Defective & Dangerous Products

• Registration Forms for Engle Trust Fund Now Available Online

  Brenda Fulmer | April 30, 2008 7:40 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The Garden City Group, Inc., the Claims Administrator appointed by Judge David Miller in Miami to process claims against the Engle Trust Fund, has now posted a Registration Form that claimants can...

• Robotic Lawnmower Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | April 27, 2008 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A robotic lawn mower that will cut grass by itself has been recalled after testing showed it to be dangerous. Consumer Reports tested the Lawnbott Evolution and found that a person could be cut due...

• Florida Tobacco Engle Class Members Must Register before June 16, 2008

  Brenda Fulmer | April 23, 2008 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  At a hearing on April 15, 2008, Judge David Miller in Miami made a number of rulings with regard to the distribution of the Engle Trust Fund (the "Fund"), previously referred to as the Guaranteed...

• Malt-O-Meal Cereal Recalled for Salmonella

  Shannon Weidemann | April 10, 2008 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Possible Salmonella contamination is forcing a recall of popular Malt-O-Meal breakfast cereal. The cereal recall involves the puffed rice varieties made by Malt-O-Meal. The cereals include...

• Hillsborough County Courts Facing Severe Budget Cuts

  Brenda Fulmer | March 28, 2008 1:33 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Hillsborough County Bar members received a plea this week from Chief Judge Manuel Menendez, Jr., urging lawyers to write Senate President Ken Pruitt and Speaker of the House Marco Rubio in an effort to stop legislative proposals that would slash the local court's budget by 10%. Such a cut would result in approximately one-third of staff jobs being eliminated from the Hillsborough County court...

• Lamb Battle Rattles Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | March 12, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Baby rattles in the shape of a lamb have been recalled because a piece may come off. The recalled rattles were manufactured by Infantino and may pose a choking hazard to babies and young children. No injuries have been reported from the rattle. The recalled rattles are shaped like a lamb with an Infantino elliptical-shaped logo stamped on the front right foot of the lamb. Only rattles with...

• Heparin Finger Pointing Has Already Started

  Brenda Fulmer | March 06, 2008 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  "A series of independent assessments, inlcuding one by the agency's own Science Board, have found that the F.D.A. is increasingly overwhelmed by its many responsibilties and is incapable of protecting the public from unsafe drugs, medical devices and food - particularly from China." While the Food & Drug Administration continues its investigation into contaminated Heparin blood thinner...

• Stryker Recalls Defective Hips

  Joe Saunders | January 24, 2008 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A week after the US FDA issued an 11 page warning letter to Stryker Co. about complaints the firm received from January of 2005 to mid 2007 involving the Trident PSL and Trident Hemispherical Acetabular Cups used in hip replacement surgery, Stryker has voluntarily but temporarily withdrawn the defective hip device from the market. The warning letter came after the FDA performed a six week...

• What You and Your Physician Don't Know Can Hurt You

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  "When you prescribe drugs, you want to make sure you're working with best data possible; you wouldn't buy stock if you only knew a third of the truth about ."Over the past several years, drug manufacturers have lauded themselves for their decision to finally come clean, and publish all of their research (whether good or bad for them) in peer reviewed journals in order to ensure that the medical...

• Evidence Mounts on HRT Breast Cancer Dangers

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Yet another study was released earlier this month showing that women who use combination hormone replacement therapy drugs face much greater risks of developing certain types of breast cancer. This latest study from researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center noted that women taking HRT drugs had a four-fold (400%) increased risk of developing lobular breast cancer and was the...