Proposed Personal Injury Class Action Lawsuit Against GM Related to Deaths and Delayed Major Vehicle Recall On Friday, March 14th, General Motors (GM) was hit with two personal injury/wrongful death lawsuits related to their recent major vehicle recall. The lawsuits are part of a proposed class action against the vehicle manufacturer for serious delays in the vehicle recall. Last month, when the first part of the ignition switch vehicle recall was issued, GM acknowledged that it knew about at least 13 deaths related to crashes. When the … [Read more...]
Biomarkers Could Help Diagnose Concussions
March 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Biomarkers Could Help Doctors Diagnose Concussions in Athletes Swedish researchers studied information about sporting injuries, and found that a protein in the central nervous system could help doctors diagnose concussions and traumatic brain injuries in athletes, and help determine when players can get back to their sport. The team reports that they found a way to test blood for a protein called total tau, or T-tau for short. They linked the amount of protein in the blood, which is released when the brain is injured, to the severity of the … [Read more...]
Food Recall for Tainted Beef Expands
March 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Massive Beef Manufacturer Food Recall Expands to More States Beef from a California meat producer may have reached more states than initially expected, according to an expanded food recall. The Rancho Feeding Corp issued a food recall for beef products processed from “diseased and unsound animals,” which were mostly slaughtered and processed in 2013. The original food recall covered 40,000 pounds of meat, then expanded to 8.7 million pounds of beef and other meat products, including hamburger and hotdogs sold at Costco and Walmart, as well … [Read more...]
Congress Will Investigate GM Vehicle Recall
March 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Recent GM Vehicle Recall Leads to Congressional Investigation The House Energy and Commerce Committee has launched an investigation into the vehicle recall that covers 1.6 million older General Motors vehicles. In early February, General Motors issued a vehicle recall that covered 778,000 older model vehicles after complaints regarding ignition switch problems in some Chevys and Pontiacs. Later that month, the vehicle recall was expanded to 1.4 million older model cars and SUVs after the company stated that the problem had caused at least … [Read more...]
Feds Demand Info on Child Safety Seat Recall
March 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Regulators Order Info on Child Safety Seat Recall from Manufacturer In February of this year, Graco, a child safety seat manufacturer owned by Newell Rubbermaid Inc, issued the largest child safety seat recall in the last five years, spurred by a demand from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. However, the NHTSA demanded the company recall more models of car seat than the company announced. Now, federal regulators are demanding information from Graco to determine why the company failed to recall specifically-requested infant … [Read more...]
Ranbaxy Recalls Generic Lipitor Again
March 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Manufacturer Issues Drug Recall for Generic Lipitor for the Third Time After learning about a dosage mix-up, India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories LTD has issued a drug recall for more than 64,000 bottles of generic Lipitor, a statin medication. Reportedly, a pharmacist found a 20 mg tablet sealed in a bottle that should have had only 10 mg tablets. The medication is a generic version of Pfizer’s controversial cholesterol medication, Lipitor. Ranbaxy said that they had not received any complaints of complications related to dosage problems, but … [Read more...]
GM to Expand Vehicle Recall to 1.4 Million Cars
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Will Expand Vehicle Recall to 1.4 Million Cars and SUVs General Motors announced that it would expand its February vehicle recall to nearly 1.4 million cars. The initial vehicle recall was for only 778,000 cars and covered specifically older models of GM Chevys and Pontiacs. GM said that the ignition switch problem was due to the switches not being tightened properly. If the vehicle goes off-road, “jarring” the switch could be moved to the “run” position, which would turn off the engine and several electrical components of the car. … [Read more...]
Citi Bike Faces Personal Injury Lawsuit
March 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Man Hurt While Riding Citi Bike Files Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Company A man has filed a personal injury lawsuit against bike-sharing company Citi Bike after running over a parking barrier while riding one of the program’s bicycles. “This has turned my life inside out,” said Ronald Corwin, 73. Corwin flipped over a 6-ft wide by 6-inch high concrete parking barrier near where the Citi Bikes were parked, which he alleges he did not see because the concrete blended in with the road. “Everything tastes like cardboard,” says Corwin’s … [Read more...]
Listeria Death Initiates Food Recall for Cheese
February 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Cheese Under Food Recall After Listeria Outbreak Leads to One Death A cheese manufacturer based in Delaware has issued a food recall for several varieties of Hispanic-style cheese after a listeria outbreak led to one death and several illnesses. Roos Foods issued the food recall after learning about one death related to a listeria outbreak caused by its cheeses. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say that all seven of the consumers who fell ill with listeria reported eating the cheese. Three of those that caught listeria were … [Read more...]
