Defective & Dangerous Products

• Stryker Biotech Pleads Guilty to Misbranding Charge

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 19, 2012 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  As the Band played on, another tale of corporate greed and misdeeds, in the Dark City. A Stryker Corp. (SYK) unit has pled guilty and will pay a $15 million fine. The medical-device maker...

• More Study Ordered on Implantable Surgical Mesh by FDA

  Greg Webb | January 18, 2012 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order requiring makers of implantable surgical mesh used to treat urinary incontinence in women to study its risks.[1]...

• Tragedy Results When Companies Fail to Alert Customers About Product Recalls

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | January 18, 2012 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  As a personal injury attorney with offices in Virginia Beach, VA, I rarely pay attention to legal proceedings in California (CA). But I couldn't help taking note of a $73 million jury award...

• Mini cars recalled due to fire hazard

  Paul Napoli | January 17, 2012 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  BMW of North America LLC is voluntarily recalling Mini cars because a faulty circuit board can cause an engine compartment or vehicle fire. After conducting an investigation into water pump...

• Woman Loses Arm and Breasts to Flesh-Eating Bacteria Caused by Bath Salts

  David Mittleman | January 17, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  In the past I've written about a dangerous product with the innocuous sounding name of bath salts--but don't be fooled, this product is anything but harmless. In fact, bath salts are...

• Did You Know... Ford Explorer Rollover Crashes Continue To Happen?

  Brett Emison | January 16, 2012 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  One of the great advantages to writing on this platform is the tremendous number of people I am able to interact with. One family sent me a link to a video tribute to their mom, who was killed in...

• What’s In An FDA Warning? J & J and Recalls,Insulin Pumps, Etc.

  Greg Webb | January 16, 2012 8:42 AM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  The growing problem of quality problems at Johnson & Johnson has prompted federal regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to warn the company, The same organization that...

• Beware of Being Burned by a LOK8U GPS Locator Watch

  Mike Ferrara | January 14, 2012 7:46 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The company LOK8U makes GPS watches that are supposed to help locate children and at-risk adults in the event that they wander off or get lost. Its nu•m8+ wrist watch is designed...

• Google Algorithm Change A Warning For Bloggers?

  Brett Emison | January 13, 2012 11:15 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  When I started blogging frequently about 2 years ago, I wasn't very good. In fact, I was pretty bad. (Some folks might say that hasn't changed all that much.) But I started doing my...

• Floor Lamps Recalled By Big Lots Stores Due To Shock Risk

  Chrissie Cole | January 12, 2012 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Floor lamps sold exclusively at Big Lots stores have been recalled in cooperation with the CPSC, due to an electric shock hazard if the wiring of the lamp’s light sockets should become...