Posts tagged recall

• Product Lawsuits Can Help Maintain Safety Standards

  Michael Roberts | February 15, 2011 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  People injured by defective products deserve to be compensated for their injuries and medical bills. A product liability lawsuit, however, can have a positive impact on a much larger scale. In...

• FDA Request for Withdrawal of Darvon and Darvocet May Have Come Too Late

  Michael Roberts | November 24, 2010 9:19 AM | 16 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Darvon and Darvocet Recall Failing to remove a dangerous product from the market can have severe health consequences. But it is even worse when the withdrawal effort could have come much sooner and...

• Hip Replacement Products Recalled

  Michael Roberts | October 28, 2010 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Two hip replacement products made by DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, have been recalled because a high number of patient’s have required a second surgery. The recall...

• Deaths, injuries linked to Toyota sudden acceleration continue to rise

  Tom Methvin | February 17, 2010 4:14 PM | 2 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A surge of new complaints involving sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles has hit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the last three weeks. The additional reports came...

• Toyota and NHTSA officials to be grilled on Capitol Hill

  Tom Methvin | February 11, 2010 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It appears that Toyota’s CEO and President, Akio Toyoda, is headed for the hot seat on Capitol Hill, where he will meet with U.S. legislators who seek answers to what Rep. Darrell Issa...

• Toyota inists electronics aren't to blame for sudden acceleration

  Tom Methvin | February 10, 2010 10:14 AM | 3 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Toyota’s top executives steadfastly deny that the acceleration problems plaguing millions of Toyota and Lexus vehicles have anything to do with electronics, despite a growing body of...

• Toyota customers scared, skeptical after massive automobile recalls

  Tom Methvin | February 02, 2010 6:44 PM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  “The gas pedal got stuck on my way to school this week, and my car kept going and going and it wouldn’t stop,” says Queanna Cole, an Alabama woman who drives a 2009 Camry. The...

• Follow-Up to Hydroxycut Recall

  Margaret Embry | May 18, 2009 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As a follow-up to the May 1, 2009 Hydroxycut recall post, the FDA has released more information about the recall. As of May 7, 2009, Iovate Health Sciences USA, Inc. of Blasdell, New York and...

• The FDA Warns Consumers to Stop Using Hydroxycut Products

  Tara Helms | May 01, 2009 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products. Some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries. The manufacturer, Lovate Health Sciences...

• Recalled Digitek Digoxin Tablets Could Affect Many with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation

  Margaret Embry | April 30, 2009 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Digoxin is a drug used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation by making the heart beat stronger and with a more regular rhythm. To understand the importance this drug plays in those who suffer from the above mentioned conditions...