Posts tagged Defective Products

• VIOXX VERDICT ADDS PUNITIVE DAMAGES

  Staff Writer | April 13, 2006 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A New Jersey state jury first awarded $4.5M ($3 million to a man suffering a heart attack, and $1.5 million for his wife); and then added $9 Million in Punitive Damages. The jury found that Merck had knowingly witheld information about the risks of the drug, including heart attacks and strokes. In another significant legal setback against Merck, a New Jersey Appeals Court ruled that a...

• Should You ReNu with Bausch & Lomb?

  Staff Writer | April 11, 2006 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This morning, Bausch & Lomb stopped shipments of its soft contact lens solution ReNu with MoisterLOC, after findings revealed over 100 rare fungal infections worldwide. Earlier this year, the manufacturer stopped shipments to Hong Kong and Singapore after infections surfaced there. The fungal conditions called Keratitis could lead to blindness or the need for corneal transplants. Symptoms...

• Birth-Control Patch Doubles Risk of Pill

  Staff Writer | February 27, 2006 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Food and Drug Administration recently published a new study that shows that women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch have double the risk of developing blood clots compared with those who take the pill. Last November, additions to the patch label warned women that they would be exposed to about 60% more estrogen than those who used birth-control pills. Over four million have used the...

• Multi-Million Dollar Ephedra Settlement

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Two years after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, Nutraquest has agreed to contribute $34.2 Million to settle 138 pending lawsuits. The New Jersey pharmaceutical company joined with dozens of other companies to resolve these suits, but has many other suits still pending. In 2004, the FDA banned Ephedra, an herbal dietary supplement used to lose weight, after linking the drug to 155...

• Rhode Island Wins First Lead Paint Cleanup Case

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 11:24 AM | 1 CommentChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Three paint manufacturers will have to spend millions of dollars in clean up costs to protect Rhode Island children from being poisoned by lead paint. This is the first time that any State has sued the paint industry for clean up costs. This week, the jury found the defendants to be a public nuisance, and next week arguments will begin on whether punitive damages should be awarded against...

• FDA Finds Adderall Risk To Children

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2006 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Responding to a 2005 Study, the FDA Advisory Committee has found a link between Adderall, a popular drug for children with attention deficity hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death. The Chairman of the FDA Drug and Risk Management Advisory Committee said that the panel will need to find a safe way to study the risks while the drug is still...

• Asbestos Bill Supported by Secret List of Corporations

  Staff Writer | February 10, 2006 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Committee to Protect Mesothelioma Victims (CPMV) is demanding that Congress reveal the names of the companies required to pay into a proposed national asbestos trust fund. Proposed bill S.852 will establish a $140 billion national trust fund for individuals suffering from asbestos-related illnesses. Companies that profited from the sale or production of asbestos would be responsible for...

• Two Devices Recalled by Boston Scientific

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Cardiac patients should be aware that Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer, has recalled two separate products. 40,000 Flextone cutting balloons and 18,000 vena kava blood filters have been recalled from hospitals based on reports of unintentional separation during withdrawal in angioplasty procedures, and implantations to dissolve blood clots, respectively. These defects may...

• Men File Defective Defribillator Lawsuits

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  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...