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Sort by date 1,437 pages found matching black box- Chantix and a Loaded Gun: Police Officer Freaks Out
Mar-5-10 Philadelphia, PA Pete (real name withheld) will most likely lose his job as a police officer because of Chantix . "At one point I put my gun on the kitchen counter and told my wife to shoot me," says Pete. "Thank God nobody got hurt or killed." Pete started taking Chantix last May, just before the smoking cessation drug was issued a black box warning... - Bayer to Settle Essure Birth Control Lawsuits for $1.6 Billion
Sep-11-20 Santa Clara, CA Almost two years after Bayer stopped selling Essure in the U.S., and four years after the FDA told Bayer its birth control device needed a black box warning regarding potential serious side effects, the pharma giant will pay $1.6 billion to settle Essure lawsuits brought by nearly 39,000 women in the U.S... - The FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonks - Part I
Aug-12-08 Former Bush Administration officials have formed a pharmaceutical industry guerilla group called the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), described on its website as "a non-partisan, non-profit educational charity," and a "new vital force in health care policy." However, for all intents and purposes, the mission of CMPI front group is to pr... - Ortho Evra Patch - Blood Clots, Strokes and Heart Attacks
Lawsuits have been filed by women who allege they suffered serious Ortho Evra side effects , which reportedly include blood clots in the legs and lungs as well as heart attacks and strokes. Women who use the Ortho Evra patch allege they were harmed by use of the birth control patch, while some families claim their loved ones died after using Ortho Evra b... - Hair Relaxers Containing Formaldehyde and other Carcinogenic Chemicals Still on U.S. Shelves
Aug-22-24 Santa Clara, CA Despite studies over the past decade determining that formaldehyde and other toxic chemicals in hair relaxers are linked to reproductive-health disorders, and despite consumers concerns since the late 2000s, and advocacy groups petitioning the FDA since at least 2011 to ban hair products with formaldehyde, the agency still hasn’t ba... - Essure Side Effects Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Essure is a birth control device intended to cause permanent sterility without surgery, marketed and distributed by Bayer Healthcare. Since its approval in 2002, the FDA has received thousands of complaints about Essure side effects. Essure lawsuits have multiplied, and the FDA has required a ”black box” warning since 2016. Bayer has now take... - Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Racism Rampant in California Factories
Jul-23-24 Santa Clara, CA Tesla is facing yet another lawsuit alleging it failed to prevent racist and sexual harassment and retaliation at its Fremont and Lathrop factories. The California labor lawsuit was filed by 14 current and former Tesla workers on June 17th in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. This lawsuit is similar to others filed... - Airbag Injuries Can Occur Even When They Work
Mar-12-12 Detroit, MI When it comes to airbags, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. Not having them could get you killed or severely injured. But having them could result in airbag injuries . Earlier this month, Toyota announced a recall of almost a half-million Tacoma pickups built between 2005 and 2009 due to the possibility of friction resultin... - Duragesic Fentanyl Pain Patch - Duragesic Lawsuits - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Patients who use the Duragesic pain patch may be exposed to an increased risk of serious Duragesic side effects . Duragesic patches (known generically as Fentanyl patches ) have been linked to a risk of fentanyl overdose, which could result in respiratory failure, permanent coma and death. Due to problems with manufacturing of the Duragesic pain patch... - Cressi Scuba Regulators Recalled Due to Risk of Drowning
Washington, DC : About 200 Cressi Ellipse Black MC5 Regulators are being recalled because partial obstruction of the High Pressure (HP) port can produce an inaccurate reading on the pressure gauge, resulting in a slow descent of the needle in the pressure gauge. The inaccurate reading on the gauge poses a drowning hazard to divers. So far, Cressi has r... - Homelite, Husky and Black Max Generators Recalled
About 51,750 Homelite, Husky and Black Max Brand Generator are being recalled because the fuel gauge can leak excessive amounts of gasoline, posing a fire hazard to consumers. This recall involves Homelite and Husky brand generators sold exclusively at Home Depot stores and Black Max brand generators sold exclusively at Sam's Club stores. Affected gen... - Raw and Ready-To-Eat Sausage Products Recalled
Washington, DC: Chicago Boxed Beef Distributors Inc., a Shorewood, Ill., establishment is recalling approximately 3,200 pounds of raw and ready-to-eat sausage products that were not handled in a manner to prevent cross contamination between raw and ready-to-eat products. In addition, the product label used by the company was not approved by FSIS. The p... - Pentrexyl Forte Natural Recalled for Misleading Packaging
Washington, DC: Phoenix Import & Distribution LLC is recalling for PENTREXYL FORTE NATURAL because the packaging is believed to be misleading, causing it to be confused with an antibiotic. The product is packaged in a green and white box, containing 30 red and white capsules. PENTREXYL FORTE NATURAL is a Dietary Supplement only and does not contain ant... - Essure Update: Attorney and Former FDA Employee Weigh In
Apr-6-16 New Orleans, LA: Working with other lawyers on behalf of 32 women injured by Essure , attorney Lance Unglesby is currently serving their petition to Bayer and its subsidiaries. “In the next 45 days we are going to be filing on behalf of hundreds of women harmed by Essure. By the middle of the summer we expect to have filed over a thousand complain... - Carr Miller Capital Ponzi Scheme, Carr Miller Capital Lawsuit
Carr Miller Capital LLC and its three principals are facing allegations of consumer fraud regarding the Carr Miller Capital Ponzi scheme and violations of numerous New Jersey Uniform Securities Laws by committing securities fraud , commingling funds and selling unregistered securities. It is believed that investors may have been defrauded of as much as... - Rochester Meat Company E. Coli Recall
Yet another company has announced a recall of beef products. This time, the recall involves Rochester Meat Co. and was issued after the company received reports that six people fell ill after eating its ground beef patties. Approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and other products are affected by the recall. Officials are concerned th... - Black Henna Tattoos with PPD Pose Serious Health Risks
Dermatologists Issue Warning To Consumers Dermatologists are warning consumers that the harmless-looking, henna tattoos that are being sold everywhere from summer carnivals and open-air malls to cruise ships and vacation hot spots could contain a harmful chemical known as para-phenylenediamine, or PPD, used to create longer-lasting black henna tattoos... - Living Foods Recalls Alfalfa Sprouts due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Washington, DC: Living Foods, Inc. of Ionia, Michigan is recalling bulk and retail-size packages of Alfalfa Sprouts, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy p... - Car dealer to pay $149,500 settlement in harassment lawsuit.
Canton, OH: (Apr-23-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought charges against Mullinax Ford in North Canton, alleging that the car dealer discriminated and harassed its employees on the basis of their race. The charges were brought on behalf of Avery Williams, a black employee and former used-car salesman who claimed that he was racially... - Hollinger Inc. to pay $1 million settlement in stock structure lawsuit.
Chicago, IL: (Mar-25-08) Hollinger Inc. and the Sun-Times Media Group have been embroiled in a legal battle over a stock ownership structure, reaching back to the Conrad Black era, that gave Canada-based Hollinger 20% of the Sun-Times' stock but 70% of its voting shares. Conrad Black, the company's former CEO, is in federal prison for his role in swindli...