Miscellaneous

• EvenFlo Car Seat Recall

  Matt Christian | May 17, 2007 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  EvenFlo has recalled the infant car seat and carrier for babies and small children. There have been nearly 700 reports of the car seat and carrier malfunctioning causing numerous injuries. The product has malfunctioned by allowing the handle to improperly release and the carrier rotate forward allowing the possibility of the baby to fall out according to sources. ...

• Defective Drugs and the Purdue Frederick Co., Inc

  Susy Owen | May 17, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It was announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI), that the Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. will pay more than $600 million in order to resolve criminal charges in addition to civil liabilities stemming from their scheme to promote and sell the pain reliever OxyContin.Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. actually trained its sales...

• California Moves to Ban Flavoring in Popcorn Linked to Workers' Illness

  Bruce Roberts | May 17, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsTyler, TX

  Since 2001 academic studies have shown causal links between bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare and life-threatening form of restrictive lung disease and the chemical used in artificial butter flavoring called Diacetyl. Flavoring manufacturers have already paid out more than $100,000,000.00 in personal injury lawsuits by people sickened by what is now known as "popcorn workers' lung" over the past...

• The Death and Injuries at Virginia (VA) Tech Still Significant News in Virginia (VA)

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | May 17, 2007 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  As a Virginian specializing in personal injury and wrongful death cases, I read the newspapers carefully, especially my local paper, the Virginian Pilot published in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). Each morning I am on the lookout to see what legal news there is particularly as it relates to personal injury practice in Virginia (VA). I have been amazed that there hasn't been any indication of law...

• Motorcycle Fatality

  Will Parker | May 17, 2007 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  A second motorcyclist has died in a wreck occuring at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Thursday. The first fatality of the 2007 bike rally was caused when Lancaster's Charles Horton turned left in front of Michael Delamere's motorcycle on U.S. 17 Business near the Garden City Connector last Friday, said Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins with the S.C. Highway Patrol. In 2006, eight people died in motorcycle...

• Texas House Passes Bus Seat Belt Legislation

  Craig Cherry | May 17, 2007 6:04 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  The Texas House of Representatives passed HB 323 which requires Texas schools to purchase buses with three-point lap-shoulder belts for passengers after 2010. The legislation also requires Texas schools to use only chartered motorcoach buses with three-point lap-shoulder belts after 2014.After being passed in the House, HB 323 was then sent to the Senate for consideration. The bill has been...

• Funeral Home Negligence: CA Mortician Loses License

  Laura Blatt | May 17, 2007 12:32 AM | 0 CommentsNovato, CA

  A mortician's license was indefinitely suspended for improperly storing bodies, allowing them to decay in a warehouse without proper refrigeration. Anthony Villeggiante is co-owner of Abby Chapel of the Redwoods in Rohnert Park, California. The mortuary has now been shut down. When state inspectors checked the warehouse in March, they found nine bodies. A swamp cooler and baby powder did nothing...

• When Perscription Drugs Become Defective Drugs

  Susy Owen | May 16, 2007 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Drug manufacturers of antidepressant medications have been given one month to revise the current labeling of their products to include warnings of the increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults ages 18 to 24- years-old during the first one to two months of treatment. Scientific data did not show that there is an increase in the risks of suicidal thinking and/or behavior in...

• Fleet Bowel Prep Lawsuit for $10,000,000

  Ben Glass | May 16, 2007 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Norfolk, Virginia and AAJ member Jeffrey Breit has filed a $10,000,000 lawsuit against the manufacturer of Fleet's bowel prep. The claimant claims Fleet's store bought solution interacted with her high blood pressure drugs she was taking, causing kidney failure.The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturer "had known for at least 12 years of the potential of the product to produce dehydration,...

• Defective Products Not Good for ED

  Susy Owen | May 16, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Sometimes it is what you don't know that can hurt you. The Federal Drug Administration is warning consumers to be aware of the dangers associated with the use of True Man or Energy Max products. These products are promoted as a dietary supplement and as sexual enhancement products. Apparently, there are ingredients in these products that are simply not listed and therefore unknown to...