Products Liability

When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requests that an automaker recall a vehicle, the request is almost never refused. Auto defects can cause a recall due to any number…

Sleep medications have seen a number of unfavorable headlines in recent months. That trend continued last week as a new study revealed a massive increase in the number of emergency…

A series of recalls may have been the inspiration behind new research into the safety of turkey products in the United States. A random sampling of ground turkey products from…

More than 150 million Americans consume some form of dietary supplement. These supplements range from vitamin pills to herbal concoctions claiming to treat any number of maladies. Unfortunately, dietary supplements…

Improper handling and preparation of food is a serious issue. Food borne illnesses, often referred to as food poisoning, can be caused by dangerous bacteria on our food. A recent…

Whether sold as toys or as useful household products, a new item poses a threat to children if consumed. The dangerous product is a marble-sized ball of polymer that can…

A series of frozen food snacks have been recalled due to potential contamination with Escherichia coli bacteria. The defective goods include several varieties of frozen snack produced under the Farm…

The companies that make and sell the products we buy have a duty to ensure that those products are safe. When the rear tire on their 2007 Harley-Davidson Heritage Soft…

Anyone who has spent time in a doctor’s office or hospital recently has seen canisters of hand sanitizer in prominent locations. A girl in Oregon recently suffered serious burns and…

The New England Compounding Center has now been linked to 44 deaths and more than 600 cases of fungal meningitis. The contaminated steroid injections produced at its Framingham facility have…

In 2011, a British implant registry published projected failure rates for Johnson & Johnson hip implants known as Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R. joints. They estimated that the joints were…

Automakers recalled more than 16.2 million vehicles in 2012, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The majority of recalls come in response to consumer complaints. A defect that…

One of the major criticisms leveled at the Food and Drug Administration is that it often acts only after foodborne illness has become widespread. The FDA has proposed two new…

Colorado health officials filed a complaint against the New England Compounding Center regarding the business practices of that facility. The director of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy took…

In the wake of a meningitis outbreak that has killed 28 people and sickened hundreds more, there are many calls for greater regulatory oversight of so-called ‘compounding pharmacies.’ Facilities such…

When a medical journal posts an article about a medical procedure or device, many people assume that the conclusions are reached in an unbiased way. According to a U.S. Senate…

When federal inspectors toured the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy responsible for the meningitis outbreak sweeping the nation, they discovered “greenish-black” foreign matter in vials that were supposed to be sterile. The…

A generic version of Wellbutrin XL was recalled last week as the Food and Drug Administration announced that the drug did not work. The recall did not involve a specific…