Litigation is being prepared against Xarelto, a drug intended to reduce the risk of stroke and blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation, due to its linkage with uncontrollable internal bleeding. Since 2011, the anticoagulant has not been approved to reduce blood clots in patients with coronary artery disease. The lawsuit focuses on the failure…
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When you buy something, you seldom think about its safety. However, thousands of manufactured items are recalled and taken off the market each year by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), a federal agency whose mission is to protect consumers from dangerous products. The CPSC maintains a website that lists every item that is recalled…
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Graco Children’s Products is paying $10 million to settle the claims that Graco failed to recall promptly approximately four million child car seats that had defective buckles that could make it difficult to free a child in an emergency situation. Federal regulators, and in particular the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), reported Graco would…
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Cases involving defective and dangerous products or property conditions, known as product liability and premises liability cases, are very challenging. The evidence needed to prove negligence can be highly specialized and complex. It can take many years to actually obtain a verdict or settlement. These types of cases require that a law firm invest significant…
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The Houston law firm of law firm of announced the undisclosed settlement of a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman grievously injured when she was thrown from a golf cart. Bonnie Herndon and her husband were taking advantage of a golf cart to return to their parked car after the Toby Keith concert…
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The company that manufactured the medical devices tied to a deadly “superbug” outbreak in California is being investigated by the United States Justice Department. The Associated Press reports Olympus Corp. of the Americas (an arm of Japan’s Olympus Corp.) is being investigated for possible violations of false claims and anti-kickback laws. Olympus disclosed on February…
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As one of our Texas readers, you know that dangerous products make their way to the Lone Star State from time to time. Even though this can happen, some people find out after it is too late. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does its best to protect consumers from dangerous and defective products, doing…
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Defective and dangerous products come in many forms, from baby supplies to food to automobiles. When a product has the potential to harm a consumer, there are many organizations that can step in to issue a recall. These include the National Highway Transportation Board, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety…
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