Posts tagged defect

• Tobacco Industry Just Can't Quit

  Patrick DeBlase | August 31, 2006 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Nicotine levels in cigarettes are up by about 10% from 1998 to 2004 according to the Massachusetts Department of Health.Well into their national feel-good campaign to "educate" the public on smoking, a new study released on Tuesday shows conduct within the Tobacco Industry is business as usual. A Massechusetts Department of Health study released today shows that the amount of nicotine delivered...

• Guidant Lawsuit Money Set Aside

  Staff Writer | August 30, 2006 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Boston Scientific announced earlier this month that it has set aside $381 million in anticipation of lawsuits stemming from faulty Guidant defibrillators and pacemakers. Boston Sci inherited Guidant's legal problems when it bought the company earlier this year for $27 billion.Included in the fallout are about 72 product liability class action lawsuits and about 477 individual lawsuits. The suits...

• California Attorney Personal Injury -- Bausch & Lomb

  Paul Kiesel | August 23, 2006 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a finding consistent with the Journal of American Medical Association Bausch & Lomb inc.'s recall of a popular contact lens solution in May appears to have stopped the spread of a serious eye infection. Researchers at the US Center for disease control and prevention were unable to find any infectious agent in the Bausch & Lomb solution but research is continuing. As of June 30, the...

• Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Causes Eye Infections

  Paul Kiesel | August 22, 2006 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Bausch & Lomb ReNu with Mostiure Loc was, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, responsible for a recent outbreak of fungal eye infections. The company had suggested purchasers poor eye hygiene was the probable cause of the infections but the researchers writing for the American Medical Association formally concluded the link between Bausch & Lomb and eye infections. ...

• Zyprexa California Cases

  Paul Kiesel | August 18, 2006 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I am presently counsel for over 160 individual consumers who have used and been injured by the "anti-depression" drug Zyprexa. The Court has been asked and all parties have agreed to have Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP designated as Lead Counsel on these cases. Being Lead Counsel allows Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP to speak, in court, on behalf of all firms who have brought such cases.

• $20 Million Asbestos Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  InjuryBoard's partner in Jefferson city, Missouri injury lawyer Steve Gorny, posts about a Tennessee woman who filed an asbestos lawsuit against a company for whom her husband did some contract work before he died of esophageal cancer last year. Carolyn Welch filed suit against ALCOA, seeking compensatory and punitive damages and claiming the company knew of cases of mesothelioma dating back to...

• Zyprexa Diabetes Link Focus of New York Times

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2006 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The New York times today has a great article on the mentally ill's burden with Zyprexa's link to diabetes. Zyprexa is an anti-psychotic drug that has also been linked to Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) and Tardive Dyskinesia (TD). According to the article, approximately 20 percent of mentally ill patients develop diabetes. It is important to note that there are two types of diabetes: Type...

• Tree Stand Safety Harnesses Recalled

  Staff Writer | June 09, 2006 8:47 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The CSPC and Summit Tree Stands, LLC of Decatur, AL have announced the recall of 106,000 full-body safety harnesses sold with hunting tree stands at sporting goods stores nationwide over the course of the last year.The harnesses are tan or light brown and were sold as an accessory with the following tree stands or ladders: Viper X5, Goliath X5, Razor X5, Bushmaster X5, Broadhead Backpacker,...

• New Depo Provera Recommendations From Canada

  Staff Writer | May 17, 2006 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada recommended last week a new set of guidelines for physicians prescribing the birth-control injection Depo Provera. The recommendations include asking that doctors weigh heavily the benefits and potential risks of the drug before writing prescriptions.Research has confirmed that use of [Depo Provera] is associated with a decrease in...