Posts tagged product liability

• Hemophilia and AIDS: William Modestino, Jr. Tribute to a Son

  Bruce Bierhans | May 08, 2009 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As I read the corporate blather this month about tort reform, I am reminded of a case I tried in May and June of 2001. It was about Bill Modestino, Jr. a courageous young man and hemophiliac that...

• Hemophilia and AIDS: William Modestino, Jr. Tribute to a Son

  Bruce Bierhans | May 08, 2009 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As I read the corporate blather this month about tort reform, I am reminded of a case I tried in May and June of 2001. It was about Bill Modestino, Jr. a courageous young man and hemophiliac that...

• Tainted Beef Sold in Shaw's Supermarkets Recalled

  Ken Margolin | September 06, 2007 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ground beef patties sold under the Shaw's supermarket label, were recalled yesterday. According to Fairbank Farms, the company that sells the beef to Shaws, packages with the tainted beef could have been purchased in New England between 7 a.m. - 11 a.m., on Wednesday, September 5, 2007. The 85% lean beef was sold in 1.33 pound packages with the establishment number "Est. 492. The beef was...

• Hasbro Easy Bake Oven Recall

  Ken Margolin | July 19, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Underscoring the continued hazards to children, created by poorly designed toys, Hasbro recalled its Easy Bake Oven. Nearly a million of the toys have been manufactured. The oven is intended for young children. It is a small plastic replica of a real oven, electrically powered, that heats up internally to as hot as 400 degrees farenheit! No surprise - children have been getting burned - and...

• FDA Announces Safety Review of FosaMax, Boniva Class of Drugs

  Courtney Mills | 2007-10-02T14:06:34 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The FDA released an 'early communication' to the public of an ongoing safety review regarding the drug class bisphosphonates due to potential atrial fibrillation with the use of this class of drug. The agency has requested that further data be obtained in order to assay the merits of the tendency.Bisphosphonates are a class of drug prescribed by physicians to treat osteoporosis. These...

• Contaminated Dairy May Have Caused 3 Deaths

  Jenny Albano | 2008-01-10T19:36:55 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Health officials claim that the milk from Whittier Farms dairy in Shrewsbury has caused the death of 3 elderly men and caused one women to miscarriage since last June because the milk was contaminated with listeria.Whittier Farms is popular because they still deliver milk to your door in glass bottles and the milk does not contain added hormones.All were infected with listeria, which is...

• The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc. is Recalling Hooded Jackets Due to Strangulation Hazard from Drawstrings

  Jenny Albano | 2007-11-28T02:14:10 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 3,240 Children's fleece hooded zip-up jackets with neck drawstrings because the drawstring could pose a strangulation hazard to children.In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist by drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets...

• Vintage Chocolates Inc. Recalls Soy Milk Chocolate Bars

  Jenny Albano | 2007-10-11T14:11:07 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Vintage Chocolates Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling 4,455 soy milk chocolate bars because they may contain undeclared traces of milk. Anyone that is allergic or sensitive to milk and consumes this product could run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions.The bar is presented in a beige cardboard package of 3.5 oz, depicting tree with a green band on top stating...

• E. Coli Hamburgers Make 21 Sick in 8 States

  Courtney Mills | 2007-09-28T14:42:56 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The CDC has announced that at least twenty-one people in eight states are on record as having fallen ill in the latest E. coli scare after having consumed hamburger meat tainted with E. coli bacteria.According to reports, CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell said three cases - two in New York and one in Florida - are confirmed as being linked to the ground beef, with the other 18 cases possibly linked...

• Fire Danger in General Electric Dishwashers

  Ken Margolin | 2007-05-16T17:50:00 | 0 Comments Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), with the cooperation of General Electric, has issued a recall for washing machines manufactured by the company. The washing machines are sold under various brand names, including, G.E., Eterna, GE Profile, GE Monogram, Hotpoint, and Sears-Kenmore. The CPSC has received a dozen reports of fires causing property damage, emanating from...