Defective & Dangerous Products

• 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.

• Clinical Prof. Noticed Problems with ReNu Two Years Ago

  Joe Saunders | July 28, 2006 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Christine Sindt, a University of Iowa clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology noticed a disturbing problem with ReNu contact lens solution after doing her own study of the product. "I always like to test the new products - test drive them, so I can develop an opinion," Sindt said.Contact lenses sat soaked in three different solutions overnight. The following day, Sindt examined five...

• Bausch & Lomb Slow to React to Crisis

  Joe Saunders | April 14, 2006 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  After intense public pressure, Bausch & Lomb finally asked retailers to remove the ReNu contact lens solution from their shelves while an investigation into the product's safety is completed. The question remains as to why the company has not pulled the product from the marketplace altogether. The potential damage as a result of using the product is great-blindness. A lawsuit seeking class...

• Man Catches Fire after Hit by Taser

  Joe Saunders | February 23, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Daytona Beach man caught fire after being tasered by police. He caught fire when a probe from a police Taser gun hit a butane lighter in his pocket and set him on fireA Taser probe hit a disposable butane lighter in his shirt pocket and ignited. Officers then rolled him to the ground to put out the flames

• Florida Medical Examiner: Taser Contributed to Man's Death

  Joe Saunders | January 11, 2006 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The 50,000 volt electric shock from a Taser gun contributed to the 2004 death of a Lee County man, according to Associate Medical Examiner Barbara Wolf.Byron Black, 39, of Fort Myers died in a hospital after deputies used both a stun gun and pepper spray to subdue him. All drug tests were negative according to the autopsy.More than 100 people have died in the US and Canada since 2001 after...

• Grandma Tasered

  saunders saunders | December 08, 2005 1:23 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 68-year old Ohio grandmother was hit with a Taser gun by police while she was in a police department waiting room. The police fired and hit her 5 times with the Taser. The entire incident was caught on police department surveilance tape. According to police, Beverly Kidwell, 68, came into the police station to be arrested after hitting her granddaughter. Kidwell said she waited a long time...

• Autistic Man Dies After Being Hit By Taser

  saunders saunders | November 21, 2005 9:53 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A man with autism is dead after a scuffle with northwest suburban police, who used a Taser gun in a struggle to subdue him.The man had just bitten his caregiver at a group home in Des Plaines. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports the Taser was just one way the officers tried to get the victim under control.Police around the country are now using Taser guns to subdue suspects with electric shocks.The...

• New Program to Test Your Child's Toys for Lead

  Sandy Grinnell | October 29, 2008 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Just as parent's begin to think about toy shopping for Christmas, the Orange County Health Department has begun a new program to test children's toys for lead. It is a program to reduce your...

• Melamine Contamination Spread to Eggs from China

  Sandy Grinnell | October 27, 2008 11:16 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  Officials in Hong Kong have reported they have begun additional testing of eggs and meats coming from China. This is in response to the test results of 4.7 parts per million of melamine found in...