Posts tagged product liability

• 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...

• 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....

• The Need for Trial Lawyers

  Ed Normand | March 04, 2010 9:30 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  With the recent Toyota recall, and the numerous crashes that have resulted in fatalities and serious injuries, the need for trial lawyers has never been more important. Trial lawyers encourage...

• 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...

• Compulsive Gambling and Mirapex Verdict $8.2 Million

  Eddie Farah | August 02, 2008 1:33 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A drug given to treat Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is the focus of a number of trials underway in the District Court of Minneapolis. More than 200 plaintiffs are taking their case...

• New Chrysler Will Accept Liability Claims, But Not All

  Eddie Farah | August 30, 2009 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The New Chrysler has reversed itself. After filing for bankruptcy and then emerging fresh from a sale to Fiat, the New Chrysler said it would refuse to accept any product liability lawsuits...

• Florida Jury Awards $8 Million To Widow Of Smoker

  Eddie Farah | February 18, 2009 8:22 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Tobacco company, Philip Morris, was dealt an $8 million blow Wednesday when a Fort Lauderdale jury awarded the widow of a smoker $8 million in damages. It took two days for the six jurors to...

• Smoker Wins First Phase In Tobacco Trial

  Eddie Farah | February 12, 2009 11:53 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE51C07620090213 For those of us who have fought Big Tobacco for a long time, this was a much welcomed victory. On Thursday, a jury in Florida ruled...

• Peanut Butter Recalls List of Recalled Products

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2009 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  We have been asked to provide a list of the products that have been recalled due to the peanut butter Salmonella infection. Sadly, the list is too long to print here but it is available from the...

• Dangerous Cribs Recalled After Two Infants Die

  Eddie Farah | October 24, 2008 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  An 8-month-old child has died , after becoming entrapped and suffocating in a Delta Enterprise Co. drop side crib. The company is voluntarily recalling almost 1.6 million cribs made in China,...