Posts tagged Defective Products

• Defective Product Accountability for Foreign Manufacturers

  Joe Saunders | September 14, 2009 8:44 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1606) is a good consumer protection bill that's been introduced in the US Senate by Senators Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Jeff...

• Hillsborough County Courts Facing Severe Budget Cuts

  Brenda Fulmer | March 28, 2008 1:33 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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 Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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 Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  "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 Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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 Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  "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 Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Food Contamination is A Growing Public Safety Concern

  Joe Saunders | January 14, 2008 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The last year has seen a dizzying array of food contamination from all the food groups. We've had spoiled peanut butter, contaminated egg products, tainted beef, and spoiled canned foods, and contaminated vegetables in our supermarkets and grocery stores. The toxins have ranged from E.coli bacteria to salmonella that have killed at least 3 people, sickened thousands, and touched every state in...

• Canned Beans Recalled for Botulism Risk

  Shannon Weidemann | January 10, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Canned beans that were distributed to Wal-mart and Gordon Food Service Stores have been recalled due to the risk of botulism. The recalled chili beans, green beans, and red kidney beans were not cooked thoroughly. The manufacturer of the beans advises the public to handle any of the recalled cans with care. Any food that may be contaminated should be disposed of carefully. Even tiny amounts...

• First Federal Ortho Evra Trials Scheduled

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On December 6, 2007, Judge David Katz, the federal judge who oversees the Ortho Evra multi-district litigation proceedings in Cleveland issued a scheduling order for the first trials to be conducted in the federal system. Judge Katz oversees more than 1,400 lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson (http://www.jnj.com/home.htm) and its subsidiaries relating to the controversial Ortho Evra...