by Anthony Braaten | Nov 11, 2020 | MASS TORTS, PRODUCT RECALLS
Nostrum Laboratories, Inc., is recalling two lots of 500mg metformin HCl extended-release tablets and two lots of 750mg metformin HCl extended-release tablets because they were found to contain unsafe levels of NDMA (N-Nitrosodimethylamine), a probable human...
by Anthony Braaten | Oct 30, 2020 | PRODUCT LIABILITY
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating the nation’s opioid crisis and will pay more than $8 billion and close down the company. The money will go to opioid treatment and abatement...
by Anthony Braaten | Oct 27, 2020 | TALCUM POWDER INJURY
Consumer health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced earlier this month that it would pay $100 million to settle 1,000 lawsuits among nearly 20,000 from women who claim the company’s iconic baby powder was tainted with asbestos and other impurities and caused...
by Anthony Braaten | Oct 23, 2020 | PRODUCT LIABILITY
Mattel Inc. and its subsidiary Fisher-Price were hit with two wrongful death lawsuits by two sets of parents who claim the company’s Rock ‘N Play Sleeper was defective and caused the deaths of their babies, according to Law360. In April 2019, the Consumer Product...
by Anthony Braaten | Oct 22, 2020 | PRODUCT LIABILITY
A Connecticut school district is telling students to power off their school-provided tablets after the lithium-ion battery in one student’s device overheated and burned through the student’s backpack. In a Thursday, Oct. 15 letter to parents, Bristol Public Schools...
