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MEGA Brands Issues Giant Recall On Magtastik, Magnetix Jr., and MagnaMan Toys

Posted on March 24, 2008
MEGA Brands America Inc. issued a recall on about 2.4 million Chinese-manufactured toys last week due to small magnetic components falling out of its toys, resulting in a choking hazard. MEGA Brands is recalling about 1.1 million Magtastik and Magnetix Jr...

Lawsuit Filed By Family of Boy Killed by Unsecured Soccer Goal

Posted on March 24, 2008
Charlottesville, Va. (March 17, 2008) A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia on behalf of the Estate of Hayden Ellias, the 10 year-old boy who died when an unsecured soccer goal fell over and killed him. The estate is represented by attorneys Shawn S...

Biggest Verdict Ever Reached In Asbestos Related Case

Posted on March 24, 2008
A San Francisco Superior Court jury has ordered Georgia Pacific Corp., an asbestos manufacturer, to pay over $7 million in damages, in the largest asbestos-related verdict ever. The decision came after the manufacturer exposed a onetime film actress and singer, Joan Mahoney, to fibers, causing her to contract terminal cancer, mesothelioma, while she was working in a home-remodeling business with her husband, Daniel Mahoney...

Patient Awarded $40.1 Million In Burned Heart Case

Posted on March 24, 2008
A Washington State Superior Court jury awarded $40.1 million, including $8.35 million in punitive damages, to Paramjit Singh who had to undergo a heart transplant because his was so badly damaged by a defective machine during an operation. The incident in question happened in October 2004, when Singh checked into Providence Everett Medical Center for cardiac bypass surgery...

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Sears Settlement Publicized To Encourage Stricter Legislation On Product Safety

Posted on March 20, 2008
Consumer groups are publicizing a recent lawsuit settlement against Sears in an effort to encourage lawmakers to toughen legislation on consumer product safety. The lawsuit against Sears occurred due to the company's installation of millions of kitchen ranges that were prone to tipping over, thus causing more than one hundred people injuries from burns caused by hot matter spilling from the stove top...

An Estimated 22,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved If Trasylol Removed Earlier

Posted on March 20, 2008
In a 2006 study, Trasylol, a drug made by Bayer for use in operating rooms to control bleeding, was shown to have contributed to the deaths of thousands of patients over a fourteen-year period. The Canadian government conducted a clinical trial on the drug that had to be stopped due to the deaths of so many patients...

Virginia Court Rules Doctors Liable Even If Affiliated With Charitable Foundations

Posted on March 20, 2008
The Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled that doctors affiliated with charitable foundations are not immune from malpractice suits. The cases involved the University of Virginia Health Services foundation whose lawyers argued that since its doctors were working for a non-profit organization, they should be immune from malpractice suits...

Landmark Decision Precedent Could Hinder Even More Personal Injury Lawsuits

Posted on March 20, 2008
In late February, a landmark decision by the Supreme Court ruled patients injured by most medical devices cannot sue the manufacturers. This decision expands upon the Bush administration's policy reversal in 2004, contending that if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a product, the manufacturer of the product is therefore protected against lawsuits at the state level...

FDA Does Not Inspect Chinese Drug Manufacturer Due To Mix-up

Posted on March 04, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to inspect a Chinese facility that supplies the active ingredient of heparin, a widely used blood thinner, because the facility's name was confused with another just like it. The FDA says, however, that the heparin case is one of their top priorities and a team of inspectors is on its way to investigate the plant as part of an effort to deduce what caused the sudden spike of problems with the drug, which has been on the market since the 1930's...

Vinyl Plastic Baby Products Found To Contain Large Amounts of Lead

Posted on February 22, 2008
A handful of well-known baby products made out of vinyl plastic, such as baby bibs and lunchboxes, have recently been found to contain high levels of lead. Some other baby products were also found to contain high amounts of lead: a Medela-brand cooler used to store breast milk, a carrying case sold with the First Years breast pump made by RC2, a Playtex baby bottle cooler, and a vinyl pacifier carrying case manufactured by Skip Hop...

US Investigating Chinese Factory Supposedly Linked To Faulty Drug Heparin

Posted on February 22, 2008
A Chinese factory, which has not been inspected by the Food and Drug Administration, is the source for the active ingredient of heparin, a drug used widely in dialysis, heart surgery and chronic care in hospitals. Heparin is a blood-thinning drug whose production was suspended after 350 patients reported bad side effects from it...

Johnson & Johnson Recall Pain Patches Due To Potentially Dangerous Leak

Posted on February 20, 2008
Duragesic patches, made by Johnson & Johnson's Alza Corp., are being recalled due to manufacturing defects that could lead to leaks of the powerful painkiller fentanyl, a drug stronger than morphine commonly used to treat cancer pain. Such a leak could expose consumers directly to the painkiller's fentanyl gel that in turn would potentially create a fatal overdose of the painkiller...

Deficient Kevlar Military Helmets Result In $2 Million Accord

Posted on February 19, 2008
Sioux Manufacturing of Fort Totten, a manufacturer in North Dakota has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit, originally for $159 million in damages, brought when the company shortchanged the armor in about 2.2 million military helmets, including the helmets worn by the first troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan...

Consumer Advocacy Group Asks For A More Efficient CPSC

Posted on February 19, 2008
Public Citizen, a District-based advocacy group, criticized the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for sometimes taking more than six months to inform the public about dangerous products. The advocacy group also complained that it took some companies almost three years to report hazards to the commission...

CPSC Proposing All Home Furnishing Products Be Nonflammable

Posted on February 19, 2008
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is pushing a proposal to require all home furnishing products sold in the United States be nonflammable. The CPSC has been trying to get this proposal passed for more than ten years because they believe such a standard could save about one hundred lives and prevent one hundred and thirty injuries annually...

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Understaffed, Underfunded

Posted on February 14, 2008
The year 2007 was full of nerve-racking recalls for American consumers. Millions of lead intoxicated toys littered the consumer market. Even babies' cribs were being recalled after three children were strangled by one particular model due to defective side rails...

New Study Warns Of Dangerous Chemicals In Baby Products

Posted on February 14, 2008
A new study suggests chemicals found in some baby powders, shampoos, and lotions expose infants to dangerous toxins that could later affect their reproductive capabilities. Phthalates, the chemicals in question, are commonly used to make plastics flexible and to also stabilize fragrances...

Ford Recalls More Than 225,000 Vehicles Due To Faulty Wires

Posted on February 14, 2008
Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 225,000 vehicles, most of which were part of an earlier recall of 9.5 million cars and light trucks that were recalled due to a dangerous defect in the cruise control switches. Although no injuries or accidents have yet to be reported, these vehicles, mostly the E-Series vans, are being recalled again to fix wiring that does not protect fuses from shorting out...

Baltimore Jury Awards $15.3 Million In Asbestos Case

Posted on February 06, 2008
A Baltimore jury awarded seventy-three year old George J. Linkus $15.3 million dollars in damages after continued exposure to asbestos laced rope led him to develop mesothelioma. The company being charged is John Crane Inc., a sealant company responsible for producing the rope...

Allstate Finally Begins Handing Over Important McKinsey Documents To Florida

Posted on February 06, 2008
Last week, Allstate Insurance Co. handed over parts of the McKinsey Documents, a controversial set of documents that gives insights on how insurance companies determine rates, to attempt to appease the state of Florida. For some time now, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has sought the documents to supplement an investigation into how Allstate has set the rates on its homeowner premiums...

New Consumer Activist Report Shows U.S. Property Insurers Overcharging Policy Holders

Posted on February 06, 2008
A report made by consumer activists claims the United States property/casualty insurance agency systematically overprices policy holders and underpays their claims. This report shows, in 2007, the insurers paid fifty-five cents in benefits from each dollar collected...

CPSC Issues Recall On Red Toy Wagons

Posted on February 06, 2008
Red toy wagons are being recalled by the U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and their importer, Tricam Industries, due to a violation in the paint lead standard. The recall is voluntary, although consumers are being asked to stop using the recalled products immediately unless instructed otherwise...

Toxic Chemicals Contaminate Towns In New York and Florida

Posted on January 30, 2008
The neighbors of a former IBM plant in two upstate New York towns are suing the company for allegedly discharging chemicals, such as trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, into the air, water and ground for the past eighty years. The plaintiffs claim the chemicals caused birth defects and cancer and are seeking unspecified damages...

New Report Proves Perils of Physician-Owned Hospitals

Posted on January 30, 2008
A new report, made by federal investigators, shows most physician-owned hospitals were not properly equipped to handle medical emergencies. This investigation took place due to the increase in physician-owned hospitals in the United States, where the number of facilities has increased from 110 in 2001, to 180 in 2007...

Over-The-Counter Cold Medicines Potentially Not Safe For Infants And Toddlers

Posted on January 24, 2008
A tip for parents of young children (like me). The government has declared parents should not give sniffling infants or toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medications because they are not safe for children that small. Not only are the drugs dangerous, they have not even been proven to help children under the age of two...

Florida Suspends New Issuances of Insurance For Allstate

Posted on January 22, 2008
Florida Insurance Commissioner, Kevin McCarty, announced he would be suspending Allstate Insurance companies from issuing any new insurance in his state. This decision comes after Allstate refused to obey subpoenas served to them on October 16, 2007 by the Office of Insurance Regulation...

Tennessee Supreme Court Hears Household Asbestos Exposure Suit

Posted on January 18, 2008
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently convened to decide a case in which a twenty three year old woman, Amanda Satterfield, filed suit against her father's employer, ALCOA Inc. and Breeding Insulation Company. Satterfield claims from the time she was born, she was exposed to harmful asbestos fibers and dust due to her father's use of the asbestos products...

Aetna Joins With Other Insurers in Denying Anesthetic Used In Colonoscopies

Posted on January 07, 2008
Aetna, one of the leading national private health plan managers, has joined with other insurers, such as WellPoint and Humana, to declare it will not cover a powerful anesthetic, Propofol, used to eliminate discomfort during a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is a common form of colon cancer screening which allows doctors to explore the small intestine to identify and remove cancerous tumors before becoming dangerous...

Children's Toy Shows Signs of Asbestos; Recall Investigation Underway

Posted on January 07, 2008
The CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit, made by Planet Toys Inc., has been removed from store shelves, four days before Christmas, after traces of asbestos were found by the nonprofit advocacy group, Environmental Working Group, in the kit's fingerprint dust...

EPA To Make Cutbacks In Requirements For Industry's Toxin Reports

Posted on December 31, 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rushed to make cutbacks on the requirements for companies to disclose their release of toxins annually. The EPA expedited these cutbacks after being pressured by the White House Office of Monetary Budget to meet their commitment to reduce the amount of paperwork to industries by 2006...

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