Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled about eight million cars and trucks worldwide due to problems with the accelerators malfunctioning and forcing vehicles to speed off out of control, causing motorist injuries and deaths. Now, lawsuits against the car maker on behalf of injured parties are gaining speed. (more…)
The first trial among hundreds of lawsuits filed over oversized Digitek heart pills accused of causing patients to suffer life-threatening injuries is set to begin in January 2011, a federal court judge has ruled. (more…)
The Indoor Tanning Association has repeatedly lied to consumers about the increased risks of skin cancer from using indoor tanning beds, federal authorities said. (more…)
Problems with accelerator pedals that may stick and cause vehicles to speed out of control have prompted Toyota Motor Corp. to temporarily halt sales of eight of its car and truck models. (more…)
A federal judge has rejected a plea agreement which would have sent a drug-addicted surgery technician to prison for 20 years for stealing pain killing syringes and spreading hepatitis C to dozens of former patients. (more…)
Eight workers have filed a lawsuit against BP Products North America Inc. and Pasadena Tank Corp. for exposing them to “extremely high levels of benzene” on the job. (more…)
A Las Vegas woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Stryker Corp. for injuries she claims were caused by the use of a defective pain pump. (more…)
Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest healthcare companies, paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to nursing home pharmacists who agreed to put more of their patients on the company’s schizophrenia drug Risperdal, federal prosecutors said today. (more…)
The Pfizer Inc smoking-cessation drug Chantix caused users to either attempt suicide or successfully kill themselves, according to three lawsuits filed today. (more…)
In a blow to the authority of the Food and Drug Administration and a victory for makers of electronic cigarettes, a federal judge today barred the U.S. from trying to regulate the smokeless tobacco products or prevent them from being imported into the country. (more…)
