Posts tagged defective products

• Bradenton Bayshore High School Blamed For Rare Cancers

  Courtney Mills | 2007-09-14T14:48:01 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  State lawmakers are checking into claims asserted by graduates of former Bayshore High School, Bradenton, Florida, who say they contracted a variety of rare cancers because of exposure to toxic chemicals while at the school. The high school itself was pulled down in the late 1990's. Numerous alumni have come forth to contend that their loved ones have died from rare cancers after attending the...

• Nuvaring Joins OrthoEvra in Birth Control Blood Clot Dangers

  Joe Saunders | 2007-09-04T08:24:18 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  OrthoEvra preceded Nuvaring in drawing media attention for its risks of causing blood clots. Now, however, Nuvaring has taken its place beside OrthoEvra as another birth control device that has risky side effects such as blood clots, pulmonary emboli, deep vein thrombosis, stroke, heart attack, and death. Nuvaring is a birth control device placed in the vagina during a woman's cycle. It has a...

• Mold Problems Plague Town Center Condo

  Eddie Farah | 2007-08-19T23:02:02 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The story appearing in the August 14-20 issue of Folio Weekly puts into perspective having a bad day.Karen Donges, a 35-year old communications instructor at UNF, moved into the Esplanade at Town Center earlier this year. While the renter liked the grainite counter tops and stainless steel appliances, she didnt like the black mold spores climbing up her bedroom wall.She began feeling flu-like...

• Maui Man Suffering from Botulism Poisoning after Eating Recalled Castleberry Product

  Chrissie Cole | 2007-07-28T19:37:24 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A 33-year-old Maui man is suffering from what appears to be botulism poisoning after eating a recalled Castleberry product, according to the State Department of Health.The Cattledrive Chili was purchased at Costco in Kahului and made by Castleberry's Food Co. At the time of purchase, he was unaware of several recalled Castleberry products. Wednesday night he ate the chili and became ill hours...

• Two Questions that Concern AMO and Acanthamoeba Infections

  Armand Rossetti | 2007-06-12T14:24:24 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The cornea is the only tissue in the body that Acanthamoebae (or Acanthamoeba) can invade in individuals with healthy immune systems. Otherwise, those individuals can usually avoid Acanthamoeba infections that affect the skin, brain and lungs. This blog briefly addresses two questions: 1) Why is the cornea more susceptible to Acanthamoeba than other tissues in the body; and 2) How could a...

• Taser Retraction

  Staff Writer | 2007-02-16T09:29:42 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a February 14th posting, I inadvertently wrote that Taser International had settled a lawsuit in Colorado. In actual fact, the lawsuit involving a taser weapon was settled by the town of Carbondale, not Taser International. I want to thank Michael Brave of Taser for contacting us and drawing our attention to this inaccuracy.

• Fiery Train Crash in Kentucky

  John Hopkins | 2007-01-16T15:40:40 | 0 Comments Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Reports of several train cars crashing in Kentucky have apparently closed highways and forced mass evacuations of schools, businesses and homes in Bullitt County, Kentucky.It appears that several of the derailing train cars were carrying flammable liquids, which resulted in explosions and flaming liquid flowing along ditches at the train crash site. CBS reports that the wreck involved (4)...

• Bausch RoundTable Discussion Spews Out Frail Defenses

  Kevin Walsh | 2006-09-28T08:31:56 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In an orchestrated, well-choreographed and comprehensive parade of their own corporate opinions in Contact Lens Spectrum's September 2006 edition, Bausch & Lomb appears to have settled upon some of the soundbites we will hear as they defend their corporate arrogance in failing to recall MoistureLok, and the product itself which has blinded some and severely injured others. Bausch never misses...

• Making Home Safe For The New Baby

  Bob Carroll | 2006-09-21T06:57:28 | 0 Comments Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I am a grandparent who is once again bringing a new baby into my home. I appreciate the detailed list of safety items provided by Baby Mozart, including Ensure that your crib meets national safety standards. Secure unsteady furnishings. (Dangerously defective cribs and furniture tip-overs are real hazards for infants and toddlers - I have handled the claims arising from these situations and...

• Kite Tube Recall Announced

  Bob Carroll | 2006-07-14T07:58:23 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  We have blogged on the dangers of tube kiting. Meanwhile, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has been working on the matter. Now, we have word of a recall:Sportsstuff Wego Kite Tubes Withdrawn from Market after Reports of Deaths and InjuriesIn cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska is voluntarily recalling about...