Defective & Dangerous Products

• Scientific Panel Concludes Food & Drug Administration Needs Reform

  Helen Zukin | September 25, 2006 4:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Blue ribbon panel criticizes FDA and calls for reform of agency. Drug safety monitoring needs complete overhaul. A blue ribbon panel of scientists issued a highly critical report on Friday, on the health of the FDA. The report, requested by the FDA after VIOXX, a much used painkiller, was linked to heart attacks, concluded that the FDA has a number of serious problems which need immediate...

• E. coli-infected Spinach Causes Deaths, Illness

  Elaine Mandel | September 19, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Fresh spinach containing E. coli bacteria has caused sickness and death in 21 states. Over 100 people have gotten sick, and one has died. Now farmers, whose business has taken a hit, are upset that the FDA is warning the public not to eat fresh spinach.California farmers are protesting the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recommendation that people stay away from fresh spinach after one person...

• Big Auto to Include Anti-Rollover Technology in Upcoming Models

  Patrick DeBlase | September 14, 2006 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Today, the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that beginning with the 2009 model year, all vehicles must be equipped with "electronic stability control" (ESC). This feature drastically reduces the potential for vehicle rollovers. Auto makers typically do not chomp at the bit to introduce safety features in the vehicles they sell to consumers. Rather, it is governmental...

• 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...

• 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.

• 143 Million Pounds of Frozen Beef Recalled

  Jenny Albano | February 17, 2008 8:57 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  On Sunday, February 17, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef form a slaughterhouse in Southern California that is being investigated for mistreating the cattle. This recall is the largest beef recall in the U.S. since 1999.The recall affects beef from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Agency dating to February 1, 2006. This company supplies meat for the federal...

• Pet Food Recall Leaves Many Worried

  Shannon Weidemann | March 21, 2007 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The huge recall of pet food produced by Menu Foods of Canada has many owners of dogs and cats worried. The recall includes over 90 brands of pet food including Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba. The recalled food is all canned or foil packet wet style food and may cause kidney damage. Investigators are looking into a supplier of the wheat gluten used to make the food.Ontario,Canada-based Menu Foods --...

• 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...

• Pharmaceutical Giant Agrees to Pay 500 million to settle Zyprexa Claims

  Paul Kiesel | January 08, 2007 3:01 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Lilly settles thousands of Zyprexa claims. Lilly to pay $500 million settlement to over 28,000 injured victims. International drug giant Eli Lilly agreed this week to pay 500 million to resolve 18,000 claims by those injured by the use of Zyprexa. Lilly's Zyprexa is prescribed for serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The drug has been approved by the FDA since...

• Punitive Damages Remain the Most Effective Deterrent to Corporate Malice

  Patrick DeBlase | November 02, 2006 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  There's a lot of talk going on right now about the subject of punitive damages following an Oregon jury's verdict and the U.S. Supreme Court's pending review of a $79 million punitive damage award to the widow of a man who died of lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking. $79 million is a lot of money. At first blush it would seem like someone just one the litigation lottery. However, the...