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• Salmonella-Tainted Peanut Butter Lawsuits Filed

  IB Contributor | February 21, 2007 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The first three, of many, lawsuits filed against ConAgra.At least three lawsuits have been filed nationwide against ConAgra Foods Inc. alleging that salmonella-tainted peanut butter have made the plaintiffs sick. ConAgra has not commented on the lawsuits other than to say consumers safety is its top priority and to advise consumers to discard the suspected salmonella-tainted Peter Pan and Great...

• Xolair Allergic Reaction Prompts FDA Proposal For Boxed Warning

  Lee Coleman | February 21, 2007 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  The FDA has announced that there have been continued reports of post-marketing experiences of life-threatening anaphylaxis with Xolair (omalizumab). In 2003 Xolair was approved to treat moderate to severe persistent asthma in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and above who were unable to control their asthma with inhaled steroids. The cases of anaphylaxis was approximately one in a thousand...

• Man Injured in Foam Factory Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | February 21, 2007 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsFairbanks, AK

  A man was injured in an accident at the Flexible Foam factory in Portage, Ohio. The victim, age 40, had injuries on his lower legs and was taken to Divine Savior Healthcare and then airlifted to UW Hospital. Early reports of the accident indicated a machine had malfunctioned, severing the man's legs beneath his knees. Police would not comment on the nature of the injury and said a machine had...

• Salmonella Reported in California

  Susy Owen | February 21, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It appears that two brands of peanut butter - Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Wal-Mart's Great Value Peanut Butter - have been linked to almost 300 cases of salmonella by federal officials. Those cases were reported in 39 states. On a positive note, it appears that the contaminated brands were produced in a single plant in Georgia.In Santa Barbara, California, it is feared that two new salmonella...

• Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak

  Ken Margolin | February 21, 2007 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Massachusetts has not escaped the salmonella outbreak attributed to jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter, that has sickened hundreds of consumers. According to federal officials, lids of peanut jars produced by ConAgra Foods with a product code beginning "2111" may contain the contaminated peanut butter. While a majority of the people known to date to have gotten ill from the peanut...

• Man Killed in Train vs Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 21, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsBeaumont, TX

  An Exxon employee was tragically killed today while on his way to leave work. Calvin, 48, of Silsbee was killed in a train verse car accident that occurred just outside of the Exxon plant today.Calvin was leaving the plant after a long work shit that had ended at 3:30pm yesterday when a B.N.S.F. freight train that was traveling east to Beaumont crashed into his car. The Exxon plant is located...

• Peanut Butter Contamination Recall Broader than First Thought

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The FDA has expanded its warning concerning Peter Pan peanut butter recall. Initially, the warning advised consumers to discard peanut butter jars with the product code of 2111, but now it has advised consumers to throw out all Peter Pan peanut butter jars that were purchased after May 2006. However, we're advising our clients and those consumers who contact us to hold onto the jars if they've...

• Georgia Auto Accident Ends In Two Teenage Deaths

  M. Brandon Smith | February 21, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Two teenagers died today in an automobile accident after their vehicle struck another vehicle on Camp Branch Road in Gwinnett County Georgia. The teenagers were riding in a Chevy Malibu and attempting to negotiate a curve when the vehicle ran off the roadway, over-corrected and slammed into a utility truck that was headed in the opposite direction. The driver of the Malibu did not sustain life...

• Perception vs. Reality in the Practice of Law

  Jeremy Thurman | February 20, 2007 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Ever had one of those late nights where your mind is running ninety miles an hour with what you have to do tomorrow and the rest of the week? Well, I think I'm having one of those moments so I decided to blog. Its late so forgive the spelling and grammer errors that will most likely occur. In a culture which my profession is consistently being attacked as being greedy and generally bad. My...

• $3 Million Verdict In Prempro Lawsuit-Wyeth Held Liable

  M. Brandon Smith | February 20, 2007 6:17 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  Prempro lawsuit leads to a $3 million verdict against its manufacturer Wyeth after causing an Ohio woman's breast cancer. The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury found that Wyeth ``failed to provide an adequate warning'' to the plaintiff given the known side effects of it use. This was the fifth trial against Wyeth and marks the largest jury verdict thus far. Three of the other trials...