Posts tagged Defective Products

• Update on Peter Pan Peanut Butter Recall

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Four Die In Helicopter Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Four people were killed Thursday afternoon while on a helicopter tour in Hawaii. The helicopter reported problems only two miles after it had taken off. The helicopter crash is one of many that have occurred in Hawaii and in Alaska and are the reason for a recent push on new helicopter safety regulations.The National Transportation Safety Board issued a request for tougher regulations on tour...

• $55 Million Verdict Against DaimlerChrysler

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 09, 2007 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  DaimlerChrysler was found liable for the death of a 38 year old man who died in 2004 after being run over by his own truck. Richard Mraz, a loving father and husband, had put his truck in park but because of a defect in the transmission of his Dodge Dakota truck, the truck was not in park and caused Mraz to be run over. He suffered from severe head injuries that turned fatal seventeen days...

• Stricter Warnings For Child Cold Medication

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 07, 2007 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Public health officials and pediatricians are among those who are pushing the government to add stricter warnings to child cold medicine. Currently many products have warnings, but the warnings are not sufficient and often the advertising that accompanies the packaging is misleading to consumers. The number of children overdosing on cold medication is astounding. In Maryland alone,...

• Salmonella Outbreak in Kane County

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 06, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A salmonella outbreak has affected several Kane County residents over the past year. A source has not been revealed at this time, but it is known that at least 35 cases have been reported in the past 14 months. Of these 35 cases, 22 have been reported in the Hispanic community. An additional 6 cases have also been reported but are currently unconfirmed.There are other cases of the same...

• Laptop Batteries Recalled

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 01, 2007 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Another round of recalled laptop batteries has just begun. Sanyo batteries that are used in ThinkPad computers are being recalled. Previously, 500,000 Sony batteries were recalled due to the chance that they could cause fire.The Sanyo batteries that are currently being recalled are nine cell batteries that were installed in eight different computers. These batteries are dangerous because they...

• Update On Salmonella and Peanut Butter Recall

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 01, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...

• Pennsylvania Woman Dies of Salmonella

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 26, 2007 7:29 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It is believed that a Pennsylvania woman died in January as a result of being infected with salmonella after eating tainted peanut butter. The peanut butter is part of a recent recall of ConAgra peanut butter. This is not the first death that is believed to be related to the peanut butter. A family recently came forward in Illinois stating that they believe their family member also died from...

• Illinois Man's Death May be from Salmonella

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 26, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  An Illinois man who died on February 2, 2007, may have died as a result of ingesting peanut butter that was affected by the recent salmonella outbreak. The man died just three days after he ate a peanut butter sandwich that contained the recently recalled ConAgra peanut butter.The death is the first reported in Illinois that relates to the salmonella outbreak. There have been other cases of...

• First Lawsuit Filed in Illinois Related to Salmonella Outbreak

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 21, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The first lawsuit in Illinois has been filed against ConAgra Foods, Inc. due to the outbreak of Salmonella from its Peter Pan peanut butter. A Chicago woman filed the lawsuit on February 21, 2007, alleging that her and her family ate the tainted peanut butter and fell ill because of it.The woman claims that her and her three children became ill after eating the peanut butter just three weeks...