FDA Calls Surgical Staplers and Staples Unsafe
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released reports detailing more than 56,000 medical malfunctions related to surgical staplers that were reported betw...
Recent Studies Show Harmful Effects of E-Cigarettes
An increasing number of health studies and lawsuits have started to appear that raise concern about the use of electronic cigarettes – or e-cigarettes. While ...
Johnson & Johnson’s History with “Safe” Levels of Asbestos in Their Baby Powder
The New Jersey state trial continues against Johnson & Johnson, with the pharmaceutical giant’s representative and former company toxicologist recently ta...
Allergan Breast Implants Recalled Due to Connection with Rare Lymphoma
Allergan, a pharmaceutical company based out of Dublin, Ireland, is initiating a worldwide recall of their Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders...
Roundup Verdict Cut from $80 Million to $25 Million
On July 15, a federal district judge in San Francisco reduced the award Bayer and Monsanto Co. would have to pay a man who claimed that the popular weed killer,...
Covil Corp Found Responsible for Wrongful Death of Firestone Employee
A North Carolina jury has awarded Franklin Finch’s estate $32.7 million. Finch was a Firestone employee for 20 years, where he spent some of his time in the c...
A $2 Billion Verdict Against Monsanto in Latest Roundup Trial
A California jury has sided with Alva and Alberta Pilliod of Livermore California in their lawsuit against the company Monsanto. They claimed that the extended ...
Bayer CEO Says Company Faces 13,400 Roundup Suits
Bayer AG’s chief executive officer on Friday said the company faces 13,400 suits over the weedkiller Roundup as he defended last year’s $63 billion acquisit...
Manufacturing Company 3M Faces Multidistrict Litigation for Defective CAEv2 Military Earplugs
The battle against the manufacturing company 3M persists as the number of cases filed against them continues to rise. This past July, 3M paid a settlement of $9...
Asbestos Found in Claire’s Cosmetics Leads to Class Action Lawsuit
This week, a class action lawsuit was initiated in New York Federal Court in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s consumer advisory that ...