Defective & Dangerous Products

• Maclaren Stroller Defect Went Unfixed for Five Years

  Paul Kiesel | November 19, 2009 7:15 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From the New York Post: Maclaren knew for at least five years that its strollers could lop off a child's finger, but did nothing about the dangerous defect until federal regulators all but forced...

• Procter & Gamble Says Mouthwash Product Kills Germs and Creates the Appearance of Brown Stains on Teeth?

  Paul Kiesel | August 07, 2009 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  This sounds like a terrible product: Crest Pro-Health mouthwash. Also, one would think that P&G's spokesperson would be better off not promoting the mouthwash's brown-staining effect on teeth....

• Paralyzed Woman Gets $82.6 Million From Ford

  Lance Rubin | March 12, 2008 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Benetta Buell-Wilson was in her Ford Explorer when the SUV fishtailed then rolled over four times. Now the mother of two is paralyzed. Her lawyers went to court and sued Ford. The jury awarded her $368 million, much of it in "punitive" damages -- damages that are meant to punish Ford for their bad business practices and ignoring their own testing that showed their SUVs, particularly the...

• California Closer to Banning BPA in Plastics

  Paul Kiesel | June 02, 2009 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Sacramento -- Despite a fierce lobbying effort by the U.S. chemical industry, the state Senate narrowly approved a proposal Tuesday that would ban the use...

• FDA: Anti-Smoking Drug May Pose Serious Neuropsychiatric Risks to Users

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | February 04, 2008 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory last Friday to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medication used to help patients stop smoking. Government regulators believe the connection between Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix and serious neuropsychiatric problems is "increasingly...

• Ohalee Inc. Recalls Youth ATVs Because of Mechanical Hazards

  Jenny Albano | September 06, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Ohalee Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling around 36 Ohalee FA-A70 Youth ATVs because mechanical hazards could put young riders at a risk of injury.These youth ATVs lack front brakes and a tire pressure gauge, the date of manufacture is not printed on side of the tires, and the front suspension is solid and does not allow for travel. Additionally, the flag pole bracket is not 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. ...

• Doctor Receives Misconduct Allegations from Autism Vaccine Link Study

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Dr. Andrew Wakefield is being investigated by Britain's General Medical Council because of problems with a study he did on the autism vaccine link. The council states that the study was conducted without proper ethical approval, and failed to disclose his link information to the autism litigators. Dr. Wakefield denies all the allegations.His study, which was published in The Lancet in 1998,...

• FDA Demands New Warnings for ADHD Drugs

  Paul Kiesel | February 26, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  FDA requires new ADHD warning labels. Added warnings advised on ADHD drugs.An FDA advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend the most serious type of warning labels for drugs treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The new warning will include cautionary language of those medications causing psychiatric and heart problems, including death.Approximately 3.3 million children and 1.5...

• States Intensify Investigation into Eli Lilly's Zyprexa

  Paul Kiesel | January 22, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  States investigating Lilly for risks of Zyprexa. Documents show Lilly played down risks of Zyprexa. State prosecutors in Illinois and Vermont have demanded that Eli Lilly turn over information about how the company advertised and promoted its best selling drug Zyprexa. Illinois and Vermont have become a part of a consolidated five state civil investigation into how Lilly promoted Zyprexa, a...