Posts tagged defect

• Electronic Cigarette Explodes in Man’s Mouth

  Council Wooten | February 27, 2012 9:02 AM | 5 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  An exploding “electronic cigarette” severely injured a Florida man recently when it blew up in his mouth, according to sources. Electronic cigarettes are tobacco-free devices designed...

• First Of Thousands Of Florida Smoker Lawsuits Since Engle Underway

  Eddie Farah | December 03, 2008 1:50 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Stuart Hess of Cooper City, Florida died of lung cancer at the age of 55 in 1997. His widow, Elaine, says Stuart tried to quit smoking. He tried Nicorette gum and hypnosis. He tried to quit cold...

• Peanut Butter Danger Speads To 491 Infected Persons

  Ed Normand | January 25, 2009 8:44 AM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The food poisoning outbreak related to Salmonella keeps getting larger and larger. According to the the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) there are now 491 reported cases of people...

• Raising the Tax On Cigarettes - It's About Time

  Eddie Farah | November 19, 2008 11:54 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It makes sense. Cigarettes cost the state of Florida about $6 billion a year in exorbitant health care costs associated with smoking - heart disease, cancers and hospitalizations, according to the...

• Something Doesn’t Mesh

  Armand Rossetti | August 26, 2008 10:18 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  We live in an age of medical miracles where chemistry, physics, engineering, hi tech manufacturing, and medicine blend together, allowing manufacturers to create cutting edge medical devices....

• "Sicko" Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You

  Eddie Farah | May 22, 2007 6:02 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  More than 2,000 movie goers at the Cannes Film Festival applauded loudly at the first showing of Michal Moore's newest film, "Sicko," all about the perils of our country's modern healthcare system.Expect it in theatres in June.So far the reviews are mixed between hilarious and very sad. The latter is a good summary of our healthcare system which is likely responsible for more deaths than we...

• FDA Delays Review of New Actos Combo Drug

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | December 13, 2011 9:35 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Federal Drug Administration delayed review of a Takeda Pharmaceuticals drug that is combined with Actos, a diabetes medication that has been linked to bladder cancer. Actos was approved by...

• Support Your Local Trial Lawyer

  John Hopkins | June 09, 2011 2:39 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the news today, some of us read the very good news that many sport utility vehicles (SUV) are safer because of the incorporation of electronic stability control (ESC) into these vehicles. A...

• FDA Rejects More Rigid Testing

  Brenda Fulmer | February 04, 2011 1:49 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Recently, the FDA rejected a proposal that would require stricter testing of medical devices like the recently recalled DePuy hip implants. Under current rules, a medical device may be sold to the...

• Medical Device Product Immunity Gets Another Look

  Ed Normand | August 23, 2009 12:20 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court in Riegel v. Medtronic ruled that a manufacturer could not be held liable if its medical device was defective, even when the device is recalled, as long as the device...