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FDA Asks for Recall of All Zantac and Ranitidine Medications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked manufacturers of Zantac and other ranitidine medications, prescription and over the counter, to recall all of them from the market over an impurity that may put consumers at risk for cancer. If you took Zantac or another ranitidine medication and were diagnosed with cancer, you may have legal options.…
Class Action Lawsuit FAQ's
There are instances in which a person, corporation or entity’s negligence or recklessness has caused large scale suffering that affects many people. In this situation, particularly when your claim is against a large corporation, your claim may be more effective if you were to join a unified litigation known as a class action lawsuit. However, there…
Volkswagen Settlement Approved
A $14.7 billion settlement has been approved by a federal judge concerning Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal. The approval is the largest auto industry settlement in U.S history. Volkswagen has offered to buy back affected vehicles or modify them to meet current emissions standards. This is on top of the reimbursement payments between $5,000…
One Dead, Four Injured After Truck Carrying Takata Airbags Explodes
One person died and four were injured when a truck carrying Takata airbag inflators exploded near Quemado, Texas. The explosion was caused by a crash that ignited the airbag propellant, destroying the trailer and incinerating a house with a woman inside. The explosion was so powerful that engine parts were found two miles away from where the truck…
Jury Awards $72 Million for Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Cancer Death
A lawsuit regarding the connection between talcum powder and ovarian cancer has ended with the Johnson & Johnson Company being required to pay $72 million in damages to the victim’s family. On Monday, jurors in a St. Louis courtroom deliberated for less than five hours before concluding that the Johnson & Johnson Company, the world’s largest manufacturer…
Johnson & Johnson Pays $120 Million to Victims of Defective Transvaginal Mesh Implants
Several medical manufacturing companies—Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, and C.R. Bard—have come under fire recently for producing and selling transvaginal mesh implants that can cause internal injuries, debilitating pain and a plethora of long-lasting health complications. One such company, Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to pay over $120 million…
Automakers Agree to Reform the Way They Report Data: Recalls Could be a Thing of the Past
Following such disastrous and deadly incidents as Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, GM’s faulty ignition switch recall, and Takata’s airbag recall, several different auto manufacturers have agreed to reform the way they report injuries, fatalities, and defective vehicles to the government. The agreement between the automakers and the government (which…
CDC Says Costco Chicken Salad Linked to E. coli Outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently announced that 19 people have contracted a potentially deadly E. coli infection after consuming rotisserie chicken salad sold by wholesale retailer, Costco. Food poisoning from certain strains of E. coli bacteria, such as the strain discovered in the Costco chicken salad, can cause kidney failure,…
Volkswagen Cheated Emissions Tests, Recalls 500,000 Cars
Volkswagen (VW) vehicles once marketed as clean diesel have turned out to be not so clean. VW admitted last week that the automaker has cheated on diesel emissions tests in the United States for the last several years through the use of defeat device software. The software enables the vehicle to know when it is in a testing environment so that it can…
NHTSA Issues Record Penalty to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
On Monday, July 29, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued record-breaking penalties against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in response to their lack luster effort to fix almost 200,000 pickup trucks and SUVs that were recalled in 2013. The strict terms of the settlement are an effort to transform FCA's poor response to…