Monthly Archives: March 2011

CSPC hesitant to call crib bumper pads unsafe despite death reports

crib bumper pads
March 31, 2011 Product Liability

At least 17 cases of infants dying possibly by smothering in the padding of their crib bumper pads were never investigated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) even though the agency had reports on file suggesting the pads contributed ... Read More

Pharmacy under investigation in tainted IV deaths

images
March 31, 2011 Product Liability

It’s the kind of scene you expect to see in a science fiction movie, not on the local news: A deadly bacteria hiding in IV bags of nutrients intended to help sustain life has caused the deaths of nine critically ... Read More

Teen skier’s death raises questions about helmet laws

images
March 31, 2011 Personal Injury

A teenager died Saturday morning after suffering severe head trauma following a skiing accident at West Mountain Ski Center in Queensbury, NY. Sean M. LaFlash, 17, was pronounced dead at Glens Falls Hospital shortly after the accident on an intermediate ... Read More

BP lost laptop containing personal info of 13,000 oil-spill claimants

March 30, 2011 Environmental

Talk about adding insult to injury. First BP spilled a record amount of oil in the Gulf of Mexico and now it looks as though the oil giant may have spilled the private information of thousands of people harmed by ... Read More

New York jurors hear Toyota sudden unintended acceleration case

March 30, 2011 Consumer Fraud

An emergency-room physician from Long Island, New York, told a jury Monday that Toyota failed to warn him that his 2005 Scion could unexpectedly speed out of control. The plaintiff was injured in October 2005 when he attempted to park ... Read More

FDA warns of toxicity risk with vitamin solution

March 30, 2011 Product Liability

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use Soladek Vitamin Solution because the product contains dangerously high levels of vitamins A and D. Consuming these excessively high levels of vitamins can cause toxicity that can lead ... Read More

Traumatic Brain Injury: A parent’s perspective

Carol Stanley, left, with her husband Mike, daughter Shannon Jones and son, Jason.
March 30, 2011 Personal Injury

My name is Carol Stanley and my son Jason, is a college student and a TBI survivor. I am going share our story and journey about TBI from a parent’s point view. ... Read More

BP managers could face manslaughter charges for Deepwater Horizon deaths

March 29, 2011 Environmental

BP managers responsible for decisions governing the Deepwater Horizon platform’s operations may face manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 workers who were killed when the rig exploded last April 20, according to a Bloomberg report. The federal investigation also ... Read More

New Zealand mom launches website warning of Gardasil dangers

March 29, 2011 Pharmaceutical

A New Zealand mother, upset about a lack of notice her child’s school provided to parents about upcoming Gardasil vaccinations, has launched a website to warn parents about the dangers associated with the vaccine. Promoted as a prevention for cervical ... Read More

MDL hearings for Darvocet lawsuits start this week in San Diego

March 29, 2011 Pharmaceutical

Every week, more and more former Darvocet patients discover the heart problems they suffer from resemble those linked to the once-popular painkiller; and every week, the number of lawsuits against the drug’s manufacturers continues to climb. But whether all those ... Read More