Posts tagged defective products

• What You and Your Physician Don't Know Can Hurt You

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  "When you prescribe drugs, you want to make sure you're working with best data possible; you wouldn't buy stock if you only knew a third of the truth about ."Over the past several years, drug manufacturers have lauded themselves for their decision to finally come clean, and publish all of their research (whether good or bad for them) in peer reviewed journals in order to ensure that the medical...

• Evidence Mounts on HRT Breast Cancer Dangers

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yet another study was released earlier this month showing that women who use combination hormone replacement therapy drugs face much greater risks of developing certain types of breast cancer. This latest study from researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center noted that women taking HRT drugs had a four-fold (400%) increased risk of developing lobular breast cancer and was the...

• MySpace Teens in Trouble for Felony Child Pornography

  Eddie Farah | January 17, 2008 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A young teen poses nude and a friend put the image on their MySpace page. It probably happens more often than us parents would like to think. Afterall social networking is an easy way to stay connected to people and avoid the unpleasantries of face to face encounters.But a Jacksonville Beach teen could be facing felony child pornography charges after the innocent prank.The mother of a Fletcher...

• Food Contamination is A Growing Public Safety Concern

  Joe Saunders | January 14, 2008 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The last year has seen a dizzying array of food contamination from all the food groups. We've had spoiled peanut butter, contaminated egg products, tainted beef, and spoiled canned foods, and contaminated vegetables in our supermarkets and grocery stores. The toxins have ranged from E.coli bacteria to salmonella that have killed at least 3 people, sickened thousands, and touched every state in...

• Florida Tobacco Cases Filed

  Robert Blanchard | January 14, 2008 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The deadline for former smokers in Florida to file their injury lawsuits against big tobacco has come and gone and estimates of the number filed are still under 10,000 total suits. That is a far cry from the 700,000 class members originally designated as entitled to damage awards. The Florida Supreme Court took away that award but did let stand the jury findings that the companies were negligent...

• Friday Deadline for Thousands of Tobacco Cases

  Eddie Farah | January 11, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 cases will be filed in Florida courts today under a deadline set to file lawsuits for smoking related illnesses. A 2006 state Supreme Court decision decertified a class-action punative verdict of $145 billion, the largest award ever granted against the tobacco companies, but directed injured smokers to file individual lawsuits.Smokers all over Florida who got sick...

• Canned Beans Recalled for Botulism Risk

  Shannon Weidemann | January 10, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Canned beans that were distributed to Wal-mart and Gordon Food Service Stores have been recalled due to the risk of botulism. The recalled chili beans, green beans, and red kidney beans were not cooked thoroughly. The manufacturer of the beans advises the public to handle any of the recalled cans with care. Any food that may be contaminated should be disposed of carefully. Even tiny amounts...

• First Federal Ortho Evra Trials Scheduled

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On December 6, 2007, Judge David Katz, the federal judge who oversees the Ortho Evra multi-district litigation proceedings in Cleveland issued a scheduling order for the first trials to be conducted in the federal system. Judge Katz oversees more than 1,400 lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson (http://www.jnj.com/home.htm) and its subsidiaries relating to the controversial Ortho Evra...

• Specialized Treatment for HRT Patients With Lobular Breast Cancer

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A study from Turin, Italy published recently in Endocrine Related Cancer noted that former users of hormone replacement therapy drugs who are diagnosed with lobular breast cancers may require specialized treatment based upon the unique characteristics of their tumors. The researchers noted a "growing body of evidence" to "support the association between the use of hormone replacement therapy...

• 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...