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October 15th, 2012 | Defective product
October 15, 2012 Several grocery stores, including Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Target have recalled Sunland peanut butter and various nut products from their stores, reports Ohio’s WKYZ. The FDA announced that on October 12, Sunland, Inc., expanded its ongoing recall to include raw and roasted shelled and in-shell peanuts sold in quantities from 2 ounces… Read More
October 10th, 2012 | Defective product
October 10, 2012 The U.S. may have some of the safest food in the world, but still roughly one in six people get sick from eating tainted products each year. The Food Safety Modernization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law in January 2011, is an effort to step up the federal government’s battle… Read More
October 8th, 2012 | Drug injury
October 8, 2012 Surpassing auto accidents, unintentional overdoses of prescription pain medications have now become the leading cause of injury-related deaths in Ohio, reports The Plain Dealer. At “skittles parties,” teens grab handfuls of prescription and over-the-counter pills from a bowl and swallow them. Such parties are part of an epidemic of opiate abuse in Ohio… Read More
October 3rd, 2012 | Medical malpractice
October 3, 2012 The family of a teenager who killed himself in prison has sued the psychiatrist who was treating him, as well as a social worker, the prison, and others who his mother claims were indifferent to her son’s suicidal tendencies, reports the Insurance Journal. Because of a federal law that shields government officials in… Read More
October 1st, 2012 | Medical malpractice
October 1, 2012 A jury awarded a family $55 million after their child suffered injuries due to medical malpractice, reports WBAL. The lawsuit says that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital waited too long to give the mother an emergency Cesarean section. The mother was giving birth at home with a midwife when the baby became stuck. She was… Read More
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