Black & Decker has recalled 160,000 cordless electric lawn mowers due to the potential that the mower blades may turn on unexpectedly. The company reported that the mower may start suddenly even after the safety key has been removed, causing potential injury. There have been thirty-four reports of the unexpected start-ups and two injuries reported.

The F.D.A. has announced a recall of one lot of Pfizer’s ThermaCare HeatWraps menstrual product. The recall is being issued after a potential for leaking was found in one of the wrap’s components, which can cause skin irritation and burns.

The FDA is cracking down on companies that make mouth-rinse products for allegedly false marketing claims about the products. The agency sent letters to three companies that sell the mouthwash, demanding they stop making “unsupported claims that [the products] remove plaque and promote healthy gums.” The FDA said they have found no data to substantiate the claims.

Johnson & Johnson CEO William Weldon announced that McNeil will begin shipping a million bottles next week of one of its formerly recalled products, but failed to say which product. “Johnson & Johnson disappointed consumers in recalling millions of bottles of popular children’s medicines,” Weldon said in a release this week. J&J recalled 40 different medications in the U.S. this April. Weldon is expected to be questioned by lawmakers over an alleged phantom recall in 2009 in which the company did not get FDA approval

Lawsuits have been filed against Wright County Egg over various illnesses caused by salmonella-infested eggs. Wright County has been linked to the salmonella outbreak that affected more than 1,600 people and lead to a 500-million egg recall last month. Each of the lawsuits accuses the company of negligence, and more could be on the way, the Des Moines Register reports. The lawsuits are seeking damages in excess of $75,000 each.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced earlier this month a recall of more than 1.2 million toys from popular pizza restaurant Chuck E. Cheese due to a safety hazard for small children. The toys subjected to the recall are light-up rings and star glasses, and the CPSC said the toys can be easily crushed or pulled apart, exposing the batteries and creating an ingestion risk for children. There have been two reported cases thus far of children swallowing the batteries.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. over a hip replacement implant that was recalled earlier this year due to a high failure rate. According to a study published in Britain, 13 percent of patients that received the ASR XL Acetabular System hip replacement had to have revision surgery within five years. The lawsuit contends that the company should have known the device was defective prior its sale to patients. The suit will potentially cover any patient who received a DePuy hip replacement in the last seven years.

A class-action suit has been filed in St. Louis against the Dial Corporation, accusing them of charging a premium for their foaming hand soap that uses false claims about its benefits. The lawsuit claims the statements made by Dial that their soap “kills more germs than any other liquid hand soap” have no factual basis. The F.D.A. made a statement earlier this year, saying there is no evidence that using antibacterial soaps provides any benefit over washing with regular soap and water. The suit claims Dial is in violation of Illinois consumer fraud law by “misstating the soap’s health benefits.”

A Maryland family has filed a lawsuit against the owners of their apartment complex over a bedbug infestation. The family claims in the suit that bedbugs have “infiltrated their apartment,” covering them and their daughter with bites. The family has had to throw out most of their furniture and all of their young daughter’s toys, and have suffered “significant emotional distress.”

A multiple vehicle crash at Union Boulevard and Dublin Road on the morning of 9/29/2010 resulted in the death from injuries suffered by a 19-year old victim in his Acura Intergra.  The driver of one car was cited for careless driving resulting in death.