Posts tagged defective products

• Blame It On The Drug: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

  M. Brandon Smith | August 06, 2006 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Chances are if you are reading this blog either you or someone you know has been adversely affected by Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) or its elevated equivalent Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN). It is a often times deadly reaction, usually linked to the recent use of a sulfa containing medication, that affects far too many consumers in the U.S. and throughout the world. Anywhere from 3-15% of...

• Health Risks Linked To Over-The-Counter Erectile Drugs

  M. Brandon Smith | August 06, 2006 1:54 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Federal Drug Administration recently issued a health advisory warning against over the counter dietary supplements designed to treat erectile dysfunction. Some of the drugs specifically listed in that advisory are: Zimaxx, Libidus, Neophase, Vigor-25. Actra Rx, and 4Everson. The problem associated with these supplements are that their use, when combined with other medications that contain...

• Many Deaths Result From Painkiller Patch Abuse

  M. Brandon Smith | August 05, 2006 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Fentanyl patches, first made Johnson and Johnson under the brand name Duragesic, have increasingly become an area for concern in recent years. Primarily designed for cancer patients and others with chronic pains, these prescription only patches are causing an alarming number of deaths in the United States alone. Many are said to be abusing the painkiller patches by squeezing the drug off the...

• Ford Settles "Drop In Gas Tank" Case

  M. Brandon Smith | August 05, 2006 1:25 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  David Baier, a 67 year old man, and his wife sued Ford Motor Co. in 2004 alleging his 1967 Ford Mustang's gas tank was defective and caused the fire that left Baier permanently deformed. Baier's vehicle was hit from behind in an auto accident and burst into flames shortly thereafter because of a defective and ill placed gas tank. Although the terms of this settlement were kept confidential, you...

• $10 Million Awarded To Asbestos Widow

  M. Brandon Smith | August 04, 2006 7:45 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Jury in the Newport News Circuit Court awarded $10.4 million to the widow of a shipyard worker who died from lung cancer after four years of exposure to asbestos containing products. The wrongful death lawsuit was brought against three companies that manufactured the materials: John Crane Inc., Denver's Johns Manville Corp., and Garlock Sealing Technologies. According to the...

• Second Federal Vioxx Trial Begins

  M. Brandon Smith | August 03, 2006 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In New Orleans, Louisiana, Merck and Co. is defending its second federal trial involving the controversial pain killer Vioxx. The Plaintiff in this case is a retired FBI agent, Gerald Burns, who took Vioxx for approximately 32 months prior to his heart attack in August of 2002. The trial, which began on Monday, is scheduled to last only two weeks in front of the presiding Judge Eldon E. Fallon...

• Defense Verdict In First California Vioxx Trial

  M. Brandon Smith | August 03, 2006 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A Los Angeles jury found in favor of Merck and Co. in California's first Vioxx trial. The jury found that Vioxx did not cause 71 year-old Stewart Grossberg's heart attack in 2001. The defense showed Grossberg had high cholesterol, arteriosclerosis, and a family history of cardiac problems. Merck and Co. has vowed to keep defending the withdrawn pain medication one by one.According to...

• First California Vioxx Trial Goes To The Jury

  M. Brandon Smith | August 02, 2006 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Jury deliberations are set to begin today in the first Vioxx trial in California. This case involves a Stewart Grossberg, 71, who took Vioxx beginning in 1999 to manage joint pain in his knees and hands. Grossberg suffered a heart attack in 2001 and attributes that event to his use of Vioxx. In this trial, Grossberg and his attorneys, contend that Merck, the manufacture of Vioxx, was negligent...

• $111 Million Suit Filed Against Home Depot

  M. Brandon Smith | June 14, 2006 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Jay and Laura Flynn recently filed a $111 Million suit against Home Depot and the manufacture of a defective grout-sealing product the mega home retailer sold them in July of 2005. According to the complaint, the product's fumes permanently damaged his lungs and dramatically affected every facet of his daily life.According to the AJC.comFlynn's breathing difficulties have caused him to quit his...

• Vioxx: New Insight On The VIGOR Study

  M. Brandon Smith | June 08, 2006 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Did Merck & Co. act appropriately back in 1999 when it discovered the dangers of heart attack and stroke associated with its product Vioxx? A new article published in today's NPR puts that question to the test by questioning three renown scientists who are authorities on heart disease and clinical studies about the VIGOR study. For more information about this article on the VIGOR study click here