Johnson & Johnson’s drug manufacturing division to disclose information on the drug recall and tell what prompted the recall. Important to potential injuries to minors and children, the House is also requesting that they disclose the severity of the impact would be to children who may have taken the recalled over-the-counter drugs.

The Illinois product liability attorneys think this a good action – especially considering that this recent product recall is the third to include Tylenol products this year. Lawmakers are hoping that the investigation will shed light on whether FDA’s inspection procedures are effective. Additionally, the investigation will also determine whether the division neglected to explore consumer complaints about the problem.

Chicago injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti also came across a helpful Chicago link regarding where you can find a location to dispose of pharmaceuticals. With all of the recent recalls of popular products that consumers use, the link will undoubtedly be helpful. The City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department are partnering to provide a place for the safe and proper disposal of unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications.

To read more about the federal investigation into the recent drug recalls.

Click the link to determine where to dispose of recalled products, including expired prescription and over-the-counter medications.

CNN.com recently reported that Johnson & Johnson, the maker of several over-the-counter drugs, is taking corrective actions at its American plant after almost forty children’s versions of drugs were recalled for quality concerns. Product recalls included Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl – all popular over-the-counter options when one’s child is sick. If you’re thinking this is déjà vu, you are not completely off base. This latest product recall is the fourth recall in seven months for this division of Johnson & Johnson.

The division of Johnson & Johnson responsible for these drugs said that it took action in the form of a product recall as a precautionary measure because some of the products could have problems with their ingredients while others could contain tiny particles. The “tiny particles” may be solidified product ingredients or manufacturing residue such as tiny metal parts.

The four product recalls in the past seven months began in November 2009, when the company recalled five lots of its Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 count due to reports of an unusual moldy odor that led to cases of nausea, pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. The next month, the product recall was expanded to include a different lot of the same pill. Then, in January, an undisclosed number of containers of Tylenol, Motrin, and other over-the-counter drugs were recalled after consumers complained of feeling sick from the unusual odor. Now, the company recalls children’s versions of popular drugs.

To read more about the current product recalls affecting children’s products, click the link.

The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti want all of our readers to be on the lookout for dangerous recalled defibrillators. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recalled two brands of automatic and semiautomatic defibrillators due to fault components. Defibrillation is the definitive treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation, and tachycardia. What defibrillation does is deliver a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart with a defibrillator. It depolarizes a critical mass of the heart muscle, terminates the arrhythmia, and allows normal sinus rhythm to be reestablished by the body’s natural pacemaker.

The FDA has issued a product recall for Nihon Kohden and GE Responder models of automatic and semiautomatic defibrillators due to faulty components. This follows November’s FDA product recall of Powerheart and CardioVive external defibrillators because the models had defective parts, which may have led to them not working properly. As mentioned above, defibrillators are used only in cases of emergency so the thought of them not working properly is extremely scary.

About 280,000 defibrillators are used worldwide according to the FDA and the recalled models may not work during attempts to rescue people in sudden cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is responsible for more than 300,000 deaths yearly. The recalled defibrillators are dangerous because they may fail to properly deliver a shock and have been found to have faulty parts that may cause them to fail at delivering that lifesaving shock. The recalled devices may also fail in reading and analyzing the heart rhythm. Recalled defibrillators should be repaired or replaced. However, the FDA says the recalled defibrillators should be used unless another defibrillator is available, explaining that the potential benefits of using the available external defibrillators outweigh the risk of not using any of the affected external defibrillators or the risk of device failure.

To read the entire CNN article on the recalled defibrillators, click the link.

Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged a lot about the lack of government regulation of dietary supplements. Now, thanks to an agreement among United States Senators to include guidelines in a food safety bill, stricter government oversight of dietary supplements is within touch. Four areas of common ground were outlined in a letter sent by chairs of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The letter talked about incorporating the areas of agreement into the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Food Safety Modernization Bill.

The provisions include: (1) all dietary supplement manufacturing, processing, and holding facilities to register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, (2) the FDA having the authority to issue a mandatory product recall order if a dietary supplement is adulterated or misbranded or the use of such supplement could cause serious adverse health consequences such as death, (3) the FDA commissioner to publish guidelines on the new dietary ingredients as soon as possible, and (4) mandate that the FDA notify the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) when a new product contains a synthetic anabolic steroid.

According to Senator McCain, the bill would protect professional and Olympic athletes along with casual sports participants who use supplements. Pro sports leagues have supported the bill. Athletes in the past have blamed positive drug tests on substances that turn up in dietary supplements even though they are not listed as ingredients on the label.

Follow the link to read more about the dietary supplement regulation.

The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti frequently visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website so that we may keep our Illinois consumer readers updated on product recalls. Please check your homes for the following unsafe products listed below:

- Children’s hooded sweatshirts: about 3,200 children’s hooded sweatshirts distributed by Niko’s SPORTSLINE of Sunrise, Florida were recalled. The jackets’ drawstrings through the hood which pose a strangulation hazard to children. Consumers are instructed to contact GJC International of Florida collect at (954) 581-4646 for additional information.

- Baby walkers: about 200 baby walkers imported by Le Hing, Inc. of South El Monte, California have been recalled. The walkers can fit through a standard doorway and are not designed to stop at the edge of a step. Babies using the dangerous walkers can have serious personal injuries or be wrongfully killed. Consumers should stop using the walkers immediately and return them to the store where purchased. Call Le Hing, Inc. collect at (626) 575-8566 for more information.

- Children’s snowsuits and coats: about 4,500 children’s snowsuits and coats manufactured by Deux par Deux Minimome, Inc. The snowsuits and coats have drawstrings through the hood that can pose a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, the CPSC issued guidelines to prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts. For more information on the product recall, consumers are recommended to contact Deux par Deux toll-free at (866) 557-2222.

To keep up-to-date on recent product recalls, check out the CPSC website.

The Chicago product liability attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged often about the Toyota vehicle recalls. In the latest happening reported by the Chicago Tribune, the federal government has accused Toyota of hiding a dangerous product defect and proposed a record $16.4 million fine on Monday for failing to quickly alert regulators to safety problems in gas medals on popular models. The product liability fine, announced by the Transportation Secretary, is the most that the government could levy for the sticking gas pedals that led Toyota to issue a product recall of millions of vehicles. Additionally, the Japanese automaker faces private product liability lawsuits seeking many millions more in damages.

The automaker Toyota has issued product recalls of more than 6 million vehicles in the United States and more than 8 million vehicles worldwide because of acceleration problems in multiple models and braking issues in the Toyota Prius hybrid. Documents recovered from the automaker demonstrated that the automaker knew of the product liability problem with the sticking gas pedals in late September, but did not issue a product recall until late January. The sticking pedals involved 2.3 million vehicles.

The product liability mess surrounding the Toyota product recall has reinforced the need for trial lawyers. The government cannot oversee everything that manufacturers do; everyday consumers depend on trial lawyers to bring their injuries due to product defects to the attention of the government and the manufacturers through the civil justice system. The point is made clear by the Toyota case – one review of federal records found as many as 2600 consumer product complaints of sudden acceleration over a 10 year period.

For more information on the record product liability fine.

CNN.com recently reported that a former in-house attorney who resigned from Toyota has internal documents that are potentially damaging to his former employer. According to the former counsel for Toyota, the documents are very damaging. The former in-house counsel defended Toyota in product liability lawsuits and negligence lawsuits from 2003 to 2007. The former product liability attorney says that he quit because Toyota was withholding information that the company was legally required to disclose to product liability plaintiff attorneys. The article is what every product liability attorney feared – the product liability attorney who left Toyota says that there is a regular pattern and practice of not producing memos, minutes, reports, and e-mails to personal injury plaintiff attorneys. Documents that were withheld can be used to establish liability against Toyota in product liability and personal injury lawsuits.

For many years, Toyota consumers complained of sudden acceleration. As many as 2,600 consumer product complaints were filed. Only now has any product recall been issued although internal documents now indicate that Toyota traced its problem to its software as far back as 2005.

The Chicago injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti have blogged a lot recently about the Toyota vehicle recalls. Recently, the Chicago product liability attorneys highlighted an article focused on how the Toyota vehicle recall has helped to prove the need for trial attorneys. Trial attorneys act as a check and help to give a voice to consumers who have been ignored by companies and the government.

Click here to read more about the Toyota attorney’s allegations about withholding documents.

A recent editorial again highlighted the need for the U.S. legal system. Despite what proponents of tort reform and damages caps want you to believe, the United States personal injury lawsuit system works. The need for our system was recently reinforced by the Toyota product liability recall. The author of the editorial told the story of a man whose Toyota Camry started speeding wildly on a scenic cliff-side drive in California when it plunged into the ocean 70 feet below. While the driver survived, his wife who was a passenger in the car did not survive. Only a year later, a woman was crushed in her Camry when it became suddenly unstoppable, airborne, and hit a tree. Again, last summer, four members of a family were killed after the gas pedal on their Lexus was stuck.

Despite reports of dangerous Toyota errors, the company was quiet and blamed driver error or faulty floor mats. Similarly, federal regulators did not press the company. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration opened and closed half a dozen investigations without any significant action on the product liability.

The writer of the editorial addressed that United States court system and the role that injury attorneys play in it provides an early warning system, alerting regulators and news organizations to product hazards that the public would likely not be aware of. Courts also get responses from manufacturers who might have been able to fend off federal investigators if they decided to investigate product concerns. The writer of the article summed it up when he said it’s time to recognize once more that litigation over dangerous products and services can avert countless wrongful deaths and personal injuries.

To read the full editorial, click here.

A company has agreed to pay a product liability settlement in the amount of $200,000. The settlement will settle allegations that it violated U.S. law when it imported the Thomas and Friends, Curious George, and Winnie the Pooh toys that had high levels of lead in them and posed dangers to children who used the toys. The Consumer Product Safety Commission had alleged that the company imported tens of thousands of toys that violated the federal lead paint ban and then distributed them to retail stores.

Click here to read more about the product liability settlement.

Teen fashion clothing store Aeropostale and Saks outlet stores have pulled from its shelves necklaces that had high levels of toxic metal in them. Environmental groups tested the necklaces and the necklaces showed to have high levels of cadmium, which could be harmful to consumers. Aeropostale has gone one step further, saying that no cadmium will be acceptable in its jewelry and suppliers will have to prove that products are clean with independent lab testing. Lately, cheap metal jewelry warn by children and often imported from China have been the focus of federal regulators, lawmakers, and retailers because of potential product liability.

To read more about the cadmium in jewelry, click here.

According to CNNMoney.com, the latest Toyota recall will affect 5.3 million vehicles. Toyota has stopped production of vehicles on the list, but many Toyota owners are confused about what steps they should take if their car is on the list of recalled vehicles. Some of the vehicles involved in the recall include: Toyota’s RAV4, Corolla, Matrix, Avalon, Tundra and Sequoia models. Click on the link to view the full list of recalled Toyota vehicles.

The product recall is happening because Toyota found that over time, some cars’ gas pedals become sticky. When a driver tries to ease up on the gas to slow down the car, the pedal sticks and the car continues to accelerate. According to the report, Toyota is working on a new design, but in the meantime, they issued the recall to warn Toyota owners about the danger. Once they find a way to fix the problem, they will ask owners to come into dealerships to fix the gas pedals.

In the meantime, owners must be vigilant and they should not drive their car if they notice that the gas pedal is sticky. They warn owners to pull over and call a Toyota dealership for assistance if they feel stickiness in the gas pedal. If you believe that you have been injured in an accident as a result of Toyota’s defective gas pedals, contact a Chicago product liability attorney to discuss your case.

To read the full report on what to do during the Toyota product recall, follow the hyperlink.