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May-16-13 New York, NY The judge in the nation’s first Actos trial, which resulted in a $6.5 million verdict against the Actos manufacturer Takeda, has granted the company’s request to nullify the verdict. But Actos attorneys and Actos bladder cancer victims remain optimistic - because the jury first found for the plaintiff, they believe it paved the... - Dimplex Recalls Remote Control Kits for Electric Fireplaces, Stoves
Washington, DC: About 700,000 remote control kits for electric fireplaces and stoves imported by Dimplex, are being recalled because the plug-in wall unit can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. So far, Dimplex has received about 5,000 reports of the plug-in wall units overheating including 19 reports of damage beyond the remote con... - Boston Jury Awards $11M to Public Servant for Race Discrimination and Retaliation
Oct-29-15 A Boston jury awarded a nearly $11 million verdict on October 23, 2015, to Chantal Charles, a black woman and longtime public servant, on her race discrimination and retaliation case against the City of Boston and the City’s First Assistant Collector-Treasurer Vivian Leo. Charles is an outstanding employee who has worked in the City’s Treasury Dep... - Diving Equipment Recalled by Dive Rite
About 16,000 Dive Rite Wings are being recalled because the over pressure valve springs in the diving equipment could rust and fail allowing the buoyancy compensator devices to leak, posing a drowning hazard to divers. The Dive Rite Wings affected in this recall include the following models: Travel, Venture, Rec, Trek, Classic, Nomad and Super Wings. Th... - The Two Faces of Avelox
Aug-26-09 Washington, DC The Avelox antibiotic and related Avelox side effects—tendon rupture among them—is yet another example of the prescription drug culture we find ourselves in today. Drugs are designed to do incredible things, such as eradicate serious bacterial infections. However in so doing, they can also create irreparable harm and the manu... - Nationwide Recall of Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR
Oviedo, FL: IDS Sports has announced that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of five of the company's dietary supplement products sold under the following names: Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR. The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has notified IDS Sports that the recalled products contain the... - Warnings Sounded About Oral Sodium Phosphates
Aug-3-09 Tacoma, WA Patients who used an oral sodium phosphate (OSP) such as Visicol, OsmoPrep or Fleet Phospho-soda prior to a colonoscopy may be at an increased risk of kidney damage. A box warning from the FDA notes that when such products are used to prepare bowels for a colonoscopy patients face a risk of acute phosphate nephropathy. The same risk does not... - Halloween Flashlights Sold Exclusively at Target Recalled
About 610,000 Halloween flashlights imported by Target are being recalled because the flashlights can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers. The firm has received 8 reports of flashlights overheating and melting, including 1 report of burns to the hand. This recall involves 2 types of Halloween-themed flashlights: the mini flashligh... - Black & Decker Coffeemakers Recalled Due to Burn Hazard
About 9,800 Black & Decker Thermal Coffeemakers are being recalled because the coffeemakers can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers. So far, one report of a coffeemaker melting has been received by the distributor, Applica Consumer Products of Florida. This recall involves Black & Decker 8-cup programmable thermal coffeemakers... - Landowners Win Pollution Suit Against Continental Carbon
Landowners Win Pollution Suit Against Continental Carbon A $10.5 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against Continental Carbon Co. The suit was brought by about 1,800 landowners and the Ponca Tribe of Indians over alleged pollution damages caused by black dust from a carbon black plant in Ponca City. The terms of t... - Black & Decker Spacemaker Coffeemakers Recalled
About 584,000 Black & Decker brand Spacemaker Coffeemakers are being recalled by the distributor, Applica Consumer Products Inc., because the brew basket can shift out of alignment allowing hot water to overflow. This poses a scalding and burn hazard to consumers. To date, Applica has received 235 reports of hot water overflowing and contacting consumer... - Psychiatric Drugging of Children Intolerable-Betrayal of Innocence
Mar-8-09 Washington, DC The following is the third and final article in the series Psychiatric Drugging of Children . Part 2 explains how a -year-old girl named Rebecca Riley died of an overdose after being diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar disorder by Dr Kayoko Kifuji, at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, and placed on a three-drug cocktail.... Reb... - Heat Guns Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
About 300,000 heat guns made by Wagner Spray Tech Corporation, are being recalled because an electrical component failure inside the heat guns can cause them to continue to produce heat after the power switch is turned off. This can melt the heat gun's plastic exterior, causing a burn if the heat gun is touched and ignite nearby combustibles, posing fire and... - Fushin Recalls Youth Model ATVs
About 650 Fushin ATVs are being recalled because they lack front brakes, a tire pressure gauge, and padding to cover the sharp edges on the handlebar assembly, which could pose a risk of injury to young riders. This recall involves FXSA 002A-90cc. The size 90cc youth ATV comes in a variety of colors such as black, red, blue, yellow, green, pink, tan cam... - Browning and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Recall Knife Sheaths
About 10,000 Skinner Knife Sheaths are being recalled as the knife can cut through the sheath because there is no blade guard in the sheath. This poses a laceration hazard to consumers. The recall involves the Browning and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation co-branded skinner knife sheath (model 322087). The sheath is black with the "Rocky Mountain Elk Found... - Wal-Mart Settles Clerk's Death Inquiry for $2 Million, Avoids Criminal Charges
The retailing giant Wal-Mart, has reportedly agreed to invest $2 million to improve safety at its 92 stores in New York, as settlement over the inquiry into the stampede death of a temporary clerk on Black Friday, 2008. Had criminal charges been brought against the retailer, it is likely the company would only have had to pay $10,000 in fines, if convi... - Reports of Injury and Amputation Prompt Recall of Log Splitters
Following earlier recalls in 2005 and 2007 of some 12,000 log splitters, Brave Products of Ill, has issued a renewed recall of the same and additional models on April 1, 2009. The log splitter's hydraulic cylinders can have defective rod retention, causing the seals to leak and the rods to detach. This can result in serious injury to the operator, as t... - More Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Filed, Still Contain Formaldehyde
Oct-31-24 Santa Clara, CA Just five months after a study published in 2021 showed a link between the use of hair straightener, women—and mostly Black women—diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancers began filing hair relaxer lawsuits . By 2023, the FDA proposed a ban on formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in the hair products, with an Apri... - Near Strangulation of Child Prompts Window Blind Recall
Continuous Looped Bead Chain at Fault About 7,300 insulated black-out roller shades and insulated roman shades are being recalled because they have a continuous looped bead chain that when not attached to the wall or floor, hangs loosely by the blind, posing a fatal strangulation hazard to children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has receiv... - Potential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prompts Gas Vent Damper Recall
About 45,000 Automatic Gas Vent Dampers manufactured by Effikal LLC, of Orion, MI, are being recalled because the automatic gas vent damper could fail, and if the blocked vent switch does not activate, the vent could leak carbon monoxide (CO). This poses a risk of CO poisoning to consumers. The recall involves Effikal RVGP-PC Gas Vent Damper size 4, 5,...