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A New York Mets fan is suing the baseball team, Major League Baseball and the player whose bat shattered and hit him, according to an Associated Press article republished by Sports Illustrated. The bat in question was made from maple, which has been a subject of debate because of the wood's propensity to shatter upon impact.

Plaintiff James Falzon suffered numerous facial fractures when the shattered maple bat of Mets player Luis Castillo flew into his face during a 2007 game at Shea Stadium, according to the suit filed in Manhattan. He said his 11-year-old son was traumatized by the incident.

Drop side cribs may soon be history.

After allegedly causing numerous infant deaths and being responsible for several cases of strangulation and suffocation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said that it plans to enact mandatory safety regulations, banning the sale and manufacture of drop-side baby cribs.

Well, parents can breathe a little easier today, seeing as how this latest recall doesn't affect children's items, the way the last few recalls did. Of course, coffee lovers do have another personal injury blog post to read about this morning-- and this one is nothing like the other coffee-related blog post last week.

There's been a coffee maker recall today, announced by the CPSC.

They're the forgotten heroes of 9/11. And over the weekend, one of them passed away.

On Saturday, Police Officer Robert Oswain passed away. He was just 42 years old. Robert Oswain was an officer from the Bronx and had been serving in the recovery efforts at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.

A Manhattan Starbucks is facing the wrath of Zeynep Inanli's New York personal injury lawyer.

Ms. Inanli is suing Starbucks for serving her hot tea.

But wait a minute-- isn't tea supposed to be hot?

Parents have so much to worry about these days. And now, here comes another child medication recall.

Yes, parents. Just when we thought that avoiding cold medicines for our little toddlers was the only problem we faced at the pharmacy. But now, to make matters even more difficult for parents of toddlers, we now need to steer clear of the medications we thought were okay.

Let's add a new area of fraud for New York injury lawyers. And let's call this one "asbestos fraud".

Perhaps that's slightly a misnomer and I may be stretching the concept a little too thin. But a New York safety inspector has been caught red-handed, so to say.

Saverio F. Todaro, 68, as admitted that he lied about his inspections for a period of over a decade. During that time, he was a licensed safety inspector and was required to make critical assessment of asbestos and lead content in buildings throughout the city of New York.

Toyota is facing another wrongful death lawsuit. Tyrene Livingston of New York died after her 2007 Toyota Yaris accelerated and crashed on Route 30, according to Market Watch. Now Ms. Livingston's mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation seeking general and punitive damages.

The injury lawyer representing Sandra Livingston, Tyrene Livingston's mother, explained the outline of her complaint:

"The complaint charges that Toyota for years was aware that its vehicles were susceptible to sudden unintended acceleration, leading to fatal accidents... Yet, Toyota never made any significant changes to improve the acceleration and electrical systems of its vehicles, in spite of the availability of several safe and inexpensive modifications."

The New York Daily News reports that a New Yorker is suing because he claims that a Zicam Cold Remedy Product caused him to lose his sense of smell.

Matrixx Initiatives, the makers of Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Spray, is listed as the defendant in the lawsuit that was filed by the victim's New York injury lawyer at Manhattan Federal Court. The victim claims that after using the product from 2006 to 2009, he developed anosmia. Anosmia is the complete loss of the sense of smell, according to the Mayo Clinic. Now he has lost his sense of smell and taste. He claims that the injury is especially difficult for him because his former job as the director of operations at Art Food LLC required him to use those skills.

The lawsuit claims that Matrixx Initiatives was negligent to use zinc ions because they have been known to create anosmia since as early as 1937.

The Associated Press reports that an 88-year-old woman is suing Fairbanks Farms of New York for an E. coli infection.

The infected meat was purchased at a Shaw's grocery store in September of last year. She claims that she placed the meat in her freezer and then de-thawed and ate it in November. She claims that as a result of her eating the meat, she was hospitalized for a month.

Food Safety News reports that the plaintiff suffered from extreme dehydration, diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. During her treatment, she developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. This is a serious illness that can cause the kidneys to shut down. In some cases, it can be fatal.