Defective & Dangerous Products

• Drywall Lawsuit Filed In Florida

  Eddie Farah | April 22, 2009 5:19 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  There is quite a growing problem in Florida for homeowners who unknowingly bought homes with drywall made in China. A class-action lawsuit has now been brought in South Florida against...

• Raising the Tax On Cigarettes - It's About Time

  Eddie Farah | November 19, 2008 11:54 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It makes sense. Cigarettes cost the state of Florida about $6 billion a year in exorbitant health care costs associated with smoking - heart disease, cancers and hospitalizations, according to the...

• Florida Fire Marshall Suspects Chinese Drywall Could Be Flammable

  Eddie Farah | July 26, 2009 10:17 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  As if the problems with the foul smell coming from Chinese drywall in some Florida homes is not problem enough - now we learn that the state Fire Marshal’s Office and the Consumer Product...

• Floridians Receive Confirmation of Defective Chinese-Made Wallboard

  Eddie Farah | May 20, 2009 8:21 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Reports of sulfur smelling homes and corroded wiring have been coming into the Florida Department of Health since December. Now there is official federal confirmation that the Chinese-made...

• Florida Considers Banning Tanning Beds For Teens

  Eddie Farah | March 27, 2009 11:42 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  It’s hard to believe that in the Sunshine State people pay to go into a tanning booth to get sun exposure. But they do, including kids who want to get ready for spring break or a cheerleading...

• Can Mold Kill? Parents Say Yes and File Lawsuit Against Hospital

  Eddie Farah | February 05, 2009 9:44 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Can mold kill? The families of three young children say yes, and they’ve filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Hospital accusing the hospital of failing to protect the leukemia patients...

• New Pool Drain Covers Mandated Nationwide By Friday

  Eddie Farah | December 18, 2008 11:19 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Beginning Saturday, pools and spas that do not have the required anti-drowning drain covers could be forced to close down. The improved safety system was passed by Congress last year and pool and...

• Botox Lawsuit Filed For Unapproved Uses

  Eddie Farah | July 19, 2008 12:35 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Allergan, the maker of Botox Cosmetic, makes about $1.2 billion a year from the drug. Plenty to fight the lawsuits that are filed by users who claim they were injured or by survivors of Botox...

• 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...

• Gardasil and Lou Gehrig's Disease - Two Cases

  Eddie Farah | October 19, 2009 11:31 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Researchers believe that two separate cases of Lou Gehrig’s Disease in young girls that progressed rapidly following the Gardasil injection may be related to the cervical cancer...