McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, faced federal criminal charges that it sold infant’s and children’s liquid medicine containing metal particles. They pled guilty. McNeil Consumer Healthcare acknowledged it failed to take corrective action after discovering the bottles of Infant’s and Children’s Tylenol and Children’s Motrin contained metal particles. They agreed to…
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The father of an 18-year-old high school student who died suddenly last year has sued Amazon.com and caffeine powder distributors for failing to provide proper warnings about a dietary supplement’s dangers. Logan Stiner was just days away from graduating from high school when he was discovered unresponsive in his family’s home in LaGrange, Ohio. A…
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On March 9, two tankers collided in the Houston Ship Channel, spilling methyl tertiary-butyl ether, or MTBE into the water. The 600 foot ships crashed in the fog. No injuries were reported, but residents of the Morgan’s Point area were asked to stay indoors until the next day. Although the shelter-place order was lifted overnight,…
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We buy ice cream to enjoy a little treat. It should bring pleasure, but now it appears that it has brought death. Blue Bell ice cream has been linked to multiple deaths. The problem is bacteria. Ice cream contaminated by bacteria has led to three fatalities in Kansas. In response, Blue Bell has announced its…
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A Washington state man has filed suit against the Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese for the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest while he was a student at Notre Dame Middle-High School in Wichita Falls. The victim alleges that his seventh grade history teacher, the late Father John Sutton, repeatedly abused…
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A recent article in the Washington Post makes some interesting observations about pedestrian accidents that apply in Texas and throughout the United States. Foremost among the points in the article is that the number of people killed in car accidents has steadily decreased in the past six years. However, pedestrian deaths have increased. The reason…
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Another car manufacturing is facing recall troubles due to defective ignition switches. Fiat Chrysler announced Friday that they will be recalling 703,000 minivans and SUVS with the faulty ignition switch that can rotate out of position. Vehicles included in this action are the 2008-2010 Dodge Grand Caravan, Chrysler Town and Country, and Dodge Journey. This…
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Recently, the Texas Supreme Court expanded protections available to insurance companies facing lawsuits from injured workers. In 1997, Glenn Johnson suffered terrible injuries as a result of an explosion at a smelting plant where he worked in Amarillo. He was left with severe burns all over his body and even had to have an arm…
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