Defective & Dangerous Products

• Lawn Mowers More Dangerous Than Thought

  M. Brandon Smith | August 08, 2006 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In a recent study, lawn mowers were found to injure more than 9,000 children and teenagers a year in the United States alone. The study further shows the current standards for lawn mowers are inadequate and suggests that most of these injuries could be prevented by employing a few simple guidelines changes.According to Cbsnews.com:In the study, published in Pediatrics, researchers David Vollman,...

• Lead Based Paint Plaintiffs Seeing Recent Success In Courts

  M. Brandon Smith | August 08, 2006 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  For years now paint manufactures have been winning almost every case filed against them wherein Plaintiffs allege lead based paint injuries. However after a recent Plaintiff's verdict in Rhode Island which held a major paint manufacture accountable for lead paint related injuries based on the theory of a public nuisance, the tide may be shifting. Further evidence of this trend is shown in...

• Many Deaths Result From Painkiller Patch Abuse

  M. Brandon Smith | August 05, 2006 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Fentanyl patches, first made Johnson and Johnson under the brand name Duragesic, have increasingly become an area for concern in recent years. Primarily designed for cancer patients and others with chronic pains, these prescription only patches are causing an alarming number of deaths in the United States alone. Many are said to be abusing the painkiller patches by squeezing the drug off the...

• $10 Million Awarded To Asbestos Widow

  M. Brandon Smith | August 04, 2006 7:45 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  A Jury in the Newport News Circuit Court awarded $10.4 million to the widow of a shipyard worker who died from lung cancer after four years of exposure to asbestos containing products. The wrongful death lawsuit was brought against three companies that manufactured the materials: John Crane Inc., Denver's Johns Manville Corp., and Garlock Sealing Technologies. According to the...

• $111 Million Suit Filed Against Home Depot

  M. Brandon Smith | June 14, 2006 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Jay and Laura Flynn recently filed a $111 Million suit against Home Depot and the manufacture of a defective grout-sealing product the mega home retailer sold them in July of 2005. According to the complaint, the product's fumes permanently damaged his lungs and dramatically affected every facet of his daily life.According to the AJC.comFlynn's breathing difficulties have caused him to quit his...

• First California Vioxx Trial to Start June 21, 2006

  M. Brandon Smith | June 08, 2006 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  With the first of two Vioxx trials to start on June 21, 2006, Merck & Co. has filed a motion for summary judgment on the case of a 73 year-old man who had a heart attack after taking Vioxx. The basis of the motion is that the lawsuit was filed after the statute of limitations had ran in California. A hearing on that motion is set for June 15, 2006. Although the motion is most likely to be...

• Two-Thirds Of Eye Fungus Sufferers Connected To Bausch & Lomb

  M. Brandon Smith | June 07, 2006 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted that nearly two-thirds of contact lens wearers who contracted eye infections reported using Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with Mositureloc. The number of confirmed cases of fungal infection or Fusarium keratitis, has increased to dramatically in recent days to a number well over 100 according to the CDC. According to ABCNEWS.ComWithout eye-drop...

• Guidant Issues New Warning On Defibrillators

  M. Brandon Smith | May 16, 2006 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Boston Scientific Corporation recently issued another warning to physicians about another 996 defibrillators that may malfunction and leave its patients without sufficient protection from sudden cardiac death. The defect stems from a faulty low voltage capacitor which has been confirmed in over 30 defibrillators removed from patients since May 8, 2006. The Guidant division of Boston Scientific...

• Bausch & Lomb Global Recall of ReNU With MoistureLoc

  M. Brandon Smith | May 15, 2006 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Bausch & Lomb has decided to permanently remove ReNu with MoistureLoc off the worldwide market after an internal investigation showed this product increased the risk of Fusarium infection. The FDA has stated it supports this decision given the data they have analyzed and studied.According to the FDA:ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, manufactured in the Greenville , SC plant, was...

• ReNu Linked To Contact Lens Fungus

  M. Brandon Smith | April 17, 2006 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Bausch and Lomb has stopped shipments of its ReNu contact lens solution after the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) linked it to a fungal eye infection that can cause temporary blindness. The CDC is currently investigating 109 reports of fusarium keratitis which can scar the cornea and blind it victims if not treated in time. There have already been 8 cases where U.S. patients have...