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Nov-10-08 Toronto, ON It's not often that a truck falls from the sky—but that's exactly what happened in Canada's largest city earlier this month: a truck accident involving a major highway as the first crush of cars were competing for pavement along the busy Queen Elizabeth Expressway (QEW). Trucking accidents, and especially semi truck accidents can be deadly... - Cyclists at Risk for Bicycle Accident Injury
Oct-28-08 Brownsville, TX Writing about bicycle accident injury is a tough one, because on this subject there are more often than not two sides to every bike accident story. Tragic, too because more and more people are riding bicycles for all the right reasons. But whenever there is a bicycle accident, there is usually at least one of the parties who is grossly at... - Ortho Evra Patch Complaints Span Six Years
Oct-15-08 Washington, DC Although Johnson & Johnson has paid at least $68.7 million in out-of-court settlements for lawsuits filed after females used its Ortho Evra birth-control Patch , is that enough? The healthcare maker says more than 5 million women have used the Patch but it doesn't say how many (countless) women have suffered blood clots, heart attacks or st... - Truck Accidents: "Still Very Angry"
Sep-9-08 Ontario, Canada If you think the only danger of truck accidents involves an actual collision, think again. There are a variety of incidents involving tractor trailers that cause serious injury to the victims. Nadia D. knows this all too well—she was struck by a piece of debris from a truck and, six years after her accident, still suffers pain and other... - Ortho Evra: the Known and the Unknown
Sep-3-08 Carmicheal, CA Yet another young woman has died, allegedly from using a birth control device similar in hormone delivery as the Ortho Evra patch . More than 4 million women are using Ortho Evra as a means of birth control--which means a great potential for more deaths. It is not known exactly how many Ortho Evra deaths have occurred since the contracep... - How Long Has Digitek Double Dose been Going On?
Aug-21-08 Washington, DC On August 1, 2008 drug manufacturer Actavis Totowa LLC finally did the right thing and announced a voluntary recall of all drug products manufactured at its Little Falls, New Jersey facility. But countless people, Digitek patients and their loved ones in particular--are wondering why both the Digitek recall and now this complete recall too... - Massive Cosmetic Giveaway Part of Anti-Trust Settlement
Aug-22-08 New York, NY At first blush it may seem a bit unorthodox, but a settlement reached a few years ago in a massive anti-trust class action lawsuit is not without precedent. Let's just say there's the potential for a lot of people sporting a whole new look for the New Year after a host of the country's major department store chains will begin handing out mil... - Yamaha Rhino ATV: The Death Toll Rises
Jun-14-08 Pikeville, KY As the popular Yamaha Rhino ATVs continue to roll off dealer lots, the allegedly top-heavy 4-wheeler that looks like a golf cart with a roll cage continues to claim lives —some with vast experience with ATVs. Canadian Rory Stieb, a 26-year-old motor sports enthusiast lost his life earlier this month after the Yamaha Rhino he was drivi... - A Botox Roundup: Beware of the Lunchbox Face Lift
Jun-8-08 Baltimore, MD Beyond the risks associated with the potential for Botox and Myobloc to migrate beyond the muscles for which it was intended, is a growing global concern with regard to just who is doing the procedure, and what they're injecting. This week the Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety (PCIS) cautioned consumers against accepting Botox... - Digitek: Little Room for Error
Jun-6-08 Charleston, WV Elizabeth J. Starr was prescribed Digitek (digoxin) tablets for a heart condition and was taking her medication diligently. What she didn't know, however, was that the recalled tablets she was taking contained a double dose of digoxin, and she died May 5th. A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of her estate; one of many coming out of the... - Chantix: One Man's Compelling Story
Mar-17-08 New York, NY One has only to read the revealing essay by writer Derek De Koff in New York Magazine, to get a true appreciation for the risks, and the reality of Chantix —a smoking cessation medication that has resulted in thousands of adverse affect reports to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and several actual suicides. Two deaths in... - Is it Safer in the Air or on the Runway?
Feb-27-08 Washington, DC Yet another pair of planes have clipped each other's wings on the runway. The latest incident of an on-ground plane crash occurred February 24th at Washington's Dulles Airport. The right wing of a Shuttle America Embraer 170 jet hit the left wingtip of a United Airlines Airbus 319. No injuries were reported among the 66 people aboa... - Nadar's Public Citizen Seeking Black Box Warning for Botox
Feb-26-08 Los Angeles, CA: Many are willing to go great lengths to achieve beauty, which even means gambling with their lives. With new evidence that Botox allegedly causes paralysis and even death in some of those who swear by the toxic boost, those who religiously receive the injections are said to be risking their lives to look good. Such public figures as... - Topps E. coli Beef: The Lost 18 Days
Jan-21-08 Elizabeth, NJ: It grew to become the second-largest beef recall in US history. And yet an 18-day delay issuing the Topps beef recall after the first positive E. coli test put consumers at risk. Including Kristin Goodwin and her son, Lucas. Both residents of Groton, New York were hospitalized and Lucas, age 8, was required to remain in hospital for eig... - Topps Beef Recall: Erring on the Side of Disaster
Jan-14-08 Elizabeth, NJ: Now that Topps Meat has gone into bankruptcy and the federal USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has promised to tighten up its food inspection protocols in the wake of the 21.7 million-pound recall of Topps products, it's time to ask a simple question: Was this trip necessary? The bottom line on food safety is straightforw... - Lawsuits Filed Against Topps Beef
Oct-8-07 Elizabeth, NJ Lawsuits have been filed against Topps Meat Company in the wake of a [ recall ] due to the discovery of E. coli in some of the company's products. At least two lawsuits have been filed so far, although more are likely to follow. The contamination resulted in the hospitalization of adults and children who contracted E. coli after eating some... - MRSA Bacteria taking over Hospitals and Homes
Oct-17-07 Atlanta, GA A deadly bacteria that killed nearly 19,000 people in the US in 2005 may be so common, and so deadly, that it has the capacity of exceeding the death rates from HIV-AIDS, Parkinson's disease, emphysema, or even homicide. Worse still, the virulent bacteria - known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) , claims hospitals an... - Topps Bottoms Out: Lawsuits Pending from Massive Recall
Oct-9-07 Elizabeth, NJ: Two days after a class action lawsuit was filed against them, Topps Meat Company announced that it was going out of business, brought to its knees by the tainted meat recall. The company, based in New Jersey, found itself at the centre of controversy after an initially small recall of beef products suspected of being tainted with E. coli m... - There could be E. coli in your Hamburger: Topps Recall
Sep-29-07 Elizabeth, NJ Hamburgers possibly contaminated with E. coli have sickened eight people in eight states, and has resulted in a recall of frozen hamburger , according to a release by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) in Atlanta. On Tuesday the Topps Meat Company, based here, recalled 331,582 pounds of frozen beef patties as well as... - 3M Combat Arms Defective Earplugs Lawsuit News & Legal Information
In July 2018, the American multinational corporation 3M settled a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the federal government alleging that the company knowingly supplied defective Combat Arms Earplugs to the US military. 3M was accused of violating the False Claims Act by selling the defective earplugs, falsifying test results and not disclosing the design defe...