By David Carnes, Staff Writer February 1, 2016 - In recent years federal court decisions have greatly restricted the ability of a victim of a defective drug to win a lawsuit against the manufacturer if the drug has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Courts justify these decisions on the grounds of the FDA’s supreme … [Read more...]
Record-Breaking 64 Million Vehicles Recalled in 2014. 2015 Isn’t Looking any Better.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTHSA), automakers recalled 63.95 million vehicles, in the U.S., in 2014. That’s more than twice as many recalled in previously record-setting 2004. General Motors (GM) recalls account for a large portion with 27 million recalled in the U.S. Airbag defects were responsible an … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Should Allow Generic Drug Defective Product Claims
This month, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of a woman who suffered the gruesome skin reaction toxic epidermal necrosis (TEN) after taking a generic form of sulindac, a mild non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). The case, Bartlett v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc, follows up on 2010’s Pliva v. Mensing decision, … [Read more...]
Toyota Recall: Four Different Causes. So Which is it?
Toward the end of last summer (September 30, 2009) we reported that Toyota was recalling 3.8 million cars and trucks made between 2005 and 2010. At the time, the company claimed this was merely a problem with "accessory all-weather floor mats" sold in some models. In other words, it had nothing to do with the vehicle itself. The remedy was simply … [Read more...]
Interview with Joel Salatin
Food recalls seem out of control these days. We're not just seeing a few sporadic cases of food poisoning here and there anymore. I regularly publish recall alerts for hundreds of thousands of pounds of beef and poultry. Here's a recent one for half-a-million pounds of beef possibly contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. And that's just the tip of the … [Read more...]
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