FDA announces recall of contaminated gravy and sauce mixes
July 8, 2009
Personal Injury
Another salmonella-related recall was announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this time for a brand of sauce and gravy mixes manufactured by the C.F. Sauer Company of Richmond, Virginia. ... Read More
Four lawsuits filed in contaminated heparin case
July 8, 2009
Pharmaceutical
Four lawsuits were filed last month in Cook County, Illinois court against the makers of the blood thinner heparin, claiming the product the company manufactured was contaminated and caused patients to die. ... Read More
Judge to decide if nursing aide abuse case goes to trial
July 8, 2009
Personal Injury
Nineteen-year-old Brianna Broitzman told a judge this week she is not responsible for physically and sexually abusing cognitively impaired residents at the Good Samaritan nursing home in the Albert Lea, Minn., nursing home where she worked as a nursing aide. ... Read More
Pennsylvania puts federal dollars to use for UST cleanup, removal
July 8, 2009
Environmental
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is using part of the $6.1 million in federal stimulus money it received to remove three leaking underground storage tanks in Union Township, according to a report in the Herald-Standard. The tanks in Union ... Read More
Greater reduction in HRT/breast cancer rates in urban, affluent towns
July 8, 2009
Pharmaceutical
A decrease in reported cases of breast cancer across the country linked to the decline of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is more significant in affluent, urban areas, according to a study published in the journal BMC Medicine. ... Read More
Uniontown residents plead with EPA, ‘Will you help us?’
July 8, 2009
Environmental
“Lisa Jackson, will you help us?” The phrase is repeated over and over in a short film by Alabama activist Betsy Ramaccia. You can view the film on www.AshHoles.org. Last month at a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) meeting in Tennessee, ... Read More
Epilepsy, bipolar drug linked to rare skin reaction
July 8, 2009
Pharmaceutical
Another medication has been added to the list of drugs that have been associated with a rare but life-threatening skin reaction known as Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and its most severe form, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Lamictal (Lamotrigine )ODT (orally ... Read More
Northwestern Mutual reps sue company for FLSA violations
July 8, 2009
Consumer Fraud
Three former Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company employees who filed a $200-million class-action lawsuit against the company claim they were deprived of minimum wages and overtime pay. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in federal court in San Diego, alleging Northwest ... Read More