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A Chicago couple filed a products liability lawsuit against Landscape Structures after their daughter broke her arm on a defective playground slide. The slide, a 7-foot-tall structure called a Evos Slalom Glider did not have a platform at the top or handles. This is dangerous and exposes children to risk of falls. According to Landscape Structures, children are actually supposed to straddle this slide as they go down, instead of the conventional sitting slides. After learning that other children were injured on the slide the family decided to file suit against Landscape Structures. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported 16 other injuries on this particular slide, which is in approximately 900 playgrounds. Landscape Structures recalled the slide on February 16, 2012. Customers, mostly playgrounds and schools, will have the option of having their money refunded or receiving replacement equipment. April 23-27 was National Playground Safety Week. According to…
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New proposed legislation that supposedly protects motorists in California is the subject of controversy, according to sources. The proposed bill sets regulations on safety standards for used car sales, and has been named the Used Car Safety Act. The idea behind the proposed bill is that consumers will get more information about the history of the used vehicle before they purchase it. Senator Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, claims the current government protections are not enough. “It doesn’t tell you about airbag deployment,” says Senator Vargas. “It [the car] might have been in an accident, but you don’t know. There may have been other things…recalls on that car, you don’t know that. So, you buy it thinking, ‘OK, great—no warning sign. This could be a good one.’ No, it could be a real lemon.” The bill requires the seller of a used car to mark the vehicle with a red tag…
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