http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com Daily News from Consumer Injury Lawyers en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:56:22 PST http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/denture-cream-master-complaint/index.html On October 20, 2009, Bernstein Liebhard LLP filed a Master Complaint in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania In re Denture Adhesive Cream Mass Tort Program, June Term, 2009, No. 4534.  The cases are assigned to Judge Sandra Moss in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. A... Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/yaz-yasmin-lawsuit-filed/index.html   On October 7, 2009, Bernstein Liebhard LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Bayer, the manufacturer of Yasmin and YAZ birth control pills, on behalf of a California couple, Scott and Heather Crawford, Crawford v. Bayer et. al 7:09-cv-8550 (S.D.N.... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/januvia-janumet-pancreatitis/index.html September 29, 2009 The FDA this week announced that sitagliptin, an ingredient contained in the type 2 diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet, may be linked to an increased risk of pancreatitis. According to the agency, 88 cases of acute pancreatitis with peo... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/denture-cream-psc/index.html On July 31, 2009, Bernstein Liebhard LLP announced that Partner Eric Chaffin has been appointed to the Plaintiffs Steering Committee (PSC) and as State/Federal Court Liaison Counsel by Judge Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida in the federal denture cream MDL, In re Denture Cream Product... Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/denture-cream-MDL/index.html July 16, 2009 On June 9, 2009, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued an order centralizing In re: Denture Cream Product... Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/chronic-errors-hospital-cancer-unit/index.html An investigation into the cancer unit at Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a Veterans' Affairs hospital in Philadelphia, found that doctors botched treatments for many prostate cancer patients. The New York Times reported that during a six year period, 92 of 116 surgeries to treat prostate cancer... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/public-health-emergency-small-town/index.html On June 17, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared a public health emergency in Libby, Mo... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/clarcon-fda-warning/index.html Clarcon Biological Chemistry Lab Inc., of Roy, Utah, voluntarily recalled several of its skin care products due to bacterial contamination uncovered during a routine FDA inspection. The skin care company, which promises its users naturally safe and beautiful skin, was forced to recall its skin sa... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/quality-problems-in-supplements/index.html Millions of Americans take various forms of vitamin, herbal or other dietary supplements daily.  Such supplements make up more than 40,000 products on the market, accounting for annual sales exceeding $23 billion.  However, recent studies and reports show that many of these supplements... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/new-transvaginal-mesh-lawsuit-filed/index.html On May 13, 2009, another lawsuit against C.R. Bard, the maker of Avaulta brand vaginal mesh products, was filed in West Virginia federal court. The suit is similar to eight other... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/DOJ-investigates-medtronic-study-fraud/index.html The New York Times reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has begun an investigation into possible medical research fraud by a former surgeon at Walter Reed Ar... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/archive/index.html Ethex Corp. Voluntarily Recalls 5 Generic Drugs Due to Overdose Risk November 12, 2008 Ethex Cor... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/health-care-fraud-false-claims-act/index.html Recent figures show that health care fraud continued to comprise the majority of federal False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries in 2008. The Act allows federal officials to prosecute fraudulent billing of government programs. In the 2008 fiscal year, enforcement officials recouped $1.12 billion in set... Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/doctors-disclosing-drug-industry-ties/index.html In an effort to create more transparency in the medical world, hospitals across the nation are pushing for full disclosure of their doctors’ financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.  After the Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation’s most prominent medical research centers, became the... Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/jama-wyeth-levine-supreme-court/index.html May 26, 2009 A May 19, 2009 article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (“JAMAâ€?) supports the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Wyeth v. Levine, which held that FDA-approved labeling of pharmaceutical drugs does not preempt state law pr... Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/army-medtronic-infuse-investigation/index.html May 13, 2009 An investigation conducted at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center found that Dr. Timothy Kuklo, a former surgeon at Walter Reed, made false claims and exaggerated the benefits of Infuse, a bone-growth product manufactured by Medtronic Inc. (“Medtronicâ€?).  Doctors at... Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/gma-eric-chaffin-denture-cream/index.html Today, ABC’s Good Morning America (GMA) aired a nationally televised segment about consumers allegedly injured from zinc in denture cream.  The segment included an interview of Partner Eric Chaffin and Bernstein Liebhard client Ellen Isaacs, as well as interviews of researchers an... Tue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/hydroxycut-liver-damage/index.html May 1, 2009 There has been a Hyroxycut recall. After the FDA received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, to liver damage req... Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/cipro-fatal-skin-disease/index.html August 1, 2008 Cipro has been linked to toxic epidermal necrosis, which is a rare and potentially fatal medical disorder involving the skin and mucous membranes. Toxic epidermal necrosis is an imm... Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/cipro-black-box-warning/index.html July 8, 2008 On July 8, 2008, the FDA imposed the government's most urgent safety warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing evidence that they may lead to tendon ruptures, a serious injury... Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/levaquin-black-box-warning/index.html July 8, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a black box warning to their labels alerting patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis. Additionally, the FDA announced it will ask the same drug makers to create... Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/raptiva-pulled-off-market/index.html April 9, 2009 On April 8, 2009, the Genentech, manufacturer of the psoriasis drug, Raptiva, announced that it is pulling Raptiva from the U.S. market because the drug poses an increased risk of progress... Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/FDA-review-medical-devices-market-prior-1976/index.html April 10, 2009 On April 8, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDAâ€?) announced its plan to review 25 types of medical devices marketed prior to 1976.  Manufacturers of these devices are required to submit information within 120 days on safety and effectiveness to the FDA so... Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/denture-cream-nerve-damage-study/index.html December 3, 2008 A recent study suggests that excessive use of denture creams, such as PoliGrip and Fixodent, may cause copper deficiency, nerve damage and a serious nerve disorder called neuropathy. The study, which was published in the medical journal Neurology, was conducted b... Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/denture-cream-lawyer/index.html February 26, 2009 Because denture creams, such as Fixodent and Poligrip, have been linked to serious and life-threatening side effects, such as zinc poisoning and neuropathy, the denture cream lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP are currently investigating denture cream-related injuries for... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/digoxin-recall/index.html April 6, 2009 On March 31, 2009, Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd (“Caracoâ€?) announced a voluntary recall of batches of Digoxin tablets.  The recall includes batches of Digoxin distributed before March 31, 3009, which are not expired and are within the expiration date of Se... Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/pistachio-salmonella-contamination/index.html March 31, 2009 On March 30, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDAâ€?) advised consumers to avoid eating all pistachio products following a voluntary recall of more than 2 million pounds of roasted pistachio nuts from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. (“Settonâ€?), a Califor... Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/yamaha-rhino-recall/index.html After years of litigation over the safety of Yamaha Rhinos, Yamaha has issued a nationwide Yamaha Rhino recall so that repairs can be made to improve the vehicle’s stability and reduce the risk that it may roll over. All Yamaha Rhinos sold since 2003, including Rhino models 450, 660, and 700, a... Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/peanut-butter-salmonella-fda-recall-update/index.html April 3, 2009 On January 13, 2009, the Peanut Corporation of America (“PCAâ€?) announced a nationwide recall of peanut butter produced in... Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/philip-morris-punitive-damages/index.html April 1, 2009 - Philip Morris USA Inc. lost its last chance to overturn a $79.5 million punitive-damages award over an Oregon smoker's death Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the tobacco company’s appeal. Now, ten years and a day after a jury awarded Mayola Williams nearly $80... Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/warren-ballentine-denture-cream-lawsuit/index.html On April 1, 2009, Bernstein Liebhard partner Eric Chaffin appeared on The Warren Ballentine Show on Court Radio, which airs on XM Satellite station 169 the Power, to discuss the recent liti... Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/propafenone-hcl-recall/index.html March 25, 2009 -- Leading specialty pharmaceutical company Watson Pharmaceuticals has announced that one lot of Propafenone HCL 225 mg tablets is being voluntarily recalled from consumers. The Propafenone HCL tablets are being recalled because some tablets may be oversized, and as a result, may c... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/maytag-refrigerator-recall/index.html The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Maytag, has announced a voluntary recall of about 1.6 million refrigerators made by Maytag under a variety of brand names. Apparently, an electrical failure in the relay, which is the component that turns on the refrigerator'... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/menaflex-drug-lobbying-fda/index.html March 9, 2009 Written complaints from senior FDA staff members regarding the handling of Menaflex, a new medical device for treating knee injuries, are calling into question the validity of the FDA’s approval process. Specifically, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documents show... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/drug-medical-companies-avoid-lawsuits/index.html March 9, 2009 The Medical Technology Learning Institute and Compliance-Alliance is offering a course to help drug and medical device companies cut down on expensive legal settlements. The one-day $995 course, called “Dangerous Documents: Avoiding Land Mines in Your FDA Records... Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/compressor-antitrust-probe/index.html March 3, 2009 On February 18, 2009, multiple news sources reported compressor antitrust probes by the European Union, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, and t... Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/federal-hospital-infections-reporting-law/index.html March 3, 2009 Consumers Union, a nonprofit consumer activist group, has initiated a “Stop Hospital Infectionsâ€? campaign, which is pushing for legislation to create a national hospital infection-reporting law. The proposed federal law would require hospitals to report the rate at which... Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/cardinal-health-infusion-pump-fda-consent-decree/index.html On February 19, 2009 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that California medical device manufacturer Cardinal Health 303 Inc., formerly known as Alaris Medical Systems Inc., and three of its top executives have signed an amended consent decree to correct violations of curren... Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/new-incontinence-treatment-alternative-to-vaginal-/index.html   March 4, 2009 â€" A new surgically implanted electrical device that stimulates the sacral nerve may be an alternative to... Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/wr-grace-asbestos-criminal-trial/index.html February 24, 2009 On Monday 23, 2009, opening statements began in the case of U.S. v. W.R. Grace & Co. and five former company executives, who were charged with knowingly exposing the residents of Libby, Montana to... Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/raptiva-europe-sales-suspension/index.html February 20, 2009 -- The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended that sales of Merck KGaA's psoriasis drug Raptiva be suspended in Europe in light of serious brain infections confirmed in three Raptiva... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/bard-avaulta-mesh-fda-warning/index.html On October 20, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an FDA Warning regarding serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh, including Bard Avaulta surgical mesh. The Bard Avaulta FDA Warning stated that, over the last three years, it has received more... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/accutane-lawsuit-federal-appeals-court/index.html August 19, 2008 A federal appeals court in Atlanta today heard arguments over whether a U.S. District Court Judge in Florida correctly dismissed testimony from an expert witness who would have testified that... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/accutane-jury-awards-victim/index.html April 23, 2008 A jury has awarded $10.5 million to a 24 year old Utah woman who claims Accutane, a drug used to treat severe acne, caused her to develop ulcerative colitis. Out of the approx... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/risperdal-off-label-marketing/index.html November 25, 2008 An article in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal reported that internal company emails produced in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson suggest that Johnson & Johnson planned funding for a research institute to focus on use of the antipsychotic drug Risper... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/transvaginal-surgical-mesh-complications/index.html   The FDA recently issued a health alert stating that transvaginal placement of surgical mesh has been linked to several serious side effects. Transvaginal placement of surgical mesh is used to treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI). Many companies, i... Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/Pfizer-Wyeth-Acquisition-Bextra-Settlement-Layoffs/index.html January 28, 2009 Pfizer's acquisition of Wyeth for $68 million overshadowed two other newsworthy items connected with its business dealings.  Pfizer not only announced that its earnings were down 90 percent as a result of a settlement with the Department of Justice concerning the off... Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/digitek-class-action-lawsuit/index.html May 13, 2008 Following the recent Digitek recall, a class action lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in New Jersey against Digitek’s foreign maker, Actavis Totowa LLC. One of the lead p... Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/digitek-urgent-recall/index.html April 25, 2008 On April 25, 2008, a nationwide recall was issued for all strengths of Digitek, a prescription drug used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms. According to Actavis... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/peanut-butter-corporation-salmonella-recall-expand/index.html January 21, 2009 On January 13, 2009, the Peanut Butter Corporation of America (PCA) recalled various lots of peanut butter because of potential salmonella contamination.  Since that time, the list of peanut butter products potentially contaminated with salmonella has morphed into an... Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/Sandoz-fentanyl-pain-patch-recall/index.html January 5, 2009 PriCara, a division of Johnson & Johnson, announced that is recalling one lot of the Duragesic pain patch and one lot of the generic Sandoz fentanyl pai... Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/gadolinium-mri-nsf-lawsuit-trial-delay/index.html December 22, 2008 U.S. District Judge Dan Polster entered a Case Management Order (CMO) delaying the discovery and trial schedule for consolidated gadolini... Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/avandia-actos-fracture-heart-risk-women/index.html December 19, 2008 A new study shows that women who take diabetes drugs Avandia and Acots are at higher risk of bone fractures.  For these drugs, it is the latest in a seri... Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/FDA-Type-2-Diabetes-Heart-Attack-Lawyer-Lawsuit/index.html December 18, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recommendation that manufacturers developing type 2 diabetes drugs offer evidence that new therapies will not increase the risk of cardiovascular episodes such as heart attacks.  The guidance applies to all dia... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/medtronic-bone-infuse-fda-report-death/index.html Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that it will inform the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the death of a patient who underwent spinal surgery and was treated with its... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/amylin-eli-lilly-fda-approval-long-acting-byetta/index.html December 16, 2008 Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Eli Lilly and Co., and Alkermes Inc. are developing a long-acting release (“LARâ€?) version of the diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide).  First introduced by Amylin and Eli Lilly in 2005,... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/mentor-ob-mentor-tape-lawsuits-consolidated-mdl/index.html December 15, 2008 The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated 22 federal lawsuits against Mentor Corp, the creator of the... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/FDA-requires-Black-Black-Warning-Oral-Sodium-Phosp/index.html December 12, 2008 After receiving reports linking oral sodium phosphate products (OSP) to kidney injuries, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated that its manufacturer, Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd, add a Boxed Warning to the prescription drugs Visicol and OsmoPrep.  Addit... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/nejm-identifies-heparin-recall-contaminant/index.html December 8, 2008 In November 2007, health officials, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began receiving a spike in adverse event reports describing allergic-type reactions associated with the use of... Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/i-flow-stryker-shoulder-pain-pump-lawsuits-MDL/index.html December 4, 2008 A pain pump is a medical device implanted into the shoulder during arthroscopic surgery to alleviate post-operative shoulder (or knee or ankle) joint pain.  It works by infusing pain medication directly into the shoulder through a catheter.  If placed into the j... Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/Tarceva-avastin-lung-cancer-asbestos-treatment-stu/index.html December 2, 2008 Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. have disclosed that a late-stage trial showed that adding the cancer drug Avastin to the cancer drug Tarceva did no... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/wistleblowers-take-notice/index.html December 2, 2008 For Bayer Healthcare LLC, November was a busy month with a near $100 million settlement and a new class action in New Jersey brought by consumers.  Bayer's settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) ended a federal investigation into whether Bayer paid... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/ethex-morphine-recall/index.html November 12, 2008 Ethex Corp. and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary recall of the following five generic medications: Propafenone HCl Tablets - 150 mg, 225 mg, and 300 mg Isosorbide Mononitrate Extended Release Tablets - 30 mg and 60 mg... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/plavix-nexium-side-effects/index.html November 14, 2008 A new study suggests that Nexium and other heartburn medications may keep the blood-thinner Plavix from working effectively. Consequently, mixing the two drugs may significantly increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The study, conducted by Medco Health S... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/mineola-middle-school-asbestos-removal/index.html November 14, 2008 Mineola Middle School, located on Long Island in Nassau County, New York, is reopening this week after the school was temporarily closed to remove asbestos from the roof of its tech... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/bisphosphonates-atrial-fibrillation/index.html November 14, 2008 An FDA update released yesterday says clinical trial data from four drug makers shows little overall risk of heart problems in patients taking bisphosphonates, a class of drugs prescribed to prevent and treat osteoporosis. The agency reviewed studies on the following bis... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fda-seizes-contaminated-heparin/index.html November 10, 2008 In a step rarely taken, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today sent U.S. Marshals to seize 11 lots of heparin from a Cincinnati-based medica... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/asbestos-exposure-from-libby-montana-vermiculite/index.html November 10, 2008 A newly-released report from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has concluded that employees, their families, and people living near one of 28 so called "exfoliation sites" may have been exposed to amphibole... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/bisphenol-a-bpa-lawyer/index.html November 6, 2008 An expert panel of outside scientists appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Science Board has determined that the FDA ignored evidence when it concluded that a chemical found in baby bottles is safe. The chemical at issue is bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical tha... Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fda-otc-side-effects-lawyer/index.html November 6, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now offers consumers valuable information about over-the-counter medicine through its consumer education website, available at:... Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/Yamaha-rhino-lawyer-accidental-death/index.html November 5, 2008 An article published on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal states that federal safety regulators are investigating the Yamaha Rhino following reports of some 30 deaths involving it, including the deaths of two young girls last month. The Yamaha Rhino, a popular... Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/public-citizen-asks-fda-to-ban-avandia/index.html November 3, 2008 On October 30, 2008, the consumer group Public Citizen asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the formerly popular diabetes drug Avandia, claiming... Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fda-issues-warning-letters-to-bayer-healthcare-for/index.html November 3, 2008 Bayer HealthCare today received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning two illegal, over-the-counter (OTC) aspirin products the drug company is marketing: Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin + Calcium (Bayer Women's) and Bayer Aspirin with... Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/mentor-files-motion-to-consolidate-obtape-vaginal-/index.html October 31, 2008 Lawyers for Mentor Corporation, the company that manufactured the OB Tape vaginal sling, have filed a motion to establi... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fda-may-strengthen-chantix-warnings/index.html October 23, 2008Source: Wall Street Journal A recent rise in the number of reported traffic accidents and seizures involving people taking Chantix has prompted the Food and... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/delta-baby-crib-recall/index.html Oct. 21, 2008 The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Delta Enterprise Corp. of New York is recalling nearly 1.6 million drop side baby cribs after two babies suffocated when the cribs' drop side detached. The... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/amylin-byetta-study-distracts-consumers-from-issue/index.html October 13, 2008 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Byetta, is trying to boost the reputation of its diabetes drug by flaunting a new study that shows Byetta to be more effecti... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/new-york-botulism-YS-trading-frozen-salted-croaker/index.html October 6, 2008 The New York State Agriculture Commissioner, Patrick Hooker, announced on October 6 that consumers should not eat "Frozen Salted Croaker" distributed by YS Trading Corp of 38-21 23rd Street, Long Island City, New York 11101 because the product was uneviscerated. T... Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/melamine-contaminated-white-rabbit-creamy-candy-fr/index.html October 2, 2008 The industrial chemical melamine, which is blamed for sickening thousands of infants in China, has been found in candy on American shelves. Specifically, tests done in Connecticut on White Rabbit Creamy Candy found the toxic chemical in candy being sold at several Connecti... Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/trasylol-linked-to-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths/index.html October 2, 2008 New York, NY -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a law firm named to the prestigious National Law Journal's Plaintiffs' Hot List for the past five years, announced today that it has added content to its Consumer Resource Center website that provides consumers with information... Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/mr-brown-coffe-and-milk-tea-products-recalled-due-/index.html September 26, 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products are being recalled by the Taiwanese company, King Car Food Industrial Co. Ltd., due to possible melamine contamination. The Mr. Brown coffee and milk te... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/china-contaminated-baby-formula/index.html September 19, 2008 Chinese health officials yesterday reported the death of a fourth baby linked to the country's unfolding scandal involving contaminated baby formula. The tainted baby formula has already sickened 6,244 babies, with more than 1,300 babies, mostly newborns, remaining hosp... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fda-bans-generic-drug-imports-from-ranbaxy-in-indi/index.html September 19, 2008 With the recent string of tainted products produced in China, there has been growing concern in the United States over the issue of importation. And in light of the recent contaminated... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/ketek-avandia-among-8-dangerous-drugs-doctors-woul/index.html September 5, 2008  According to an article recently published by MSN Health & Fitness, some common over-the-counter and prescription drugs are so dangerous doctors say they would never take them. Do you have deadly medications in your medicine cabinet? Here is a list of eight dru... Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fda-strengthens-remicade-humira-cimzia--enbrel-war/index.html September 4, 2008 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered stronger warnings on the labels of four popular drugs for arthritis and Crohn’... Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/bpa-contaminated-plastic-baby-bottles/index.html September 3, 2008 The Department of Health and Human Services today released a final report on the safety of bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is a chemical used in plastic baby bottles. The report says government experts have "some concern" that BPA is linked to health and developmental problem... Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/zetia-vytorin-cancer-study-criticized-in-nejm/index.html September 2, 2008Merck and Schering-Plough, the makers of the popular cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, were dealt a huge blow in the world's most prestigious medical journal today. In a strongly worded editorial, the New England Journal of Medicine criticized a study conducted... Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/cold-medicine-FDA-revise-regulations/index.html August 23, 2008 In response to growing safety concerns, the FDA yesterday announced plans to revise standards for over-the-counter children’s cough and cold medicines. If the FDA finds that these products are ineffective and/or unsafe, over-the-counter... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/gadolinium-hemodialysis-prevent-nsf/index.html August 21, 2008 According to a new study, undergoing hemodialysis following exposure to gadolinium contrast dyes during an MRI may reduce some kidney patients’ risk of developing nephr... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/byetta-first-lawsuit-filed/index.html August 20, 2008 Lawyers yesterday filed what is believed to be the first personal injury lawsuit stemming from injuries associated with the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta. Lawyers filed the lawsuit... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/byetta-receive-FDA-warning/index.html August 18, 2008 After receiving two reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta users, the FDA today announced its plans to update Byetta's warning label to include warnings abou... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/cold-medicine-can-kill-babies/index.html August 4, 2008 An article published in today’s Pediatrics raises additional concerns about the dangers of giving cough and c... Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/heparin-contaminated-3-deaths/index.html July 30, 2008 The FDA, for the first time, has conclusively linked the deaths of three patients to contaminated lots of Heparin, a widely-used blood thinner manufactured by Deerfield-ba... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/developer-lennar-sued-over-asbestos-dust-at-hunter/index.html July 30, 2008 Last month, about a dozen Bayview-Hunters Point, California residents filed a lawsuit against Lennar, a well-known developer, as well as its environmental consultant, CH2M Hill, and Sacramento-based engineering consultant Gordon N. Ball, on behalf of their young children.... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/hvac-manufacturers-settle-in-asbestos-lawsuit/index.html July 21, 2008 An unnamed mesothelioma victim and his family have reached a confidential settlement with several home heating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment manufacturers in a personal injury lawsuit filed in Oakland, California. The HVAC manufacturers involved in the settlement inc... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fosamax-weaken-bones/index.html July 15, 2008 Fosamax, a popular drug for treating osteoporosis, has been linked to a rare type of leg fracture that cuts straight across the upper thighbone after little or no trauma. Typical... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/new-york-asbestos-lawsuit-ends-with-huge-jury-verd/index.html June 27, 2008 A mesothelioma patient and his wife were awarded $16.25 million today in yet another asbestos lawsuit to end with a huge jury verdict. The plaintiff, 71 year old Marvin Penn, was diagno... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/kugel-mesh-recalled-patch-given-to-patients/index.html June 5, 2008 Seven patients at two Virginia hospitals were mistakenly implanted with recalled Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Hernia Patches during the first half of... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/trasylol-78-lawsuits/index.html May 20, 2008 To date, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been hit with 78 lawsuits over its drug Trasylol, which is given during heart surgery to control bleeding. The Trasylol lawsui... Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/trasylol-1000-deaths-a-month/index.html May 14, 2008 On May 14, 2008, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it was voluntarily removing Trasylol, a drug given during heart surgery to control bleeding, from the marke... Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/heparin-more-products-recalled/index.html May 7, 2008 Medtronic, Inc., a maker of medical devices for heart patients, today announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected products featuring the Carmeda Bioactive surface. The affected medical devices are disposable products used during heart surge... Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/fosamax-double-risk-heart-condition/index.html April 28, 2008 According to research from Group Health and the University of Washington, the osteoporosis drug Fosamax appears to double women’s chances of developing atrial fibrillation, th... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/san-francisco-jury-orders-georgia-pacific-to-pay-m/index.html March 18, 2008 A San Francisco jury recently awarded $20 million in damages to a woman who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006. Georgia Pacific Corp., an asbestos manufacturer, was ordered to pay 30 percent of the verdict, or approximately $7 million, for exposing Joan Mahoney, a onet... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/ketek-probe-perjury/index.html March 9, 2008 A congressional probe into the safety of Ketek has taken a stunning turn, as it now appears that the head of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Andrew von Eschenbach, may have... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/bethlehem-steel-key-highway-shipyard-worker-awarde/index.html February 4, 2008 A Baltimore jury has awarded $15.3 million to a 73-year-old Halethorpe man whose terminal cancer was linked to asbestos exposure while working at Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Key Highway... Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/kugel-mesh-hernia-patch-litigation-expands/index.html January 30, 2008 Earlier this month, a Federal Court charged with hearing all lawsuits related to the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch ruled to expand proceedings... Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/gadolinium-black-box-warning/index.html May 23, 2007 In May 2007, the FDA ordered all manufacturers of gadolinium based contrast agents to include a black box warning on their product labels. A black box warning is the stronge... Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.consumerinjurylawyers.com/legal-news/ketek-black-box-warning/index.html February 12, 2007 In May 2006, a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine stated that Ketek, a popular antibiotic drug, caused severe kidney damage to three patients in one hospital. One pat... Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800