InjuryBoard Dallas Archives

• RECALL - HoMedics Heating Pads Upgraded to Class 1

  RLF Staff | March 22, 2007 7:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  HoMedics® received complaints of user burns and fires to bedding, clothing and houses that were started by the heating pads. The FDA learned about these complaints during an FDA inspection of HoMedics®. The inspection also revealed quality system deficiencies related to design controls, complaint handling, and corrective and preventative actions. Complaints were reviewed during an FDA...

• FDA RECALL - V.MAX Erectile Dysfunction (ED) supplement

  RLF Staff | March 19, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  From MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting ProgramBarodon SF and FDA notified consumers and healthcare professionals of a voluntary nationwide recall of a supplement product sold under the name V.MAX. Lab analysis by FDA of product samples found the product contains Aminotadalafil, an analogue of Tadalafil, an FDA-approved drug used to treat Erectile Dysfunction (ED)....

• Boot-Camp Death Settlement - Family to Get $5 Million

  RLF Staff | March 16, 2007 6:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist requested a $5,000,000 settlement for the parents of Martin Anderson, a 14-year-old who died at a Panama City boot camp last year, allegedly due to injuries from the boot camp's guards. The settlement needs to be approved by the state legislature and came shortly after incriminating evidence was released to the public.The state payout would settle only a portion of the...

• Merck ordered to pay $47 Million in Vioxx Case

  RLF Staff | March 13, 2007 7:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. was ordered to pay $47.5 million in damages after a New Jersey jury decided that the company's Vioxx medication was responsible for an Idaho man's heart attack. The jury awarded $20 million in compensatory damages to Frederick Humeston and his wife and then tacked on an additional $27.5 million in punitive damages after a unanimous decision.In the first phase of...

• FDA RECALL - Possible Arsenic Contamination in Jermuk Mineral Water

  RLF Staff | March 09, 2007 7:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  FDA Warns Consumers Not to Drink "Jermuk" Brand Mineral Water Due to possible Arsenic ContaminationThe US Food and Drug Administrationis warning consumers not to drink certain brands of mineral water imported from Armenia due to the risk of exposure to arsenic, a toxic substance and known cause of cancer in humans. Symptoms of acute arsenic exposure usually occur within several hours of...

• ReNu MultiPlus Contact-Lens Solution Recalled

  RLF Staff | March 08, 2007 12:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Bausch & Lomb announced today that it is recalling 1.5 million bottles of ReNu MultiPlus contact-lens solution because trace levels of iron were found in the product. Iron may cause "discoloration" of the solution and may cause its effectiveness to deteriorate before the printed expiration date. The recall affects 12 lots of the product, which were produced at the company's Greenville, S.C.,...

• FDA Finds Salmonella Contamination at ConAgra Plant

  RLF Staff | March 06, 2007 6:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that evidence of salmonella contamination was found after an inspection of ConAgra's production facility in Sylvester, Georgia. The samples taken matched the strain of salmonella that was found in jars of contaminated Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter.The FDA noted "The fact that FDA found salmonella in the plant environment...

• Salmonella Outbreak Cases Still Rising

  RLF Staff | March 01, 2007 6:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The first patients fell ill as far back as August, but most cases have appeared in the past three months. Symptoms of salmonella infection include diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, and the effects usually last four to seven days. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the number of patients affected by the recent salmonella outbreak has risen to 370, and incidents...