Defective & Dangerous Products

• Push to drop the term "recall"

  Eddie Farah | September 28, 2006 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The Heart Rhythm Society has requested the Food and Drug Administration not to use the word "recall" but use "safety advisory" or "safety alert" when referring to defective pacemakers and defibrillators.According the Heart Rhythm Society's president Dwight Reynolds, "The anxiety created among patients and physicians by this term is the number one cause for replacement of devices." He went on to...

• Suit for "Light Cigarettes" granted

  Eddie Farah | September 26, 2006 4:25 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Today U. S. District Judge Jack Weinstein granted a class action status on "light cigarette "smokers which potentially will costs cigarette makers $200 billion dollars.The class is anyone who purchased cigarettes that were labeled "light" or "lights" after they were put on the market, beginning in the early 1970's.Smoker's attorney, Michael D. Hausfeld argued before the courts, that...

• Carmakers sued over global warming

  Eddie Farah | September 22, 2006 8:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Recently the a lawsuit was filed in the U. S. District Court in Northern California, against Ford, General Motors, Toyota, and North American units of DaimlerChrysler, Honda and Nissan, alleging greenhouse gases from their vehicles have costs California millions of dollars. This is the first of its kind attempting to hold manufactures liable for damages from vehicle emissions.Global warming is...

• Light Smokers seeking damages

  Eddie Farah | September 13, 2006 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  In a federal class action lawsuit against the tobacco companies, attorneys for the plaintiff's allege over the course of more than three decades, U. S. smokers spend at much as $200 billions buying "Light" cigarettes. At a hearing before U. S. Senior District Judge Jack Weinstein, plaintiff's attorneys accuse tobacco companies of violating racketeering laws and defrauding customers into...

• Soft drink makers settle suit

  Eddie Farah | August 29, 2006 8:10 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Coco-Cola Co. recently was sued a District of Columbia Superior Court as part of an effort to force soft drink makers to eliminate ingredients benzene, which has been linked to leukemia.Similar suits are pending in Federal court in Kansas, Massachusetts and New Jersey; and in state court in Florida and California."Benzene can form in soft drinks, which contain vitamin C and either sodium...

• Harvested body parts recalled

  Eddie Farah | August 25, 2006 7:19 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Recently the FDA closed down Donor Referral Services of Raleigh, N.C., run by Philip Guyett, citing the company used an unsanitary embalming room to carve up dozens of corpses to procure tissue. This resulted in a leading medical firm to quietly recall hundreds of human tissue products destined for transplants in the nation. Routine operations such as back surgery and knee repairs use cadaver...

• Apple recalls notebook batteries

  Eddie Farah | August 24, 2006 9:38 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Today Apple Computers Inc recalled 1.8 million Sony-built laptop batteries that could overheat and catch fire. This action was taken as the result of Apple receiving nine reports of batteries overheating. Although no serious injuries have been reported, two customers received minor burns. Additionally some minor property damage was reportedThe Consumer Product Safety Commission reports Dell...

• Tobacco Companies Liable

  Eddie Farah | August 23, 2006 7:39 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  U. S. District Judge Gladys Kessler recently ruled some tobacco companies broke the law, and found them liable for violating racketeering laws for decades, in a conspiracy to hid smoking dangers.Cigarette smoking causes disease, suffering and death. Despite internal recognition of this fact, defendants have publicly denied, distorted, and minimized the hazards of smoking for decades.These...

• Renew recall stops eye infection

  Eddie Farah | August 22, 2006 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Although scientists still are unsure what caused the spread of serious eye infections, but it appears that Bausch & Lomb Inc's global recall of ReNew eye product may have stopped.CDC researcher do not believe improper lens hygiene practices alone are enough to explain the recent rash of fusarium keratitis casesFusarium keratitis was first reported in Singapore and Hon Kong resulted in the...

• Accutane heart, liver risks

  Eddie Farah | August 21, 2006 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  According to a new study, Accutane appears to raise eth risk for potential heart and liver problems.Lab tests on 13,662 patients taking the popular acne drug and underscore the need to closely monitor people taking isotretinoin, which is sold as Accutane and in three generic versions. Abnormal results for cholesterol and liver function were more common than expected. An elevation in cholesterol...