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Feb-12-08 Oakland, CA: The Center for Environmental Health has detected alleged elevated levels of lead in infant goods manufactured from vinyl plastic. The alleged lead laden products are: lunchboxes, bibs, vinyl pacifier carrying case, a carrying pouch for a breast pump, and a cooler for holding breast milk. The companies alleged to have produced the products in q... - Rochester Meat Recall: Meat Producers Will Pay, But Is It Enough?
Feb-9-08 Washington, DC A proposed federal budgetary measure is aimed at financing increased testing at meat packing plants --such as Rochester Meat --and hopefully reducing E.coli contamination in the food you eat. It's part of a long-overdue US Department of Agriculture (USDA) response to last year's record recalls of over 30 million pounds of E. coli-tainted g... - SJS Scars Child for Life
Jan-30-08 Southfield, MI: Len is 27 now, but no amount of time will erase the psychological scarring he still suffers after an almost fatal childhood occurrence of Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), an allergic reaction to a drug. At 9 years old Len had been prescribed the antibiotic erythromycin for pneumonia. On his way home from school shortly after beginning... - Rochester Meat Recall: Tainted Beef Slips through USDA Loopholes
Jan-28-08 Washington, DC: As far as anyone can tell, the recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli-tainted ground beef by Minnesota-based Rochester Meats has prevented any further cases of illness beyond the six reported in Wisconsin and California. The voluntary recall began on January 12, 2008, and is the largest so far this year. There's plenty wrong with this pic... - Pizza Recall Injuries Extend Beyond Poisoning
Dec-3-07 San Diego, CA For some people, the recent General Mills Pizza recall was nothing out of the ordinary. They may have felt a little ill and not even realized that they were sickened by eating E. coli contaminated pizza. For others, however, the E. coli outbreak was a lot more serious. Some people were hospitalized because their symptoms were so severe and at... - Topps Tainted Beef Recall: Could it be the Tip of the Iceberg?
Oct-25-07 Elizabeth, NJ In the wake of a massive Topps tainted hamburger recall earlier this fall, there is some speculation amongst industry watchdogs that there could be a more widespread problem looming, with the prevalence of E. coli contamination on the rise. And [ lawsuits ] are on the rise. Among the concerns is the increased use of offshore sources of... - Despite Tough Times You Can Still Sue Automakers
Apr-22-09 Newport Beach, CA: Bisnar Chase is a small but mighty little law firm that specializes in automotive product liability cases. It has laid to claim to millions of dollars in lawsuits from its southern California location against Ford, Chrysler and GM, as well as Japanese automakers like Toyota and Honda on behalf of hundreds of clients across the US "who g... - More Trouble in Medtronic Heartland
May-16-07 Mineapolis, MN Minnesota based Medtronic is one of the world's largest suppliers of defibrillators through its Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management division and its top selling products are pacemakers and defibrillators. CRDM net sales for the 3 and 9 months ended January 26, 2007 were $1.291 billion and $3.904 billion, according to the firm's latest SEC fili... - Ethicon's Sutures: Post-Operative Nightmare
May-9-07 Kenner, LA It has been a hell of a year for Lisa Johnston. In May of 2006, she went into the hospital for what she believed would be routine surgery, requiring 5 weeks of recovery. One year and two major surgeries later, she is in chronic pain and just beginning to pick up the pieces of her life. "I feel lucky to be alive," Lisa Johnston (not her real n... - Private Insurers Suing Medtronic
May-7-07 Minneapolis, MN A U.S. District Judge has said that U.S. health care plans can bring Medtronic to a civil trial to recover the costs of removing recalled Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). In 2005, Medtronic recalled more than 87,000 ICDs. Since then, more than 34,000 patients have had surgery to remove the devices. Each surgery... - Medical Devices - April 2007 Litigation Update (Part II)
Apr-9-07 ( Part I ) Washington, DC: By the fall of 2006, sitings of a whole new batch of litigants were looming on the horizon for both Boston and Johnson & Johnson. October 23, 2006, the Boston Globe, reported, "as more evidence emerges that suggests drug-coated stents have caused higher rates of blood clots than the older generation of bare-metal stents, doc... - Medical Devices - April 2007 Litigation Update (Part I)
Apr-5-07 Washington, DC: There is certainly no shortage of lawsuits against medical device makers in the US these days and the future's not looking too bright as far as that situation changing anytime soon. The majority of lawsuits allege that the pharmaceutical companies promoted the devices off-label meaning they implanted the products in patients for uses no... - Kugel Mesh Patches: More Units Recalled
Jan-19-07 Fort Worth, TX: On January 10, 2007 Davol, Inc., makers of the Composix Kugel Mesh Patch, announced they were expanding their earlier recalls of the Kugel Mesh Patches based on reports of further memory ring breakage. The affected patches are: Product Code: 0010202, Bard Composix Kugel Large Oval, 5.4" X 7.0" Product Code: 0010204, Bard Composix Ku... - Guidant faces Pacemaker Lawsuits: Thousands of Pacemakers could be Defective
Nov-23-06 Indianapolis, IN: According to third quarter reports filed November 9, 2006 by Boston Scientific the company faces around 840 lawsuits related to Guidant pacemakers and defibrillators. Of those cases, 74 are class-action and around 760 are individual suits. The number of suits is up significantly from the 550 lawsuits reported after the company's sec... - Lawsuits Filed Against Abbott for Failure to Warn About Baby Formula Risks
Mar-22-22 Detroit, MI Several lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois over the last few weeks claim that Abbott Laboratories, which recalled lots of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare products mid-February, claim the pharma giant failed to warn consumers about the risk of feeding the formula to their babies before purchasing and t... - ReNu Recall: Not Getting Through to People
Nov-4-06 Houston, TX Trina Brown used ReNu with MoistureLoc right up until a few months ago, although the FDA issued a worldwide recall in May 2006. Trina, a paralegal, stopped using ReNu only when she read about the recall in her LawyersandSettlements.com newsletter subscription. "I used ReNu for about 18 months but when I saw the recall I stopped using i... - Attorney Predicts Five Thousand Lawsuits Against Guidant
Oct-27-06 Boston, MA: On October 18, 2006, Boston Scientific announced financial earnings for the third quarter 2006, in a press release and reported net sales of $2.026 billion as compared to $1.511 billion for the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 34%. The increase, Boston said, was primarily attributable to the inclusion of $491 million of net sales from... - Boston Scientific Won Guidant - What A Prize
Jul-24-06 In the second quarter of 2006, Boston Scientific may have lost 27% of its value, but in the first quarter, it did win a nearly two month bidding war with Johnson and Johnson over the heart device maker, Guidant, with a bid of $27.5 billion for the grand prize. It probably seemed like a great deal when the bidding started. Guidant's heart device division... - Hidden Car Accidents
Mar-8-08 Salt Lake City, UT Jonathan had no reason to double-check the clean title on a vehicle he was about to purchase. That clean and clear designation guaranteed the car had no record of accidents, falsified odometer, theft or other incidents that could affect its viability and selling price. But less than a week after laying down his money, Jonathan discovered... - The Cost of Guidant Defibrillator Recall
May-13-06 "This Guidant Defibrillator recall has caused nothing but grief. Besides being upset and angry, it has cost us so much money. When it malfunctioned, the tech guy from Guidant said they would reimburse us $2,500. What a joke, that's just a drop in the bucket and doesn't even cover our medical bills. Judy Coombs (not her real name pending lawsuit) of Pahru...