With the recent number of auto defect recalls many consumers may be wondering why auto makers continue to manufacture defective auto products. With the advancements in technology and manufacturing defective vehicles have still been produced and sold to consumers like you.

A number of defective products injure victims every year. Accident victims suffer from a number of different personal injuries. Some suffer from minor injuries while other victims become catastrophically injured.

These recalled Zicam products, manufactured by Matrixx Initiatives Inc. were meant to relieve cold symptoms.

As products liability attorneys, we know that the makers of defective products often drag their feet on product recalls even when they have known for several years that those products could cause serious personal injury or even death to their unsuspecting consumer.

Our friends at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) recently released a report entitled "They Knew and Failed To," which gives numerous examples of defective products that remained in the market and caused serious personal injuries and even death to consumers.

Sandra Door, 29, was killed in a boating accident on the Colorado River near the Interstate 40 Bridge in Needles, California, The Orange County Register reports.

The nation's schools were not promptly informed about contaminated peanut butter and other recently recalled foods, which resulted in hundreds of food poisoning cases in recent years, a new Government Accountability Office report finds.

Quinn Daniel Matheson, 35, was killed in a Riverside motorcycle accident the morning of September 21, 2009 on the 10 Freeway in Banning, California.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating Honda over a defective auto product recall involving its airbags.

East Bay Democrat Mary Hayashi is apparently carrying a bill for insurance companies, which consumer advocates say will help insurance companies steer California car accident victims to auto repair shops of their choice.