Posts tagged recall

• Darvon and Darvocet Pulled From Market Over Heart Problems

  Scott Kappes | November 30, 2010 2:27 PM | 10 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The makers of the popular prescription pain medications Darvon and Darvocent have agreed to voluntarily withdraw the drugs from the U.S. drug market, see the CNN article here. The U.S. Food and...

• Toyota’s Largest Ever Recall of Vehicles

  Beth Janicek | November 30, 2009 1:25 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Toyota Motor Corp. claims the gas pedal design in more than 4 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles makes them vulnerable to being trapped open by floor mats. On Wednesday it announced a costly recall...

• DePuy Recall Lawyers Scheduled to Meet With MDL Court This Month

  Scott Kappes | January 07, 2011 7:52 PM | 2 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The lawyers looking to head up the DePuy hip recall litigation are scheduled to meet with the federal judge that is presiding over the recently established mult-dirstrict litigation (MDL) on...

• Johnson & Johnson Recalls 93,000 Hip Replacement Implants

  Beth Janicek | October 05, 2010 3:19 PM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, has recalled two kinds of hip implants after complaints that many patients required a second hip replacement, or a “revision”, after...

• Toyota Fined $16.4M for Hiding Defect

  Scott Kappes | April 06, 2010 2:17 PM | 2 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yesterday the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hit Toyota with the largest fine ever levied against an automaker, $16.4 million. “We now have proof that Toyota failed to live up to its...

• Made in the USA

  Beth Janicek | December 10, 2008 11:10 AM | 2 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The news may focus on toxic toys from China, but that does not mean they are the only country manufacturing toys containing dangerous chemicals and toxins. In fact one of the highest...

• BMJ Study: New Hip Implants No Better Than Older Implants

  Shezad Malik MD JD | December 01, 2011 1:00 AM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  According to a new medical study and analysis, irrespective of the implant material, all types of hip replacement devices appear to work the same. The researchers said, the newer, metal-on-metal...

• Faulty DePuy Hip Patient Captures the Attention of Senate Panel

  Scott Kappes | April 14, 2011 4:54 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Last August DePuy Orthopedics announced a recall of its extremely popular ASR hip replacement device after it became apparent that the device had an abnormally high failure rate. Over 96,000...

• Are Consumers Being Over-Warned About Recalls?

  Scott Kappes | July 07, 2010 1:18 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A story out of the Washington Post from Friday has really caught my eye. The story focuses on a phenomenon called over-warning and how some officials believe that the massive amount of recalls and...

• Insurance Companies Target Toyota

  Scott Kappes | April 20, 2010 6:12 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Some of the nation’s most popular insurance companies have begun to target Toyota over money they have paid out for crashes involving sudden acceleration. Unless you have been under a rock...