Defective & Dangerous Products

• Another Merck Muck - Fosamax Drug Danger(2)

  Staff Writer | April 18, 2006 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  As if Vioxx wasn't problematic enough for drug manufacturer Merck, now another health risk has surfaced, directly linked to its Fosamax drug. As the LA Times has reported, since 2001, more than 2,400 patients taking Fosamax and other bone-building medications have reported bone death in their jaws. Yet, 90% of the drug side effects aren't reported to the FDA. Biophosphonate drugs have been...

• Men File Defective Defribillator Lawsuits

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two men from the Chicago area have filed lawsuits against Medtronics, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of defribillator implants.Randie Green and Anton Muller claim their defribillators had defective batteries, and they had them removed in 2005.According to the complaints, the models' defective batteries cause the defibrillator to short, resulting in an unpredictable loss of power without...

• Hot Dog Chili Sauce Recall After Botulism Fear

  Jamie G. Goldstein | July 24, 2007 8:17 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The FDA announced this past week that it is recalling 10 ounce cans of Hot Dog Chili Sauce that is sold under various labels. The affected products have "best by" dates of April 30, 2009 through May 22, 2009. If you have any cans from the listed brands with these dates or an unreadable or missing date, you should throw the cans away immediately. Warning signs of botulism include:Double...

• Salmonella Linked To Taste of Chicago - First Lawsuits Filed

  Jamie G. Goldstein | July 19, 2007 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two lawsuits have been filed in Chicago relating to the salmonella outbreak at the city's Taste of Chicago festival. The festival takes place every year at the end of June and lasts through 4th of July. At least 636 people have reported salmonella infections as a result of eating at Pars Cove's booth. Additional reports show that approximately 50 cases have been confirmed through lab testing...

• Cheese Causes Salmonella Outbreak in Kane County

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A salmonella outbreak in Kane County has been linked to cheese that was possibly illegally produced. The outbreak has made at least 20 people ill. The cheese that appears to be contaminated is Mexican-style white cheese that was being sold in Kane County. The cheese that seems to be effected is cheese being sold in unlabeled packages or from street vendors.After an investigation into the...

• First Lawsuit Filed in Illinois In Pet Food Recall Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 21, 2007 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A recall on dog and cat food is affecting pet's throughout the nation. As posted yesterday, there are 40 brands of cat food and 51 brands of dog food that may have possible contamination. The food, if ingested, can cause kidney failure in the animals and lead to death. A Chicago woman, watched her 9 year old cat die from kidney failure last week and is one of the first lawsuits filed against...

• Update on Peter Pan Peanut Butter Recall

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The FDA has issued a new update on the salmonella recall. The latest update was issued on March 9, 2007 and extended the time frame of possible affected Peter Pan peanut butter. The new update says that consumers should not eat any peanut butter beginning with the code 2111 that was bought as far back as October 2004. The previous warning only extended to peanut butter bought as far back as...

• Update On Salmonella and Peanut Butter Recall

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 01, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The FDA initially issued a warning about Salmonella linked to Peter Pan Peanut Butter on February 14, 2007. Since that time there have been numerous cases of salmonella reported all over the country, including in Illinois. The first Illinois case related to the outbreak was recently filed and others are expected, including one on behalf of a man who may have died as a result of ingesting the...

• 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...

• Tasers Safety Challenged Again

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2006 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin has conducted a new study which showed that shocks from Tasers cause the hearts of healthy pigs to stop beating. This finding contradicts the previous research financed by, guess who, Taser International. The new study took into account that pigs have a thick layer of muscle insulating their hearts from their skin, so the...