Los Angeles County Institutes RoundUp Ban Following Jury Rulings
California is a state with an established reputation for being concerned with the risks of carcinogens and dangerous chemicals. That may be the reasoning behind the recent RoundUp ban on county property that was published by NBC Los Angeles Channel 4 last Wednesday morning. The RoundUp Ban Motive The RoundUp ban … [Read more...]
California Supreme Court – Name Manufacturers Responsible for Generic Drug Labeling
Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, drug manufacturers must submit a new drug application before it is able to market a new brand name drug. Additionally, the United States Food and Drug Administration must approve of the drug before it may be marketed. In the new drug application, a sample of the drug’s label must be included. … [Read more...]
California Gas Pipeline Explosion Victim Lawsuits
Gas Pipeline Explosion Sparked A Catastrophic Fire. Did you suffer damages from the massive gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California? The September 9, 2010 rupture of a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) natural gas transmission line sparked a catastrophic fire that left an unknown number of people dead and destroyed dozens … [Read more...]
California High School Bans Lunchtime Driving Following Student Crash
A high school in northern California is among the latest to implement a ban on lunchtime driving after a recent crash involved two students. Mendocino High School is prohibiting driving during school lunch breaks until at least Thanksgiving. The school is not alone in taking this type of action. Similar bans have been instituted … [Read more...]
California Tour Bus Crash Leaves 13 Dead, 31 Injured
Thirteen people were killed and 31 others were injured early Sunday morning, October 23, when the USA Holiday tour bus carrying them back from a casino near the Salton Sea crashed into a big rig truck near Palm Springs. The passengers, many of whom were sleeping, had spent the night at the casino and were on the way back to Los … [Read more...]
California Cipro Lawsuit Partial Settlement
The Settlement of Cipro Users. A California lawsuit involving the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin) has reached a partial settlement. The lawsuit alleged that the five defendants-Bayer Corporation, Barr Laboratories, Inc., Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and The Rugby Group, Inc. had violated … [Read more...]
California Coconut Oil Maker Faces Class Action over Labeling Claims
A proposed class action against a company that touts its coconut oil as “healthy,” claims the company misleads consumers into thinking the product is good for them when it is almost entirely made up of saturated fat. A California woman claims that labels on Carrington Tea Co. LLC's Carrington Farms extra virgin coconut oil and … [Read more...]
Monsanto Seeks to Block Carcinogenic Designation for Roundup
Roundup Chemicals Known To Cause Cancer. Monsanto Corporation has filed a lawsuit to block the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) from adding glyphosate-the main ingredient in Roundup-to its listing of chemicals known to cause cancer. The list of chemicals is authorized under California's … [Read more...]
Infected Nurse May Have Exposed More than 1,000 People to Tuberculosis
More than 1,000 people, including 350 infants, may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) in the maternity wing of a hospital in California, hospital officials say. The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California, said it was notified in mid-November that an employee who worked “in the area of the newborn nursery” had … [Read more...]
Consumers Can Sue Over Organic Food Mislabeling
Supreme Court Supports Consumers Over Organic Food Mislabeling.An unprecedented decision by the California Supreme Court supports the rights of consumers to sue over the mislabeling of organic food. In a case against Herb Thyme Farms, Inc., the high court unanimously ruled that consumers can file a lawsuit against growers who … [Read more...]
Santa Monica Rabbi Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Rabbi Sholom Doyber Levitansky was arrested by Santa Monica, California police last week on felony charges of sexual abuse of a child. The police are seeking further information and are trying to locate any additional victims, the Santa Monica Daily Press (SMDP) reports. … [Read more...]
Berkeley’s Cell Phone Radiation Warning is First in US
Berkeley's cell phone ordinance, which requires retailers to warn consumers about the potential risk of radiation with cell phones, is the first measure of its kind to be passed. In May, the City Council unanimously passed the ordinance, titled Right to Know. The law goes into effect next month and warns consumers that “you may … [Read more...]
Warning to UCLA Hospital Patients Exposed to Drug-Resistant Superbug
One hundred seventy-nine patients at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center have been told they may have been exposed to a drug-resistant "superbug" during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two deaths. Patients who may have been infected by the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are … [Read more...]
Trial over Ethicon Transvaginal Mesh Begins in California
Pelvic mesh devices have become the subject of safety concerns in recent years amidst reports that they can cause serious, sometimes permanent injuries. The devices were marketed to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, but thousands of women allege that they only caused painful complications. According to The … [Read more...]
General Motors Cannot Keep Ignition Switch Lawsuit Out of California State Court
General Motors Ignition Switch Lawsuit Back To State Court. A federal judge in New York has remanded a lawsuit against General Motors over its faulty ignition switches back to California state court. GM had sought to keep the case in federal multidistrict litigation, claiming the case is subject to bankruptcy proceedings involving … [Read more...]
Faulty Fireworks Display Injures 35 people in California
35 People Were Injured By A Faulty Fireworks Display. At least 35 people were injured by a faulty fireworks display at the Simi Valley Rotary Club in California. Simi Valley police say that the accident was caused by a collapsed launching platform, causing the fireworks to launch into a crowd of 8,000 to 10,000 people. "What we … [Read more...]
Woman Claims da Vinci Changed Her Life for the Worse
Lawsuit in a California court details injuries caused by the da Vinci surgical robot. A recently filed lawsuit in a California court details injuries caused by the da Vinci surgical robot. According to a Bloomberg report, a woman who was told that a gynecological surgery she was facing would be best performed using the da Vinci … [Read more...]
First DePuy ASR Hip Implant Trial
DePuy ASR Hip Implant led to numerous complications and serious and permanent injuries. All eyes will be primed on a Los Angeles Superior courtroom this week as the first lawsuit claiming defects with the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant led to numerous complications and serious and permanent injuries. According to an update … [Read more...]
Plavix User Who Suffered Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Files Lawsuit
Plavix May Cause Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm representing people injured by defective drugs, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of a California man who suffered a gastrointestinal hemorrhage while using Plavix. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New … [Read more...]
Jury orders Jehovah’s Witnesses to pay $28M in California child sex abuse case
Jehovah's Witnesses have been ordered to pay a woman more than $20 million by a California jury, believing she was sexually abused by a member of that church. According to an MSNBC.com report via USA Today, The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York have been ordered to pay the fine because they had become aware in the … [Read more...]
NSF Lawsuit to Go to Trial in California
Gadolinium Contrast Dye NSF Lawsuits. One of the first trials involving a gadolinium contrast dye - Magnevist - and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is set to begin in January. According to a report on Law.com, the outcome of the Magnevist trial could be a good indicator of how NSF plaintiffs in similar lawsuits will … [Read more...]
California BPA Ban Voted Down
California Bill To BPA Ban. The California bill to ban bisphenol A—BPA—in baby bottles, sippy cups, and food containers that, twice, did not meet the required 41 votes, failed again and is being put off until next year. Although the bill, which narrowly passed in the state Senate and received a majority of votes both times in the … [Read more...]
California Phthalate Ban Now in Effect
California Phthalate Ban In Children's Products. California has officially banned phthalates in children’s products in advance of the federal law that comes into effect next month. Phthalate Ban The McClatchy-Tribune News Service reported that the law went into effect late last week and bans the sale of phthalate-containing toys and … [Read more...]
California AG Suing Artificial Turf Makers
A Lawsuit Against Artificial Turf Manufacturers. California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit against three artificial turf manufacturers Tuesday, saying turf –which contains lead—violates the state's environmental laws as stipulated in Proposition 65. The lawsuit cites high levels of lead in turf samples from the three … [Read more...]
California Assembly Approves PFOA Ban on Food Wraps
A PFOA Ban Bill To Limit The Chemical PFOA. The Associated Press is reporting that the California Assembly has reversed itself and approved a bill to limit the amount of the chemical Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) that has been linked to cancer in food packaging. The measure—by Senator Ellen Corbett-Democrat-San Leandro—would permit … [Read more...]
Mecca Train Derailment Releases Toxic Plume
Train Derailment In Mecca, California Resulted In Evacuation. A train derailment in Mecca, California last night resulted in the evacuation of 60 people living near the accident, and ignited fears of a toxic chemical spill. No injuries were reported as a result of the Mecca, California train derailment, but it is still not known … [Read more...]
Jamba Juice Customers Exposed to Hepatitis A
Jamba Juice Customers Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis A. Patrons of a Jamba Juice Store in San Jose, California may have been exposed to hepatitis A after one of the store’s employees tested positive for the disease. According to a warning issued last week by the Santa Clara County chief medical officer, about 4,000 customers visited … [Read more...]
Spinach E. coli traced to Calif. ranch
E. Coli Outbreak in Spinach That Killed Three People. The likely source of an E. coli outbreak in spinach that killed three people and sickened more than 200 was a small cattle ranch about 30 miles from California's central coastline, state and federal officials said Friday as they concluded their investigation. Authorities for … [Read more...]
E. Coli Outbreak Concerns Farmers
An E. Coli Outbreak Has Sickened 5 Dozen People in the Northeast. An E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly five dozen people in the Northeast is prompting concern among West Coast farmers after officials announced that scallions suspected as carriers of the bacteria came from a Southern California farm. The green onion link to … [Read more...]
Scallions in E. coli case from Calif.
Scallions Suspected in E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Taco Bell. The scallions suspected in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell came from a Southern California grower, an official with the company that washed, chopped and packed them for the restaurant chain said Thursday. Ready Pac Produce, the sole supplier of green onions to … [Read more...]
E. Coli on Calif. Ranch Matches Outbreak Strain
Vegetable Fields E. Coli Contamination. Investigators have matched E. coli found in a stream and in a wild pig on a California ranch to the strain of bacteria that caused last month's deadly spinach-borne outbreak. Investigators have nine positive specimens from the same farm, which has spinach fields and livestock. Those samples … [Read more...]
Manure near spinach crops had E. coli
Calif. Investigators Detected E. Coli In Tainted Spinach Crops. California investigators have detected E. coli bacteria in eight samples of cattle manure lifted from pastures adjacent to two farms linked to tainted spinach that has sickened 193 people since August. "We took them basically from cow pies,'' said state health … [Read more...]
E. Coli Probe Focuses on 9 Calif. Farms
Investigators Searched California Farms Due To E. Coli Probe. Investigators searched nine California farms for evidence of spinach-borne E. coli yesterday, going into the fields for the first time, as the number of confirmed illnesses rose by 17 to 131. A team of about a dozen investigators from the Food and Drug Administration … [Read more...]
California Declares Secondhand Smoke a Toxic Air Pollutant
Secondhand Smoke A Toxic Air Pollutant. California has always been one of the states in the forefront of advances in environmental awareness and consumer protection in the U.S. Although a number of its policies in this regard have been considered radical when first advocated or adopted, they often wind up being accepted by other … [Read more...]
Ford Class Action Moves Ahead in California
Ford Class Action Lawsuit Go Forward. A California Superior Court in Sacramento has certified a class-action lawsuit against Ford, allowing the case to go forward. The suit charges that Ford knew of a rollover defect in its Explorer SUVs and that it concealed the defect from consumers. The class certified by the court generally … [Read more...]
California Woman Files Suit Against Starbucks
Woman Is Suing Starbucks For Selling A Coffee Maker That Shattered And Scalded. A La Verne mother is suing Starbucks for selling a glass coffee maker that shattered and scalded her three-year-old daughter. According to the lawsuit filed in Pomona Superior Court, Ann Marie Crowder bought a Bodum brand coffee maker from a Star bucks … [Read more...]
California Judge Rules New Jersey Firm’s Ads
Diet Pill Claims Misleading. A judge on Friday ruled that the maker of a popular diet pill misled consumers by making exaggerated and false claims about the product's safety and effectiveness. Cytodyne Technologies was ordered to pay $12.5 million to California consumers for the claims about the pill, Xenadrine RFA-1. The … [Read more...]
Calif. High Court Upholds Ford Case
California Supreme Court Let Stand A Verdict Against Ford. The California Supreme Court on Wednesday let stand a $290 million verdict against the Ford Motor Co. over a deadly 1993 rollover accident involving a Ford Bronco. The justices decided without comment not to review an appeal from the automaker, which in court papers called … [Read more...]
Sobering State Calls Autism An Epidemic
Autism An Epidemic That Is Sweeping The State. An explosion in autism cases in California over the past 15 years is not the result of changes in diagnostic criteria or an improvement in diagnosis, but represents a real epidemic that is sweeping the state, according to a major new study sent to the state Legislature on … [Read more...]
