Defective & Dangerous Products

• Florida Deputy Gets Probation for Misuse of Taser

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2007 8:21 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Charles Dix, a former Escambia County Sheriff's Deputy, has been sentenced to probation and house arrest for misusing his taser. The deputy's reckless behavior has led to two civil settlements against the sheriff's department. Taser Internationalhas aggressively boasted of its court victories in numerous press releases but now the tide seems to be turning against the company and its reckless...

• Taser Lawsuit Settled in Colorado

  Staff Writer | February 14, 2007 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The town of Carbondale Colorado has settled a taser lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. The lawsuit was filed as a result of a police officer using his taser during a routine traffic stop. According to the lawsuit, the police officer violated the man's civil rights as well as the use of cruel and unusual punishment. The officer allegedly fired the taser weapon at the victim several times.

• Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Drugs Can Be As Effective as Stents

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Wall St. Journalcites a study published in the American College of Cardiology that certain drugs are proven to be more effective than cardiac stents in improving blood flow through the coronary arteries in patients who were stable after a heart attack. The study also contends that for those with serious heart disease, stents may be less effective than the traditinal bypass surgery the...

• Kava Kava lawsuit to be filed

  Staff Writer | December 17, 2006 8:47 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  I will be filing a lawsuit in Orlando this Tuesday December 19, 2006 against Nutraceutical Corporation and Chamberlin Foods of Orlando for their manufacturing and distribution of the dangerous kava kava supplement. Kava Kava, a plant indigenous to the South Pacific is used as a ceremonial drink in the South Pacific but can lead to liver toxicity and death. Kava Kava is a dangerous product that...

• Problems with Heart Stents

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to a Cleveland Clinic analysis, drug coated stents increase the risk of dangerous blood clots four to five times more than the bare metal stents. The analysis covered 6,675 patients in 9 trials involving Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific.

• Bausch & Lomb's Failure to Report

  Staff Writer | November 07, 2006 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  According to a federal warning letter, Bausch & Lomb, the maker of ReNu contact lens solution, failed to report more than 35 foreign cases of fungal eye infection. According to an Associated Press report, "Bausch & Lomb didn't report the 35 serious injury reports by April 7, as required by law, after Singapore health officials had alerted the Rochester, N.Y. company, the Food and Drug...

• New Twist in Tobacco Cases

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  When federal judge Jack Weinstein ruled yesterday that he had found substantial evidence that the so-called light cigarettes were just as dangerous as regular cigarettes and the manufacturers knew it, it opened a potential flood gate of litigants. That's why Judge Weinstein argued in favor of granting the class action status. Interestingly, the case which was first filed in 2004, does not...

• Big Tobacco and Big Oil Make Strange Bedfellows

  Staff Writer | September 20, 2006 8:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  As the 2006 election season heats up, two of the largest industries in the country are pouring millions of dollars into campaigns to keep their corporate profits rolling. A recent San Francisco Chronicle article on big tobacco, the author states that oil and tobacco are pouring huge sums of money into campaign coffers. Hopefully, voters will be swayed by good public policy and not the big...

• Bausch & Lomb Infections Lead to Corneal Transplants

  Staff Writer | August 23, 2006 6:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  About 1/3 of those who've experienced eye infections as a result of the use of Bausch & Lomb's ReNu eye contact solution are schedule to undergo corneal transplants. These new findings will be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association at the end of this month.

• Big Tobacco Better Exhale

  Staff Writer | August 22, 2006 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A US District Judge ruled yesterday that big tobacco companies conspired for years to hide the deadly effects of cigarette smoke from the public. This isn't suprising to most of us who've followed these battles. However, it will most likely lead to a groundswell of lawsuits against big tobacco. For decades now, the tobacco marketing strategy has focused on youth and many have suffered the...