Defective & Dangerous Products

• Questions About The Peanut Butter Recall???

  M. Brandon Smith | February 28, 2007 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Did you or a loved one eat from a contaminated jar of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter? Do you have questions about this recent peanut butter salmonella outbreak? If so we at InjuryBoard can help you find answers to these questions. Let us put our knowledge and expertise to work for you in order to ensure your rights are protected. And best of all, it is of no charge to you. We provide...

• Georgia ConAgra Plant Definitively Linked To Salmonella

  M. Brandon Smith | February 24, 2007 1:29 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  As if it was not already apparent, it is now official that the local Georgia ConAgra food plant has been linked to the presence of salmonella in its jars of peanut butter according to the Centers for Disease Control. During the course of its investigation it has now been shown that the contaminated peanut butter has reached in excess of 41 states and 329 people thus far. According to the...

• Chicken Strip Recall In Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | February 18, 2007 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The Georgia Department of Agriculture announced a recall of Oscar Mayer's Ready to Eat Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat after finding traces of Listeria monocytogenes in the strips. The contaminated chicken strip packages of concern contain the establishment number "19676".According to wsbtv.com:Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon...

• Save That Peanut Butter Jar-It Is Evidence

  M. Brandon Smith | February 16, 2007 11:22 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  When pursuing a peanut butter salmonella outbreak claim it is very important to NOT throw away the jar of peanut butter and its lid despite what others are saying at this time. It will be a very important piece of evidence in the future. Keep it in a very safe place where no one will use it again and mark it with a danger sign or note. Do not however write on the jar itself. Put it in a...

• Peanut Butter Linked To Salmonella Outbreak

  M. Brandon Smith | February 15, 2007 7:46 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  If you eat peanut butter and have a jar or two in your home, Be Careful-Be Very Careful as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently warned that thousands of jars of peanut butter have been linked to a salmonella Outbreak. According to the FDA, the salmonella outbreak has been found in jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter for ConAgra. According to early information, the...

• Prosecutors Seek To Postpone Grace Asbestos Trial

  M. Brandon Smith | August 31, 2006 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Federal prosecutors are expected to appeal a number of rulings in favor of W.R. Grace & Co., a large Columbia chemical maker, who is alleged to have violated the Clean Air Act and knowingly poisoning former workers and other residents of Montana with asbestos related products. Many maintain that asbestos fibers were scattered about the town and as a result hundreds of residents have suffered...

• "Big Dig" Negligence Ends In Death

  M. Brandon Smith | August 31, 2006 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Del Valle, husband of the now deceased Milena Del Valle, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston Tuesday after his wife suffered fatal injuries in a "Big Dig" accident. Mr. Valle was driving his wife to Logan airport when all of a sudden the multi-ton ceiling panel of a construction project fell on their vehicle killing his wife. The suit alleges negligence on the part...

• Federal Judge Chastises Tobacco Industry

  M. Brandon Smith | August 22, 2006 8:17 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Washington D.C. Federal Judge Gladys Kessler recently expressed her unfavorable opinions on the tobacco industry as a whole last week in her 1, 742 opinion which specifically included nine cigarette manufactures and two trade groups. The ruling showed the tobacco industry conspired to conceal the truth about smoking and the adverse health risks associated with it for the past 50 years. This...

• Shopping Carts And Lawsuits-A Way To Force Change

  M. Brandon Smith | August 09, 2006 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In a recent study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, more federal regulation is need in the area of shopping carts based on the inadequacy of their current design. Although most of the injuries occur when children in the carts are not strapped in, others do still have accidents due to the top heavy nature of the carts design and manufacture. A recent lawsuit was filed California...

• Dupont Settles EPA Lawsuit

  Richard Schlueter | December 16, 2005 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Dupont must pay $16.5 million to settle complaints that the company did not inform the EPA of health risks associated with PFOAs. The compound is used to make Teflon and is commonly found in nonstick and stain-resistant materials. Dupont said they only settled to avoid a court battle and "did not deliberately withhold information from the government." Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post ...