GM Fires 15 Employees After Internal Investigation Reveals Reasons for Delayed Vehicle Recall General Motors, Inc, announced on Thursday, June 5th, that an internal investigation uncovered a “pattern of incompetence” that caused the ignition switch vehicle recall to be delayed by a decade. The automotive manufacturer announced that 15 employees had been fired in relation to the serious delays in the ignition switch vehicle recall, which caused at least 13 deaths in car crashes over a period of 10 years. “Repeatedly, individuals failed to … [Read more...]
Egg Titan Pleads Guilty in Salmonella Food Recall Lawsuit
June 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Father & Son Team Behind Massive Salmonella Egg Recall Plead Guilty to Charges On Tuesday, June 3rd, a father and son team behind one of the largest egg providers, and the largest salmonella-based food recall, in the US have pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal food safety laws, as well as bribery. Austin “Jack” DeCoster, 79, and his son Peter DeCoster, 51, from Iowa, pleaded guilty to violating food safety regulations, which led to 62,000 people contracting food poisoning because of salmonella, as well as a food recall that … [Read more...]
Alexion Pharma Issues Drug Recall for Soliris
June 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Alexion Drug Recall for Soliris Intravenous Drug for Visible Particles Alexion Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary drug recall for certain lots of Soliris, a brand-name drug used to treat clotting disorders. The company said that the drug recall was related to a problem in the manufacturing process, which spurred a similar drug recall in November 2013. Defective products and tainted drugs can be deadly. The nine lots that fall within the drug recall were reportedly shipped between June and October 2013, and have visible particulate … [Read more...]
Ford’s Power Steering Vehicle Recall Covers 1.4 Million SUVs and Cars
June 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ford Recalls 1.4 Million Autos for Power Steering Problems Ford Motor Co. has issued two vehicle recalls related to complaints about power steering problems that can cause an accident. The company announced the vehicle recalls on Thursday, May 29th. The larger of the two vehicle recalls covers 915,216 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner SUVs from model years 2008 through 2011. Reportedly, a defect can turn the power steering off, increasing the risk of a crash as the vehicle becomes harder to steer. The second vehicle recall involves 195,527 … [Read more...]
President Obama Calls for More Concussion Research
June 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
President Calls for More, Better Research into Concussions in Children On Thursday, May 29th, President Barack Obama called for more robust research into concussions, especially in young adults and children. The president said that the medical community still faced too much uncertainty about the scope of the issue in children, as well as the long-term impact of concussions, whether a child has only one concussion, or faces repeated concussion injuries. “We want our kids participating in sports,” Obama said as he opened a day-long summit at … [Read more...]
Selling Chicken Contaminated by Salmonella is OK?
May 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Foster Farms’ Salmonella Cases Rise to 574, But Still No Food Recall The number of people have contracted food poisoning by salmonella as a direct result of consuming Foster Farms chicken has risen to 574, but the poultry processor still has not issued a food recall for any of its products. In the last few months, 50 more people have reported salmonella contamination after ingesting Foster Farms chicken, which raises the total number since March 2013 to 574. That is an average of eight new salmonella cases a week since last … [Read more...]
Deaths Related to GM’s Delayed Vehicle Recall Likely Underestimated
May 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment
NHTSA: GM’s Delayed Vehicle Recall May Have Caused More Than The Reported 13 Deaths The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on May 23rd that there may be more than 13 wrongful deaths caused by crashes because General Motors delayed a vehicle recall. The company began a vehicle recall in February of this year, which covered a few thousand older model 2004 and 2005 Cobalts, as well as a few other vehicle models. However, the vehicle recall quickly expanded to 2.6 million cars, and GM admitted that the 10-year-old cars, which had … [Read more...]
5,000 People Exposed to Hepatitis A in Missouri
May 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Restaurant Worker Exposes As Many As 5,000 People to Hepatitis A Health officials in Missouri announced on Wednesday, May 21st, as many as 5,000 people who dined in a Red Robin were exposed to Hepatitis A. The Robin employee reportedly last worked at the Missouri branch of the restaurant chain on May 16th, a Friday. The restaurant was inspected and deemed safe after the worker, infected with Hepatitis A, left. Spokespeople from the Red Robin headquarters, in New Jersey, did not say in what part of the restaurant the infected employee worked, … [Read more...]
Sprouts Food Recall Due to E. Coli
May 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Sprouts Face Food Recall Due to E. Coli Contamination On Wednesday, May 21st, health officials in both Idaho and Washington announced that a recent outbreak of e. Coli in the two states could be linked back to raw clover sprouts produced at a farm in Idaho, triggering a food recall. Five of the reported e. Coli cases came from Spokane County, and three others from Kootenai County, in Washington State. Five of those patients have been hospitalized with that illness; so far, no one has died from the outbreak, and a proper food recall has been … [Read more...]
GM Vehicle Recall leads to Personal Injury Lawsuits
May 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Faces $10 Billion in Lawsuits Related to Delayed Vehicle Recall General Motors Co., which has issued numerous vehicle recalls in 2014 alone, now faces 79 personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits, which could cost the company $10 billion. The GM ignition recall covers 2.6 million older-model cars from years 2004 and 2005. While in US bankruptcy court, the automotive manufacturer told government officials that an additional 20 lawsuits have been filed April 30th. Several of the personal injury lawsuits allege that the “Old GM” – the … [Read more...]
