According to a leading medical publication, Medtronic and physicians on its payroll were aware during clinical trials that the use of Infuse bone graft could cause serious side effects, but chose to downplay these effects. Even more damning, Medtronic paid physicians a significant amount of money during these trials. The allegations are contained in a [...]
The Darvocet lawsuits continue to pile up. The family of a Louisiana woman who suffered a fatal heart attack after prolonged use of the painkiller Darvocet, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Eli Lilly and Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals. According to this particular lawsuit, the woman’s death was caused by [...]
External cardiac defibrillators were developed to help trigger a normal heart rhythm in persons suffering from a heart attack. A number of these devices are available in the market, but most of these have a simple basic design – they emit a tiny electric shock to the heart in emergency situations when there is an [...]
It’s not just important to make sure that your child is restrained in a child car safety seat or booster seat to prevent injuries in an accident. It is also important that he be restrained according to guidelines that are appropriate for his age. Unfortunately, many California parents fail to follow child car safety seat [...]
A class-action lawsuit is a lawsuit that is filed on behalf of numerous people who have a single grievance or complaint in common. In a class-action, all the plaintiffs have a complaint against a single entity. Therefore, any Viking defective refrigerator class-action lawsuit, will involve people who have had similar experiences with their defective Viking [...]
Parents, federal regulators and crib recall lawyers in the US have become tiresomely familiar with crib recalls. Over the past two years alone, over 9 million cribs have been recalled for defects that contributed to entrapment and suffocation hazards. However, some Canadian distributors of the same brand names involved in the American recalls, are quite [...]
Fire hazards are some of the most common defective product related risks. Typically, fires are related to defective electronic appliances, although there have been fatal incidents involving seemingly benign items, like clothing. Last year, several people suffered fatal burn injuries after their chenille bathrobes burst into flames. The bathrobes had been manufactured overseas, using flammable [...]
As Chrysler minivans prepare for a recall, somewhere Toyota executives are breathing a sigh of relief. Some of the heat Toyota is feeling will be lifted as over 350,000 Chrysler minivans are recalled in a safety campaign launched by the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The defect in the minivans could be [...]
Do pharmacies make mistakes filling your prescription? They sure do. Do drug companies make mistakes labeling their drugs? They sure do. And worse, these mistakes which often produce fatal results, are occurring at an alarming rate. The chance of you becoming the next victim is also increasing. Here’s why. The era of your friendly and [...]
Agency Also Sends Warning Letter to Manufacturer of Products for Selling Dangerous Product July 28, 2009 — The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a nationwide alert warning consumers to cease purchasing and consuming body building supplements that contain steroids. Furthermore, the agency has contacted the manufacturer of the supplements, American Cellular [...]