Nearly a million birth control pills are being recalled by the drug manufacturer Pfizer after a mix up with the hormonal contraceptives and placebos.

The specific brand involved in the recall is Lo/Ovral-38 and its generics, norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol. The packages affected by the recall have an expiration date between July 31, 2013, and March 31, 2014. A 32 year-old woman from Georgia has already sued Pfizer after she became pregnant while taking the birth control pills.

Pfizer strongly encourages women who believe they have a defective package to begin using non-hormonal forms of birth control immediately. The mix up is not believed to cause harm to the baby should a woman become unintentionally pregnant.

If you have been a victim of a pharmaceutical error or defective pharmaceutical product, contact the Kenosha defective pharmaceutical product lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 248,000 Ci Sport expandable lunch boxes are being voluntarily recalled by California Innovations, Inc. due to a potential chemical leak in the freezer gel packs.

The company received two reports of dogs chewing and ingesting the freezer gel packs, which contain the poisonous chemicals diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. One of the dogs was able to recover, but the other one died.

The three-piece lunch box came with an aluminum bottle and a freezer gel pack and were sold at Costco, Leon Korol, and Cost U Less stores. Consumer who have purchased the product can return it to Costco for a full refund.

If you or someone you love has been injured due to a defective food container, contact the Kenosha defective food products attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. today at 800-242-2874.

A 31 year-old Superior man, convicted of second degree sexual assault in 1998, was arrested and is facing new felony charges after he began volunteering to watch young children at a local church.

The convicted sex offender has been ordered to not have contact with minors and must stay on the registered sex offenders list for life. He has been charged for failing to update his registry information and having a Facebook account under a false name.

The pastor of the church called Superior Police Department after seeing an article about the man in the newspaper. According to the pastor, the sex offender and his girlfriend would volunteer at the clothing center together. He is scheduled to arrive in court next month.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of sexual assault, contact the Kenosha sexual assault lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874.

Nearly 169,000 “Antilop” high chairs sold by Ikea throughout the United States and Canada, along with 1.2 million sold in Europe, are being recalled.

Ikea received eight complaints of children falling out of the high chair; three sustained minor injuries. According to the reports, the children fell out when the belt restraint became unlatched.

The plastic high chairs, which came in red, blue, and white with silver legs, were sold only in Ikea stores from August 2006 to January 2010.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled product should stop using it immediately and can take it to any Ikea store for a belt restraint replacement.

If your child has been injured by a defective child car product, contact the Kenosha defective child care products attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. today at 800-242-2874.

A San Diego man has been awarded $7.5 million by a San Diego Superior Court jury after suffering an injury at a Starbucks.

In 2008, the man was in a Starbucks walking from the cashier to the pickup counter when he slipped and fell on the floor as a store manager was mopping. He hit his head and sustained injuries that have since prevented him from returning to work as a chiropractor.

The jury decided that Starbucks Coffee Co. was negligent in maintaining its property and responsible for the fall. About $6.5 million will go towards the man’s lost income, medical expenses, and loss of enjoyment of life. $1 million was awarded to his wife for loss of consortium.

If you or someone you love has been injured in a slip and fall accident on someone else’s property, contact the Kenosha premises liability attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. today at 800-242-2874.

A 47 year-old man from Minneapolis was pulled over in Clark County last week for his eighth drunk driving offense.

The man lead police officers on a high speed chase for nearly half an hour through rural Wisconsin before he was caught. Law enforcement had to use tire spikes to stop the intoxicated driver, who reached speeds up to 110 mph.

Officers attempted to pull the man over for speeding on Highway 29 when he refused to stop. He is currently in the Clark County jail and facing charges of driving while intoxicated, speeding, fleeing from police, and driving with a revoked license.

If you or someone you love has been seriously injured by a drunk driver, contact the Kenosha car accident lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874 today.

Last week the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it was proposing a nationwide ban of cellphone use behind the wheel, including hands-free as well as handheld devices.

Most states have laws against new drivers using their cellphones and the NTSB has wanted to ban cellphone use for commercial truckers and bus drivers, but this is the most widespread ban it has recommended to date.

The board cites the fatal multi-car pileup crash in Missouri last year as an example of the hazards of a distracted driver. A 19 year-old sent or received 11 text messages 11 minutes before the accident, which killed him and a 15 year-old.

If you or someone you love has been harmed or worse due to a distracted driver using his or her phone, contact the Kenosha auto accident lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. by calling 800-242-2874.

A 41 year-old woman was pronounced dead this morning after a freak elevator accident killed her in a Manhattan office tower.

Reports show that she was stepping into the elevator on the first floor around 10 am when the elevator door suddenly closed and began to travel upwards, trapping her legs. Two people inside the elevator helplessly watched on as the woman was killed.

The two people inside the elevator car were taken to the hospital for trauma.

An investigation by the New York City Department of Buildings will be conducted to find out the cause of the elevator’s malfunction. An inspection conducted in June by the department found a defect in the elevator.

Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the victim.

An investigation by Consumer Reports reveals that dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic is in fruit juices, specifically apple and grape juices.

Inorganic arsenic is a carcinogen and known to cause several types of cancer, as well as increasing risks of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and immunodeficiencies. While there are no federal limits on inorganic arsenic in fruit juices, the researchers in this investigation used the federal drinking water standards, 10 parts per billion, as a guide.

10% of the five juice brands Consumer Reports sampled had inorganic arsenic levels at or above 10 parts per billion. Lead was also found in some of the juices, exceeding 5 parts per billion (the federal drinking water standard).

If you or someone you love has been harmed after consuming a food tainted with toxic substances, contact the Kenosha food products lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874 today.

An 18 year-old man from Sheboygan was hit and killed in a pedestrian accident this morning.

The teen was on his way to school when a Department of Public Works leaf collection truck struck him on North Sixth Street near New York Avenue. Sheboygan police and the Wisconsin State Patrol are in the process of reconstructing the accident. It does not appear that any other vehicles or objects were in the street at the time of the accident that could have obstructed the driver’s or the teen’s view.

Paramedics that arrived on the scene say he was unresponsive. He died shortly after arriving at the hospital of head and internal injuries.

Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the young victim.