The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall Thursday of 2 million drop-side cribs over the potential for infants to become stuck between the railing and the crib and suffocate. The Chicago Tribune reported that the recall included models by Child Craft, Delta Enterprise, Evenflo, Jardine, Bona Vita, Babi Italia, ISSI, Million Dollar Baby and Simmons brands. The recall encompassed cribs in ten countries across the world, including the United States. At least 32 children’s deaths have been related to the crib malfunction, and federal officials believe another 14 may be linked to the same issue.

A Dayton, Ohio, couple will receive a settlement from the city for their involvement in a car crash with a local police officer. The lawsuit claimed that Officer Adam Sharp caused the accident with the couple when he was driving the wrong way on a one-way road without his lights flashing or siren on. The couple incurred $64,000 in medical bills related to their injuries, the Dayton Daily News reported.

A former cruise ship trumpet player was awarded $1.7 million from a Miami jury after he slipped and fell while on stage on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Steven Pavone claimed that the fall injured his shoulder and ended his trumpet-playing career. The accident was caused by a bit of oil that leaked out from the on-stage fog machine, according to the lawsuit.

More than 8,000 baby walkers were recalled this week because they are narrow enough to fit through standard doorways and could therefore present a risk to children by falling down stairs. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Suntech Enterprises, Inc. issued the voluntary 8,400-unit recall on Tuesday despite no injuries have been reported. Come Dec. 21, 2010, all baby walkers will be required by law to be either too wide to fit through standard doorways or have features to stop the walker.

A New Orleans U.S. District judge has blocked the Obama Administration’s ban on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after arguments were heard from a group of oil companies earlier this week. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman said in his ruling that the administration had failed to justify the wide breadth of the moratorium and that the ban would cause “irreparable harm to businesses” along the Gulf. Gulf Coast state representatives have praised the judge’s decision and urged the federal government to replace the ban with more narrowly drafted requirements that would “address only truly essential safety issues.”

The Florida Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against a Fort Lauderdale auto group, claiming that they made false and deceptive claims to customers about automobile loan modifications – saying that they could lower consumers’ car payment by up to 50%, allegedly collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in upfront fees.

About 800,000 packages of Marie Callender’s cheesy Chicken and Rice single-serve frozen entrees have been recalled from grocery stores due to a risk of salmonella contamination.

Camden County (Pennsylvania) has agreed to a $15 million settlement with a man who lost his leg and part of his arm when his car crashed into a guardrail, after being forced off the road by another car, and the railing snapped off, cutting through the vehicle.  The lawsuit claimed that the guardrail was improperly designed and should have absorbed the impact instead of snapping off.

Campbell Soup Company has announced a recall of 35,000 cases of Spaghetti)s because of the possibility that the meatballs many have been under-processed.  The affected varieties has a “use-by” date between June 2010 and December 2011.  Customers who ear the under-processed SpaghettiO’s may experience gastrointestinal problems such as nausea and vomiting.

The American Red Cross has been hit with a $16,000,0000 fine the the F.D.A. for multiple violations of federal laws regarding blood collection and processing,  During 2008 and 2009 blood collections, the Red Cross encountered problems such as mislabeling of blood, failing to record complete information about donor and potential air contamination.