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January 19, 2011

Blog Roundup

The Oregon Attorney General is suing Johnson & Johnson for a secret recall of Motrin that left some bottles of defective product on the shelves. (Hat tip Consumerist). Instead of instructing retailers to pull the bottles from the shelves, hired contractors to go undercover, armed with credit cards that would bill J&J, and buy up [...]

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June 24, 2010

More Than Two Million Drop-Side Cribs Recalled

In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, seven crib manufacturers announced today that they are recalling more than two million drop-side cribs. A drop-side crib is simply a crib in which one side of the crib raises and lowers in an up-and-down fashion, making it easier to place an infant in the crib or [...]

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Also posted in Dangerous and Defective Products, Products Liability

February 21, 2010

FDA Issues Warning To Kellogg Over Listeria Bacteria At Eggo Plant

The consumer protection blog, WalletPop, reports on the Food and Drug Administration’s warning to an Eggo waffle plant about listeria bacteria contamination. This is not the first problem that Eggo has had with listeria. Last summer, Eggo had to recall buttermilk waffles that were manufactured at the same plant because of fears of listeria contamination. [...]

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Also posted in Contaminated Food, Food poisoning, Foodborne Illness, Listeria, Tainted Food Products

February 17, 2010

Can An Injured Olympic Athlete Sue The Olympics?

The Wall Street Journal’s law blog featured a discussion today of the legal rights of the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the young Georgian luger who died in an Olympic practice run last Friday from head injuries sustained when he and his sled flew over a low wall coming out of a sharp turn on the [...]

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Also posted in Brain Injury, Head Injuries, Sports Injuries

February 10, 2010

Consumer Product Safety Commission Tells Massachusetts Parents To Stop Using Cribs

Today the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an immediate recall of “Generation 2 Worldwide” and “childESIGNS” drop side cribs because of the risk of death from suffocation or strangulation created by the cribs’ drop side design. The recall notice urges parents to stop using the cribs immediately and not to attempt to fix the cribs’ [...]

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February 3, 2010

Toyota Acceleration Problem Poses Dangers For Massachusetts Drivers

Earlier this week, a third wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Toyota relating to acceleration problems that have caused Toyota vehicles to accelerate suddenly and uncontrollably. This third lawsuit was filed by lawyers for Trina Renee Harris, a 34-year old mother of two, who was killed when her 2009 Toyota Corolla slammed into a cement [...]

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Also posted in Car Accident, Car Crash, Dangerous and Defective Products, Product Recall, Products Liability

February 1, 2010

First Denture Cream Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in Florida, alleging that a sixty-four year old man died from zinc poisoning resulting from his use, over fourteen years, of the denture cream Poligrip. This is widely believed to be the first such wrongful death lawsuit filed in the United States, although scientific research about the hazards [...]

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January 19, 2010

Massachusetts’ Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict of 2009 Was Turned Down By Massachusetts Lawyers

This week’s Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly newspaper features a story about Massachusetts’ biggest medical malpractice verdict of 2009: a $15 million dollar verdict awarded to the parents of a three year old boy who died from complications from a heart surgery. As sad as this tragedy is, someone might see it as just another large medical [...]

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January 15, 2010

South Shore Mother Whose Daughter Was Overserved Alcohol Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit: Part II

In yesterday’s blog post, we discussed why the estate of Taylor Meyer might be able to prevail in its wrongful death claim, or at least why the case might be able to reach a favorable settlement. In today’s post we will discuss some of the challenges that the Meyer estate will face under Massachusetts law. [...]

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Also posted in Dram Shop Liability, Injuries To Minors, Liquor Liability

January 14, 2010

South Shore Mother Whose Daughter Was Overserved Alcohol Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit: Part I

A Plainville mother, whose daughter’s alcohol-related death made headlines throughout Massachusetts in 2008, announced, at a press conference held on Thursday, that she and her lawyer had filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Norfolk Superior Court against several people who provided the teenage girl with alcohol on the night of the girl’s death. The lawsuit [...]

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