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The Justice Department has indicted four peanut company executives who they claim knew about the potential for Salmonella contamination within products yet continued to produce and ships those items to the general public.  As a result, 700 people were forced to deal with a Salmonella-based illness in 2009 that led to one of the largest… read more

The Food and Drug Administration has grown concerned that patients aren’t taken warnings about a certain Hepatitis C treatment seriously enough.  Because of that, they have issued a more severe warning about the issue which has already led some patients to experience fatal side effects. The drug in question is known as Incivek, a Hepatitis… read more

Last week, one of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s own clients gained a landmark victory when a jury decided that DePuy owed the man $8.3 million in compensatory damages.  The jury concluded that the subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson failed to disclose the risks inherent with the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant,… read more

An overheating hazard has prompted the Wayne, New Jersey-based IdeaVillage Products Corporation to announce the recall of BrightLight blankets that run off of battery power.  These white, polyester items have LEDs which shift color while in use.  5,200 such products are thought to be affected by the recall, and each was sold exclusively by the… read more

A company based in the California city of Santa Maria is recalling an estimated 13,500 shoes because of their potential instability.  The recall, which was issued by Impo International LLC, pertains to four inch high heeled shoes available exclusively from White House | Black Market this past August through October.  Lourdes and Versailles shoes are… read more

A series of snorkels is being recalled by a company based in Vista, California because of a potential laceration threat.  Aqua Lung Inc. dba U.S. Divers announced the recall, which affects Martinique LX Jr. Youth Snorkeling Mask Sets that were sold across the county only at Costco between November 2010 and July 2011, when an… read more

Persons across the country rely on emergency personnel to respond promptly so as to initiate a rescue.  But what happens when a defect compromises the safety of those very vehicles that allow rescue workers to get to the scene of an incident hastily?  Emergency workers and those in need of aid are both put at… read more

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has come to the conclusion that the risks of calcitonin salmon when used as an osteoporosis treatment in women who have gone through menopause outweigh the benefits, and thus the substance should no longer be marketed for that treatment.  The calcitonin salmon is meant to limit the risk… read more

On March 8, 2013, six weeks after the trial in Los Angeles Superior Court began, a jury awarded Loren Kransky $8.3 million in his case against DePuy Orthopaedics arising from its recalled ASR hip implant systems. DePuy is owned by Johnson & Johnson. The jury found that the design of the hip implant was defective… read more

Florida lawmakers have given their initial approval to a measure that would ban texting while driving throughout the state, but many fear that the biggest hurdles are yet to come. As it currently stands, the proposed bill would ban texting at the wheel, classifying the violation as a secondary offense.  Thus, a person couldn’t be… read more

Chunk White Albacore Tuna in Water under the Chicken of the Sea brand has been recalled by Tri-Union Seafoods because of an issue wherein the cans might not have been adequately sealed.  The recall pertains to five ounce versions of the tuna with a Best By Date of January 18, 2017 that were available across… read more

We’ve previously talked about the prevailing opinion that supplying livestock with a constant supply of antibiotics to improve growth can have the unintended side effect of creating resistant bugs that can then be passed on to humans.  But this is far from the only danger currently posed to the population by antibiotic-resistant superbugs.  In fact,… read more