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Perfect Fitness Reaches Settlement With CPSC Over Faulty Exercise Equipment

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced that Perfect Fitness, of Sausalito, California, agreed to a $425,000 civil penalty. The Commission provisionally accepted the settlement agreement in a unanimous 5-to-0 vote. The penalty agreement resolves staff allegations that Perfect Fitness knowingly failed to report to the Commission immediately, which is mandated under federal […]

Florida Women Claim Transvaginal Mesh Left Them in Misery

Four Florida women are speaking out about the misery transvaginal mesh devices have brought to their lives. All of the Brevard County women, co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the makers of transvaginal mesh, received the devices during surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse. Now, they fear their lives will never be the same. According to […]

N.C. Olive Garden at Center Of Hepatitis Scare

Hundreds of patrons have been potentially exposed to hepatitis A after dining at a Fayetteville, North Carolina, Olive Garden. MSNBC reported that a food worker infected with the blood borne disease might be at the root of the exposure. So far, over 250 people were immunized by the Cumberland County Public Health Department, according to […]

New FDA Actos Bladder Cancer Warning Debuts

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new label warning for Actos (pioglitazone) regarding its association with bladder cancer. The new label advises that health care professionals avoid using Actos in patients with active bladder cancer and recommends caution in patients with a prior history of bladder cancer. The new bladder cancer […]

Judge Says Feds Can Try to Have New York Fracking Lawsuit Dismissed

A federal judge says the U.S. government can move to have a hydraulic fracturing lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General dismissed. The New York lawsuit, which was filed in May, seeks to stop fracking from commencing in the Delaware River Basin until an environmental impact study is completed. As we’ve reported previously, […]

MDL Ordered for Zimmer Knee Replacement Lawsuits

Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement Lawsuits. A multidistrict litigation (MDL) has been established in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for lawsuits involving Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex femoral components, Zimmer NexGen MIS Tibial components or Zimmer NexGen LPS-Flex femoral components. An MDL allows lawsuits associated with a particular product to be coordinated under one judge […]

E. coli Prompts McNees Meats to Recall Ground Beef

McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC., of North Branch, Michigan, is recalling about 360 pounds of ground beef product products that may be contaminated with the dangerous, sometimes deadly, E. coli O157:H7 pathogen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced. Thirty-six 10-pound bags of “McNees Ground Beef Bulk” are […]

Johnson & Johnson to Settle Risperdal Criminal Charges

Drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced it just reached an agreement to settle a misdemeanor criminal charge concerning how it marketed its antipsychotic, Risperdal (Generic: Risperidone). According to Bloomberg.com a U.S. probe into Risperdal sales activities has been ongoing since 2004 and involves allegations that J&J marketed Risperdal for unapproved uses, citing the drug […]

Zimmer NexGen Knee Component Lawsuits Consolidated, Transferred to Federal Court in Illinois

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has ordered that all personal injury lawsuits involving Zimmer NexGen knee implant components currently pending in federal courts throughout the U.S. be consolidated in a multidistrict litigation and transferred to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The litigation, dubbed IN RE: ZIMMER NEXGEN KNEE […]

E. coli Prompts McNees Meats to Recall Ground Beef

McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC., of North Branch, Michigan, is recalling about 360 pounds of ground beef product products that may be contaminated with the dangerous, sometimes deadly, E. coli O157:H7 pathogen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced. Thirty-six 10-pound bags of “McNees Ground Beef Bulk” are […]

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