Posts tagged defective products

• Closing The Chapter on HRT Litigation in 2007

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Great strides were made in 2007 to educate the courts and juries about the great deception over the past few decades that led many to ingest combination hormone therapy products such as Prempro and Premarin in combination with Provera. Conventional wisdom about these hormones is finally shifting, especially in light of an unprecedented drop in national cancer registries that dovetails with the...

• Aqua Dots Confiscated at the Borders

  Eddie Farah | December 26, 2007 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  While in Australia, they are celebrating a return of the new improved toy, Aqua Dots, in the U.S. there is still a ban on the product.But that hasn't stopped a few unscrupulus importers from trying to bring them into this country- especially just before Christmas. Fortunately border agents confiscated shipments in Savannah, Seattle, International Falls, Minnesota and Norfolk just in time. But...

• FDA Warns About Botulism in Canned Green Beans

  Joe Saunders | December 22, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The FDA is warning consumers about the potential for botulism in GFS Fancy Blue Lake Cut Green Beans manufactured by New Era Canning Company. Clostridium botulinum produces a toxin that can be life threatening. The green beans were distributed with lot numbers 19H7FL and UPC code 93901 11873, in large institutional-sized, 6 pound 5 ounce (#10) cans. New Era Canning Company has issued a...

• Sierra Syringes Recalled(2)

  Robert Blanchard | December 21, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The first news of some problem with the Sierra prefilled Heparin syringes appears to have come out on December 17, 2007. Today a voluntary recall was announced. This is a little late for those already hospitalized with serious infections. While is hope that these infections will be treatable with antibiotics, the risks of nerve damage and other complications are still looming. Medical products...

• Sierra Syringes Recalled(3)

  Robert Blanchard | December 21, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The first news of some problem with the Sierra prefilled Heparin syringes appears to have come out on December 17, 2007. Today a voluntary recall was announced. This is a little late for those already hospitalized with serious infections. While is hope that these infections will be treatable with antibiotics, the risks of nerve damage and other complications are still looming. Medical products...

• Italian Basil Recall

  Joe Saunders | December 20, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Los Angeles based company, Top Line Specialty Products is recalling its Green Paradise label fresh Italian basil because it is potentially contaminated with salmonella. The product is distributed in a one pound box. Salmonella poisoning can be fatal for those with weakened immune systems, the young, or the elderly. For those with healthy immune systems the symptoms for salmonella poisoning...

• Ford Explorer Lawsuit Tentative Settlement

  Eddie Farah | December 07, 2007 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A class action lawsuit involving 800,000 Ford Explorer owners may be over.A Sacramento County judge has tentatively accepted a deal to settle the cases stemming from the bad publicity the vehicle received over rollover dangers. That caused the vehicle to decline in value and owners from four states joined in the class action.Anyone who bought an Explorer from 1991 to 2001 may be eligible for a...

• E.coli Death May Be Linked to Ground Beef Recall

  Joe Saunders | December 04, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Kentucky woman who died after being admitted to Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky for symptoms of E. coli poisoning, may have been infected by the ground beef recently recalled by American Foods Group. Kentucky health officials are trying to determine the nature and source of her E. coli infection. The American Foods ground beef was recalled on November 24, 2007 and the health...

• Korean Seat Belt Maker

  Robert Blanchard | December 01, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Korean Seat belt maker has failed in its attempt to get cases moved to a Federal Court about its defective seat belts in a . Alabama's highest Court denied the motion to dismiss based upon a lack of state jurisdiction of the case. The case centers around a 2004 car accident in which a woman was killed while driving a 1999 KIA automobile. The case will now go back to Mobile, Alabama for...

• Salmon Spread Recall

  Joe Saunders | December 01, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Quality Plus Products, Inc., of Bellingham, Washington is recalling its 7 ounce packages of "Jackson's Quality Plus Smoked Wild Salmon Spread" because the top ingredient label does not mention eggs however; it is listed on the side label of ingredients. Those with allergies to eggs or egg products run the risk of adverse health risks if the product is consumed. This is just another in a recent...