Indeed, radio advertisements seeking plaintiffs are being broadcast and some suits were filed almost immediately after Merck's recall announcement on Thursday.

The recall announcement came less than a week after the Brazilian unit of General Motors recalled 1.32 million Corsa cars for a similar problem.

One of the largest known counterfeiting cases so far involved 175,000 bottles of counterfeit Lipitor, which were the subject of recall announcements in 2003.

In its recall announcement, Toyota stated that:

Many people are not aware of recall announcements, while others, especially those who buy inexpensive products, may choose to throw items away instead of sending them back.

Tire dealers and Ford dealerships across the country have been swamped since last week's recall announcement with people angrily demanding replacement tires.

To provide greater ease of use for consumers, the search results provide data from news releases and other recall announcements in the form of a table.

Auto safety watchdog groups greeted Ford's recall announcement with a certain amount of skepticism, and some questioned whether it included enough vehicles.

But the stock price of RC2, which went public in 1997, has not suffered since the recall announcement, which said that there had been no reported illnesses or injuries from the products.

Apple shares closed at $47, down $1.25, today on the American Stock Exchange, but analysts discounted the significance of the recall announcement.