In his latest post to our firm’s VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, my Carolina personal injury law firm colleague John C. reports on new evidence showing that taking Bayer’s Yaz or another birth control pill containing the synthetic hormone drosperinone significantly raises a woman’s risk for developing a potentially fatal blood clot. John also points…
My colleague John C. has written about a recall of more than 32,000 BMWs follwing concerns that an electronic component can overheat and set the vehicles on fire. This is just the latest automobile recall prompted by a potentially life-threatening defect. DM
My colleague Emily Brannon has posted a new blog on our firm’s Virginia (VA) personal injury attorneys’ website about a recall of frog masks made in China because children can suffocate while wearing the masks. About 3,400 units of the product were sold exclusively by Target. DMÂ
While only an estimated 50 LittleLife Discoverer Child Carriers have been sold in the United States and Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has joined with UK-based manufacturer Lifemarque in issuing an urgent recall of the product. As stated in a CPSC press release issued on October 20, 2011, ” The carriers were sold…
On June 13, 2011, Takeda, the maker of diabetes drugs Actos (pioglitazone) and Competact (pioglitazone and metformin) announce the French regulatory authorities informed it that they intended to suspend the use of the medications in the country. The move would mean doctors could no longer prescribe the drug products to new patients. The ban on pioglitazone-containing…