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Medical MalpracticeLast Friday, Hawaii’s state legislature passed a bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21. Should Governor Ige sign the measure, it would become law on January 1, 2016, making Hawaii the strictest state concerning such sales. New Jersey, Alabama, […]
Category: Product Defect
Nissans Made Between 2004 and 2006 Added to List Nissan upped the ante in the Takata airbag investigation by adding another 45,000 vehicles to a recall list that now exceeds 17 million U.S. cars and trucks. The reason: An injury to a female driver in a 2006 Sentra, whose airbag […]
Ice-Cream Recall Has (Not Fudge) Ripple Effect Two days after Blue Bell Creameries issued a nationwide recall of its ice cream, prompting the company’s CEO to deliver a public apology for the product’s link to listeria, health officials reported the outbreak has been an ongoing problem since 2010. The century-old […]
Agency Moves to Preserve Automobile Recalled Inflators The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is taking Takata to task for reportedly failing to provide agency-requested information related to an airbag default in vehicles that has been linked to possibly six deaths and hundreds of injuries. Takata is facing a daily fine […]
Combustible tobacco kills, as evidenced by the close to half a million people each year in this country who die from tobacco smoking related diseases. In response to dwindling interest from the public to their combustible products, and to increase the market share of nicotine addiction, the tobacco industry and […]
Consumers Urged To Check Whether Their Vehicle Has Been Recalled More than 17 million recalls. An approximate 100 victims. At least six deaths. The numbers don’t add up. Airbag manufacturer Takata, a worldwide leader in supplying airbag safety features to automakers is to blame, according to a flurry of lawsuits […]
We do not sue them. They will run up millions in costs for just one lawsuit, regardless of the actual damages . They will conduct a scorched earth defense and try to simply wait until the plaintiff dies. They are a “no holds barred” defendant and are reported to be […]
Earlier this week, a Missouri appeals court issued an opinion that will hopefully have a significant impact on ongoing litigation against the manufacturers of metoclopramide, the generic version of Reglan. In this latest case, the appeals court found that plaintiffs Franzman and Niceley, both of whom suffered tardive dyskinesia after […]
A stroll through the produce department at Publix and Winn-Dixie will reveal an assortment of fruits and vegetables from Mexico. The country is one of the United States’ largest trading partners, and the tropical goodies are a major commodity. The good news for consumers who want to ensure their proverbial […]
I have lost count now of how many times GM has issued a recall and the total number of vehicles recalled in the past several months by GM; I know it is in the area of over 20 million vehicles. Tragically, years of delay in recalling cars over a faulty […]
