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Sort by relevance 826 pages found matching toyota recalls- Does Bayer Regret Buying Monsanto?
Oct-18-19 St Louis, MO: About 18,400 Monsanto glyphosate lawsuits alleging Roundup cancer are bound to put a large dent into the $63 billion that Bayer bought St. Louis-based Monsanto for last year. While Bayer knew it inherited the Roundup lawsuits, one plaintiff attorney believes the German pharmaceutical company wasn’t anticipating the high cost of losing. ... - Taylor Farm’s Don-Doff Deal is Off
Sep-18-19 Tracy, CA A proposed $5.3 million settlement by Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. to resolve claims that employees were not paid for donning and doffing and other California labor law violations was declined by a California federal judge last month, because the court “cannot simply rubber stamp a class action settlement.” Along with the donning and... - ZF-TRW Holdings and Six Automakers Slammed with Defective Airbag Class Action Lawsuits
Jul-22-19 Santa Clara, CA: German airbag manufacturer ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and six major automakers have been slammed with class action defective airbag lawsuits alleging ZF TRW airbags are defective. The defective airbags have been linked to at least eight deaths and several serious injuries. The class action lawsuits were filed on the heels of a N... - Valsartan Recall Lawsuits Filed over Alleged Carcinogenic Contaminants
Sep-17-18 Washington, DC On August 27, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration published updated press information that expands its original July 17 valsartan recall notice. Sixteen companies have now announced voluntary recalls of blood pressure and heart medications. Valsartan is an off-patent component of several commonly prescribed drugs used to treat hig... - Valsartan Cancer Risk Legal News and Lawsuit Information
The drug Valsartan (a generic version of Diovan), which is prescribed to treat high blood pressure and prevent heart failure, has been recalled worldwide after it was found to contain N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a known carcinogen. Valsartan contamination from a Chinese manufacturing plant may date back to 2012, potentially exposing many patients to Valsa... - Big Law Employee Sues Unum Group for Denial of Benefits
Jun-22-18 Greeneville, TN: On May 14, 2018, Janet Mitchell, a former employee of the mega law firm Jones Day, filed a lawsuit against both Unum and Jones Day in a Tennessee Federal Court. Mitchell states that she suffers from a constellation of health conditions that prevent her from being able to work, including coronary artery disease, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis... - Unlicensed Drivers Cause Two Recent California Car Accidents in One Week
Jun-22-18 San Jose, CA: On May 20, 2018, an Acura TL driven by a 16-year-old unlicensed driver jumped a curb on Highway 101, and skidded down an embankment before it was struck by another vehicle, killing a teen passenger. One week later, on Memorial Day, a stolen car driven by a 13-year-old was fleeing San Jose police when it collided with another vehicle in a head... - Takata Airbag Recall Heating Up
Jun-19-18 Los Angeles, CA The chances of a defective Takata airbag exploding and firing metal shards at you, even in a minor fender bender, increase with rising temperatures. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says many people driving unsafe cars, including Honda, Ford and Mazda, haven’t grasped the recall’s urgency. South... - US DOT: Your Car and Where You Live May Increase Defective Airbag Risk
May-25-18 Miami, FL: Of about 50 million Takata defective airbags being recalled, some vehicles are more dangerous than others, according to the US. Department of Transportation. And some places have a greater potential to cause inflator ruptures—heat and humidity are risk factors. For instance, if you live in Florida or Puerto Rico and drive a Ford Ranger or... - Takata Settles with 44 States. No Dough, Though
Mar-1-18 Washington, DC Takata airbag failures have already killed 22 people and injured nearly 200 more. The ensuing lawsuits and recalls affect nearly 13 percent of registered vehicles in the United States (and as many as a third of the cars on the road in Australia). It was the largest automotive recall in history, and it drove the company into bankruptcy... - And Now There Are 21 Takata Airbag Deaths
Feb-1-18 Holiday, FL: Airbags were originally designed to help prevent injury and death, not cause them. However, the debacle that is the Takata airbag recall – the largest automotive recall in US history – continues to cause sometimes horrific airbag injuries, and on occasion airbag deaths. And now, there are 21. The Associated Press (AP 01/... - Another Death Has Been Blamed on Defective Takata Airbags
Jan-11-18 Baton Rouge, LA Another death has been revealed from faulty Takata defective airbags after a man from Louisiana succumbed to his airbag injuries following a crash in July. The death has been confirmed by Honda, the manufacturer of the car the victim was driving when the accident took place. The death, revealed to Honda and the media late last month, br... - Second Airbag Recall for Ford and Mazda Trucks
Jan-2-18 Detroit, MI Ford and Mazda have announced that they will recall hundreds of thousands of 2004 to 2006 Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series trucks made by Ford. The second round of airbag recalls affects vehicles that were previously recalled in 2015 and 2016 for a temporary replacement of faulty airbag inflator mechanism. Takata airbags have been linked... - Knee Replacement Recipient is “Done with Surgeries”
Dec-29-17 Tampa, FL: The pain started right after Sandra had a Smith & Nephew knee replacement. “It never functioned properly and I never did get back a full range of motion like I was told,” says Sandra. “I had this metal-on-metal knee implant because my knee was bone-on-bone. This knee implant was supposed to make me better, not worse.&r... - The Sad Pathway to Airbag Injury
Dec-15-17 Washington, DC: As Takata Corp. and its creditors continue to grapple with bankruptcy proceedings in tandem with a continuation of the supply chain for badly-needed replacement airbag inflators, it’s instructive to look back from whence we came with regard to airbag injuries , lawsuits and recalls. A lot has happened in three years. In Novem... - Not Too Late for Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit
Dec-14-17 Dallas, TX: The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) first raised serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of transvaginal mesh implants in 2008. Much has happened since then -- studies and recalls and thousands of lawsuits. But women still suffer serious and painful pelvic mesh complications, which may take years to manifest. Accordi... - Exploding Airbags Cause Chemical Burns
Dec-6-17 Washington, DC While many exploding airbag lawsuits focus on the harm caused by flying shrapnel, it is also important to be aware of the risk of high temperature chemical burns. Airbags are filled with sodium hydroxide that becomes an aerosol during deployment. If the airbag is improperly vented or filtered, the gas can cause serious chemical burns, in... - The Fix is In for St. Jude Defective Batteries, But Is it Enough?
Nov-9-17 Washington, DC: The announcement last month of a new software tool capable of alerting patients with defective St. Jude cardiac defibrillators when a battery is in danger of failing prematurely may be too little, too late for patients who have suffered adverse events when defective defibrillator batteries failed too soon. Many have filed St. Jude ICD a... - Second Recall for Mitsubishi Airbags
Oct-20-17 Detroit, MI Effective October 22, 2017 Mitsubishi will recall 66,000 Lancer and Lancer Evolution vehicles manufactured between 2004 and 2006. It is the second time these models have been recalled to replace faulty Takata front passenger side airbag inflators. The first recall occurred in 2015 as part of an ongoing effort to prevent airbag in... - Airbag Attorney Urges Everyone to Check their Vehicles—You May Be in Danger
Oct-17-17 Orlando, FL: Chances are, you know about the airbag recall that has affected more than 100 million vehicles worldwide. But you may be unaware that the vehicle you are driving could have defective airbags, putting yourself and others at risk of serious injury. Attorney Frank Melton, whose firm represented Corey Burdick in 2014 and brought the recall to...