Defective & Dangerous Products

• FDA Warning - Peanut Butter and Salmonella

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 15, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The FDA posted a warning on February 14, 2007 that specific jars of Peter Pan peanut butter and jars of Great Value peanut butter may be contaminated with Salmonella. The jars with a product code beginning with 2111 should be discarded. The peanut butter would have been purchased on or after May 2006. The affected peanut butter was manufactured at a ConAgra facility in Georgia. Great Value...

• Stairway Collapse in Chicago Residence

  Jamie G. Goldstein | January 30, 2007 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A part of a second floor stairway collapsed while a man and his child were walking up the stairs of their home on Monday afternoon. The man was holding his child when he stepped on a concrete landing that collapsed.The concrete landing collapse caused the two to fall approximately ten to twelve feet. Luckily, the father and son had only minor injuries. Unfortunately, problems with building...

• Drug Recall

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 14, 2006 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  On November 9, 2006, the FDA recalled acetominophen 500 mg tablets produced by Perrigo Company. It is believed that some of these tablets contain metal fragments. The recall includes approximately 11 million bottles. This is an over the counter medication and not a prescription drug.

• Litigation Defense - Fraudulent Studies

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Scientific Fraud by industry is not limited to the motive of increased sales; it is also designed to defend lawsuits. I am currently prosecuting a Sanctions Motion against a Product Liability Defendant for secretly creating a "peer reviewed study" to promote its litigation strategy. The Scientific Fraud in my case occurred when the researcher deceived the Journal Editors by 1) failing to...

• Conflicted Medical Journals

  Staff Writer | July 25, 2006 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  If you've been reading the newspapers lately, you can't miss articles and editorials concerning the proliferation of Conflicts of Interest in Medical Studies. As recently reported in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Chicago Tribune; several stories are surfacing about researchers who deceive the editors and readers of Medical Journals by hiding their financial ties to...

• Depressing Antidepressants Conflicts

  Staff Writer | July 24, 2006 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Doctors from Cardiff University in Wales have revealed that previous studies concerning antidepressants had inflated their safety statistics. Referring to the SSRI drugs (Selective Serotonim Reuptake Inhibitors), the Cardiff Study found that the risks of suicides have been routinely understated while the benefits have been overhyped. In future blogs I will discuss how often researchers fail to...

• Tobacco Class De-Certification Opens Floodgates

  Staff Writer | July 13, 2006 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Although the Tobacco makers celebrated the Florida Supreme Court ruling which de-certified the Class on which a billion dollar plus punitive damages award was vacated, the underlying jury verdict remains. That means that between 300,000 and 700,000 Plaintiffs who are eligiible to file individual lawsuits against the Tobacco makers can rely on the prior guilty verdict of Deceptive Practices. ...

• Thousands of Heart Devices Recalled

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2006 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Boston Scientific is recalling 23,000 heart pacemakers and defibrillators and recommended that 27,000 patients who already have their chests consult their physicians. The defect is a faulty electrical component that could cause them to fail. Boston Scientific purchased Guidant in April for $27.5 billion. The company said that it is not ready for outside regulators from the FDA to review...

• Bush Has Dismantled FDA

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2006 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A 15-month Congressional inquiry into FDA enforcement of the nation's food and drug laws has found a frighteningly sharp decline over the last five years. The number of warning letters to drug companies, medical device makers and others is down 54% from 2000 to 2005. Enforcement actions was down 65%, despite a wave of problems with devices, including implantable defibrillators and pacemakers. ...

• Playing Fast and Loose With Fast Foods

  Staff Writer | June 26, 2006 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Do you bellieve Fast Food Restaurants should warn customers that their menu items are fatty? How about the Trans-Fat amounts? The recent lawsuit by the Center for Science in the Public Interest against KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) raises the question of whether the Courts are appropriate places to educate public and teach Fast Food chains a lesson about proper labeling. Consumers do have a...