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Mar-31-08 Minneapolis, MN Harold's wife was a shining light in her local community. Vibrant, involved, she was loved by everyone. But in 2004 she received news that she had breast cancer. After several rounds of chemotherapy, she contracted a lethal blood infection, for which the doctors could not determine a cause. On February 29, 2008 she died, at home, with her h... - Attorney Robert K. Rhoads: "It's not like condemning someone's house."
Mar-15-08 Fayetteville, AR Attorney Robert K. Rhoads is a shareholder in Oklahoma City-based Hall Estill , working out of the firm's Northwest Arkansas office in Fayetteville. A 1980 JD graduate of the University of Arkansas law school, Rhoads recently won a $2.6 million dollar jury verdict for compensation in a condemnation case involving the neighboring cit... - The Rochester Meat Recall: Were They Listening?
Mar-10-08 Rochester, MN Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Rochester Meats recall, a Class 1 recall that cited 188,000 pounds of beef suspected of sickening five people in two States, is when the beef products were produced: October 30th, and November 6th, 2007. Most will recall—pardon the pun—that the news media last fall was inundated w... - Tainted Heparin Found to Contain Counterfeit Ingredient
Mar-8-08 Washington, DC While the heparin recall by Baxter International reverberates through the medical community, the issue is becoming more and more complex, and further intensifies the concern over the propensity for drug companies to increasingly source their raw materials abroad, and especially China. In so doing, Americans are losing their faith in g... - Nadar's Public Citizen Seeking Black Box Warning for Botox
Feb-26-08 Los Angeles, CA: Many are willing to go great lengths to achieve beauty, which even means gambling with their lives. With new evidence that Botox allegedly causes paralysis and even death in some of those who swear by the toxic boost, those who religiously receive the injections are said to be risking their lives to look good. Such public figures as... - Rochester Meat Recall: Could Things Get Worse?
Feb-3-08 San Diego, CA: One of the victims of the e. coli contaminated beef sold to restaurant chains and food services by Minnesota-based Rochester Meat Company was described in news reports as a 17-year-old woman living in this southern California city. According to news reports, she fell ill in December, but did not become sick enough to require hospitalizat... - Topps Tainted Meat: Different Brands Generates Confusion
Jan-8-08 Elizabeth, NJ: The trouble with branding is that you sometimes lose sight of whose actually doing the manufacturing. And in the case of the recent Topps Meat recall , various lots of potentially tainted product sold under different trademarks may have confused some consumers—even some retailers—as to the condition, and the pedigree of the alle... - SSRI May Have Caused Reflux Disease
Jan-4-08 Elkin, NC: SSRIs can cause many serious problems for infants and children. Many people associate the use of SSRIs while pregnant with birth defects such as primary pulmonary hypertension and other lung and heart problems. However, Theresa H. (not her real name) says that she thinks taking Paxil and Zoloft may have caused her child to develop gastro-esoph... - Topps E. coli Beef: Almost Two Million Pounds Still In Storage
Jan-2-08 Elizabeth, NJ Topps Meat Co. may have closed October 5th, but there are still 1.8 million pounds of meat potentially contaminated with E. coli still languishing in the company's warehouses. What ultimately happens to that meat will hinge on the potential sale of the bankrupt company—its assets as well as trademarks—to a food company in New J... - Interview with California Labor Lawyer Kim Anglin
Nov-19-07 San Diego, CA California labor lawyer Kim Anglin discusses the creative ways that employers pass on their cost of doing business—to the detriment of their employees. First, Anglin explains that there are two sets of overtime laws--federal and state laws. Each state can enact their own law and some, like California labor laws , have even higher... - Totino's Pizza: A Slice of E. Coli
Nov-11-07 Chandler, OK Jill Mclean (not her real name) bought a few Totino's frozen pizzas mainly because she was on a budget. Turns out, a few slices of Totino's Party Supreme cost her more than she bargained for—and then some. Mclean didn't know about the E. coli pizza recall until it was too late. On October 28th, Mclean was so sick she went to ER. "... - Poultry Farm Nuisance: Nobody Crosses the Road
Oct-13-07 Parrotsville, TN "I will never get used to this," says Maureen Holmes. "I'm surrounded by chicken houses and my kids can't even play outside." For Maureen and her family, these chicken houses are more than a poultry farm nuisance ; they have interfered with their quality of life. Fifteen years ago, Maureen Holmes (not her real name) moved back to her "... - Lawsuits Filed Against Topps Beef
Oct-8-07 Elizabeth, NJ Lawsuits have been filed against Topps Meat Company in the wake of a [ recall ] due to the discovery of E. coli in some of the company's products. At least two lawsuits have been filed so far, although more are likely to follow. The contamination resulted in the hospitalization of adults and children who contracted E. coli after eating some... - Beef E.coli: From Farm to Table?
Aug-1-07 Washington, DC What do we know about E coli and its relationship to beef? By all accounts, not enough to stop beef ecoli recalls. Yet another outbreak of the E coli O157:H7 strain has shown up, this time in Canada. On July 7, 2007 the CBC news reported that officials warned people not to eat certain fresh and frozen ground beef products sold at Canad... - What's With the Beef?
Jul-25-07 Suffolk, VA In the first six months of 2007, the US Food Safety and Inspection Service recalled over seven million pounds of red meat. And the number of cases of people getting sick from contaminated beef is growing as fast as E. coli in an overcrowded cattle pen. What's up with our beef? Are we going to have a repeat of the ConAgra case? (In July 2... - Defective Products: Warnings about ATV, CPSC Powerless
Jun-12-07 Stafford, TX Lately, a plethora of defective products have been linked to China - everything from tainted wheat gluten showing up in pet food to diethylene glycol in kiddie toothpaste. (Diethylene glycol, by the way, is a toxic chemical used in the production of anti-freeze.) Given the responsibility manufacturers and marketers carry for the safet... - Health Advocates Concerned as FDA Approves New Dosage Strength of Fosamax
Jun-4-07 Washington, DC The FDA has approved a new dosage strength of Fosamax Plus D, despite an avalanche of lawsuits related to Fosamax and concerns among health advocates. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed related to Fosamax, Merck & Co.'s best-selling drug and one of the most prescribed drugs to increase bone density in patients with osteoporosis. "Th... - AMO Lens Solution Recall: Stock Drops, Outbreak Still a Mystery
May-30-07 Santa Ana, CA Upon news Friday of the Advanced Medical Optics voluntary recall of AMO Complete MoisturePlus , stock in the company fell sharply, dropping in value by nearly 14 per cent. What's more, company officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta still have no idea what caused the outbreak of Acanthamoeba involving... - SSRIs, Birth Defects and Autism: Is there a Link?
May-29-07 Branchport, NY "I hope my story can be helpful for someone else" says Sherry Layton. "If I had known Effexor was linked to birth defects , I certainly would not have taken this drug, and now that I have done some research, I wouldn't have taken any SSRIs. " "I started taking Effexor for depression in the summer of 2003 and continued throughout my p... - Roaches and a Rat found at ConAgra Peanut Butter Plant
May-1-07 Sylvester, GA Lawyers who inspected the ConAgra peanut butter plant that was linked to the recent salmonella outbreak reported finding a dead rat, rattraps and roaches at the plant. The roaches were found on raw peanuts. In addition, the attorneys found bird feathers and other things that are "consistent with salmonella." The plant was closed on Febr...