Defective & Dangerous Products

• Synthetic Vest Fails to Protect Law Enforcement Officers

  Patrick DeBlase | September 08, 2006 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Protective vest manufacturer Second Chance Armor is found liable for defective vests using Zylon synthetic fibers which it knew would degrade over time.Yesterday, a San Diego jury found the manufacturer and fiber supplier of protective vests liable for the death of a police officer who had been fatally shot in the chest by an ex-con. Second Chance Armor, Inc. manufactures these protective vests...

• Tobacco Industry Just Can't Quit

  Patrick DeBlase | August 31, 2006 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Nicotine levels in cigarettes are up by about 10% from 1998 to 2004 according to the Massachusetts Department of Health.Well into their national feel-good campaign to "educate" the public on smoking, a new study released on Tuesday shows conduct within the Tobacco Industry is business as usual. A Massechusetts Department of Health study released today shows that the amount of nicotine delivered...

• California Attorney Personal Injury -- Bausch & Lomb

  Paul Kiesel | August 23, 2006 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  In a finding consistent with the Journal of American Medical Association Bausch & Lomb inc.'s recall of a popular contact lens solution in May appears to have stopped the spread of a serious eye infection. Researchers at the US Center for disease control and prevention were unable to find any infectious agent in the Bausch & Lomb solution but research is continuing. As of June 30, the...

• Bausch & Lomb Lens Solution Causes Eye Infections

  Paul Kiesel | August 22, 2006 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Bausch & Lomb ReNu with Mostiure Loc was, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, responsible for a recent outbreak of fungal eye infections. The company had suggested purchasers poor eye hygiene was the probable cause of the infections but the researchers writing for the American Medical Association formally concluded the link between Bausch & Lomb and eye infections. ...

• Zyprexa California Cases

  Paul Kiesel | August 18, 2006 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  I am presently counsel for over 160 individual consumers who have used and been injured by the "anti-depression" drug Zyprexa. The Court has been asked and all parties have agreed to have Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP designated as Lead Counsel on these cases. Being Lead Counsel allows Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP to speak, in court, on behalf of all firms who have brought such cases.