by Anthony Braaten | Sep 1, 2020 | PRODUCT RECALLS
Stuffed toy promotional Aflac ducks dressed in doctors’ coats and stethoscopes should be thrown away because the buttons on the lab coat worn by “Doctor Duck” contain toxic levels of lead that if ingested by young children could make them sick and in need of a...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 31, 2020 | MASS TORTS
Bayer appears to be “welshing” on the $10.9 billion deal it struck in June to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller, the California federal judge overseeing the Roundup multidistrict litigation opined Thursday during a Zoom hearing. Lawsuits...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 28, 2020 | PRODUCT LIABILITY
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeNorthern District of Alabama FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, August 26, 2020 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A twenty-eight-count indictment filed today in U.S. District Court charges a Birmingham man with conspiracy and other fraud...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 27, 2020 | PRODUCT RECALLS
Legislation introduced by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, would grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to force drug recalls instead of just recommending companies remove their...
by Anthony Braaten | Aug 26, 2020 | MASS TORTS
An Illinois woman whose lungs were severely injured after she started vaping is suing JUUL, alleging the vape maker “intentionally downplayed, misrepresented, concealed and failed to warn of the risks of nicotine exposure and addiction that the products posed.”...
