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All-Metal Hip Implants Prone to Early Failure, Need to be Removed

April 27, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Great story by NPR on the continuing problems faced by patients who have received All-Metal Hip Implants. Implants Need To Be Removed Early by Richard Knox EnlargeRichard Knox/NPRYoung-min Kwon of Massachusetts General Hospital holds the metal-alloy ball of Susy Mansfield’s faulty artificial hip joint. The yellowish tissue on top is dead muscle caused by a reaction to the metal debris produced by the defective hip implant. When Susy Mansfield needed a hip replacement in 2009, her orthopedic surgeon chose a relatively new and untested kind of artificial hip made entirely of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles of Interest, Health, Medical Cases Tagged With: All-Metal Hip Implant, Attorney, Denton, DePuy, DePuy Hip Implants, Doctor, Hazard, Injury, liability, Patient, Personal Injury, Recall, Texas, Voluntary Recall

Voluntary Recall Of Slimming Capsules

July 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website**: Intercharm Inc. Issues A Nationwide Voluntary Recall Of Slim Forte Slimming Capsules Lot 20100604 And Lot 20100928, Slim Forte Slimming Coffee Lot 20100903, And Meizitang Botanical Slimming Softgel Exp. 12.23.2011 Weight Loss Capsules Found To Contain Sibutramine Contact: Intercharm Inc. 323-876-7441 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 25, 2011 - Intercharm Inc., is recalling Slimforte Slimming Capsules, Slimforte Slimming Coffee, and Botanical Slimming Soft Gel to the consumer/user level. FDA laboratory analyses found the products to contain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pharmaceutical Cases, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, consumers, Damages, Denton, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Injury, Personal Injury, Physical Injury, Recall, Texas, Voluntary Recall

Public database for safety complaints goes live

April 21, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from the Washington Post JENNIFER C. KERR The Associated Press Friday, March 11, 2011; 10:04 AM WASHINGTON -- Despite a last-minute attempt to derail it, the government launched a public database Friday that allows people to report and search safety complaints on thousands of products - from cribs and toys to power tools and hair dryers. SaferProducts.gov, overseen by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, went live as scheduled over the objections of manufacturers and a stalled GOP effort on Capitol Hill to withhold money for the project until critics' concerns were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Automotive, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, consumers, Damages, Denton, Insurance, Lawsuit, Lawyers, liability, Litigation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Personal Injury, Recall, Texas, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Voluntary Recall

Ford expands recall of F-150 pickup to nearly 1.2M

April 21, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from The Houston Chronicle By TOM KRISHER Associated Press April 14, 2011, 9:41AM DETROIT — Under pressure from government safety regulators, Ford Motor Co. is expanding a recall of the popular F-150 pickup truck to include nearly 1.2 million vehicles that may have defective air bags. The additional recall, announced Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, covers trucks from the 2004 through 2006 model years. An electrical short can cause the air bags to deploy unexpectedly, in some cases injuring drivers. In February, Ford agreed to fix 150,000 of the trucks but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Automotive, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, air bags, Airbag Deploy, Airbag Inflation, Attorney, consumers, Damages, Denton, F-150, Ford, Ford F-Series, Insurance, Lawsuit, Lawyers, liability, Litigation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Personal Injury, Recall, Safety, Texas, Truck, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Voluntary Recall

285,000 Hyundai Elantras Recalled for Air-Bag Inflation Issue

March 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

by Christopher Jensen of the New York Times Hyundai is recalling about 285,000 Elantras for air-bag problems, while Continental Tire says about 391,000 of its truck tires are vulnerable to tread separation, according to documents filed this week with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Elantras are being recalled in two actions. The first covers about 96,000 vehicles from the 2007-8 model years due to what the automaker described as electronic noise, which might cause the driver-side air bag to inflate with full force, even if the driver’s seat is sufficiently close to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Automotive, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, air bags, Airbag Deploy, Airbag Inflation, Attorney, consumers, crash, Denton, Injury, Lawyers, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Personal Injury, Recall, Safety, Texas, Voluntary Recall

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Hip Implants

March 22, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

By NATASHA SINGER The New York Times Published: August 26, 2010 More than two years after the Food and Drug Administration began receiving complaints about the failure of a hip replacement implant made by the DePuy Orthopaedics unit of Johnson & Johnson, the company said Thursday that it was recalling two kinds of hip implants. DePuy said that it had made the decision to withdraw the products because many patients required a second hip replacement after the company’s implants had failed. The news compounded problems for Johnson & Johnson, which has recalled a succession of some of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Pharmaceutical Cases, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, consumers, Denton, DePuy, DePuy Hip Implants, Doctor, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Injury, Johnson & Johnson, Lawyers, Personal Injury, Physical Injury, Recall, Safety, Texas, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Voluntary Recall

Johnson & Johnson insulin cartridge recall

March 15, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from Reuters J&J Animas unit recalls leaky insulin cartridges * 384,180 cartridges recalled in U.S., France * 22 adverse events reported, no deaths * Leak could result in underdelivery of insulin * FDA also warns Cordis unit over stent manufacturing * Shares close up 0.5 percent (Updates number of adverse events, closing share price) By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), which has been beset by a seemingly endless stream of product recalls, has recalled hundreds of thousands of potentially leaky insulin pump cartridges that could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pharmaceutical Cases, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, consumers, Denton, Doctor, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Hazard, Injury, Johnson & Johnson, Lawyers, Patient, Personal Injury, Physical Injury, Recall, Safety, Texas, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Voluntary Recall, Wrongful Death

Key-Fob Slip Prompts Chrysler Recall

March 15, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from the New York Times Online Key-Fob Slip Prompts Recall of 248,000 Chryslers Chrysler is recalling about 248,000 vehicles because driving over rough roads can cause the key to move slightly and turn off the engine. In the new filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Chrysler said the affected models were the 2010 Dodge Journey and Grand Caravan, as well as the 2010 Chrysler Town & Country. Those vehicles use a key fob that fits into the dash. Chrysler told the safety agency that it began an investigation in September when it observed an uptick in owner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Automotive, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, Chrysler, consumers, crash, Denton, F-150, Ford, Ford F-Series, Injury, Lawyers, liability, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Personal Injury, Recall, Safety, Texas, Truck, Voluntary Recall

Ford to recall 150,000 F-150 pickups over air bags

March 15, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from the Austin American Statesman By KEN THOMAS The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Under government pressure, Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will recall nearly 150,000 F-150 pickup trucks to fix air bags that could deploy without warning, a fraction of the vehicles the government contends should be called back and repaired. The recall covers trucks from the 2005-2006 model years in the United States and Canada for what the Dearborn, Mich., company calls a "relatively low risk" of the air bag deploying inadvertently. The government, however, has urged Ford to recall 1.3 million F-150s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Automotive, Recalls Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, consumers, crash, Denton, F-150, Ford, Ford F-Series, Injury, Lawyers, Personal Injury, Pickup, Recall, Safety, Truck, Voluntary Recall

Glaxo Suit on Avandia Heart Attack Death Settled on Trial’s Eve

March 15, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

from Bloomberg.Com Glaxo Suit on Avandia Heart Attack Death Settled on Trial’s Eve GlaxoSmithKline Plc said it settled on the eve of trial a lawsuit alleging its Avandia diabetes drug caused a North Carolina man to die of a heart attack, avoiding a jury determination over risks associated with the medicine. The U.K.’s biggest drugmaker resolved the suit by the family of James Burford, an Avandia user who died in 2006. The company declined to provide details of the accord’s terms. The resolution eliminates the risk Glaxo would face a large jury award, said Navid Malik, a drug-industry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pharmaceutical Cases Tagged With: Accident, Attorney, Denton, Diabetes, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Injury, Lawyers, Patient, Personal Injury, Physical Injury, Recall, Safety, Voluntary Recall, Wrongful Death

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