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Home Depot Recalls Ceiling Fans; Blades Can Detach and Fly Off

by Anthony Braaten | January 5, 2021 | PRODUCT LIABILITY, PRODUCT RECALLS | 0 Comments

Home Depot is recalling nearly 190,000 ceiling fans because the blades can fly off during use. A few have injured consumers and damaged property, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The recall involves Hampton Bay 54-inch Mara Indoor/Outdoor Ceiling Fans,...

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Colorado Survey Finds Teens Who Vape Often Switch to Cigarettes

by Anthony Braaten | Aug 10, 2020 | MASS TORTS

Many kids start vaping in middle school, continue through high school, and eventually start smoking conventional cigarettes, according to the Colorado Department of Health & Environment’s Healthy Kids Colorado Survey. One reason for the teens’ continued use of...

FDA issues warning letters to vape companies targeting youth

by Anthony Braaten | Aug 3, 2020 | MASS TORTS

Ten companies were hit with warning letters by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing flavored disposable vapes and e-liquids that appeal to youth without the required approval from the agency. The move is part of the FDA’s ongoing effort to stop the...

Judge Halts Asbestos Trial, Citing ‘Frightening Frequency’ of COVID-19 Cases

by Clark and DiStefano | Jul 24, 2020 | MASS TORTS

First Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson, in a notice to lawyers about delaying an asbestos trial next month, said he had "witnessed the increasing nervousness of those around me." He also called a separate set of asbestos trials planned for next week a potentially "dreadful...

Several companies recall metformin due to cancer risk

by Clark and DiStefano | Jul 23, 2020 | PRODUCT RECALLS

Several companies have initiated recalls of extended release versions of the first-line type 2 diabetes treatment metformin due to unsafe levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable human carcinogen. On May 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed...

J&J’s decision to stop selling baby powder in U.S. a huge win for science

by Clark and DiStefano | Jul 23, 2020 | MASS TORTS, TALCUM POWDER INJURY

In a July 15 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal New York University Grossman School of Medicine Professor Judith T. Zelikoff remarked that Johnson & Johnson’s decision to remove Johnson’s Baby Powder from the U.S. and Canadian markets was a “milestone in women’s...

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