By Eli Wolfe on March 7, 2019
When sued for withholding records, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has fared poorly in court.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Gadgets and Distracted Driving, Government accountability |
By Myron Levin on February 27, 2019
Editor's note: See update at end of story.
Garrett Wilhelm was chatting with the Facetime app on his Apple iPhone, police say, as he sped along an interstate highway northwest of Dallas on the day before Christmas in 2014. He crashed his SUV into a sedan carrying a young family, killing five-year-old Moriah Modisette and injuring her parents and sister. Ashley Kubiak was…
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Cell Phones, Consumer Protection, Gadgets and Distracted Driving |
By Eli Wolfe on February 7, 2019
Pesticides released by bug bombs can linger in homes for weeks at a time, which some researchers claim is a potential health risk
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability |
By Eli Wolfe on January 31, 2019
Agency won’t require employers to routinely report detailed internal records of worker injuries or illnesses.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Government accountability, Labor Department, labor laws, OSHA, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Stuart Silverstein on January 24, 2019
Business groups that howl about bogus lawsuits and plaintiff lawyers who claim to fight for ordinary folks victimized by corporations engage in a war of words.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Medical Errors, Product Hazards and Recalls, Tort Reform |
A New Wrinkle in Wage Battles
By Eli Wolfe on January 10, 2019
For years, truck drivers hauling billions of dollars of clothing, appliances and other consumer goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have complained about rampant wage law violations by the trucking firms that hire them. The alleged abuses include failing to pay minimum wages and overtime. But even when truckers’ claims have…
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Labor Department, labor laws, wage theft, wage violations, wages, Workplace |
By Stuart Silverstein on December 17, 2018
Consumer advocates fault U.S. investigators for withholding information on two widely sold products determined to be lacking a promised ingredient
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, FDA, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on December 12, 2018
An obscure program that has judged vaccine injury and death claims for three decades passes a financial milestone
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Vaccine Safety |
By Stuart Silverstein on November 8, 2018
Car companies got more regulatory relief than they bargained for after they asked the administration to ease mileage requirements.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health |
By Lynne Peeples on October 24, 2018
Evidence linking animal cruelty and violence against people spurs authorities to toughen penalties and step up prosecutions
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged animal cruelty, criminal justice, violent crime |
