On August 30, 2016, a New York State committee held a daylong hearing on the water contamination that has plagued Hoosick Falls and nearby communities for years. Residents expressed their frustration with state officials’ slow response to the crisis, while lawmakers criticized the state’s health…
In November 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urged the Mayor of Hoosick Falls, New York, to warn residents that the toxic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) had been found at concerning levels in the groundwater. They also recommended that bottled water be provided to residents…
In 2015, The National Safety Council (NSC) estimated that 38,300 people were killed and 4.4 million injured on U.S. roads—the largest one-year percentage increase in half a century. The number of deaths rose 8 percent over what they were in 2014, compared with a less…
Despite the massive recall of Takata airbags over the past couple of years, consumers may still find that their new cars contain the potentially dangerous devices. That’s because some automakers are still installing them in new cars. Why would this be? Millions of Takata Air…
In 2010, the FDA warned that inferior vena cava (IVC) filters—small, cage-like devices implanted to capture blood clots and prevent them from reaching the lungs—had been associated with 921 adverse event reports. Over 300 of these involved device migration, where the filter actually moved from…
A manufacturing company in New Jersey has been cited for serious safety violations. National Manufacturing Company, Inc., which produces precision deep drawn enclosures (metal cans, cups, canisters, containers, etc.) and shallow drawn metal components, was cited for failing to protect employees from
Companies are responsible for making sure their employees have safe working environments. Once a company has been cited for failing to provide the proper safeguards, it’s expected that the company will make appropriate changes to ensure future safety. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Such
At the end of August 2016, New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker stated in a letter that New York followed federal guidelines when it came to dealing with contamination of Hoosick Falls’ water with toxic perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). The problem, he continued, was that…
On August 22, 2016, a California woman filed a new Cook IVC filter lawsuit in the Central District of California. She named Cook Medical as the defendants. The plaintiff asserts that after being implanted with a Cook IVC filter, she suffered serious injuries. She seeks…
For years consumers have complained about Remington rifles, particularly the Model 700, going off without the trigger being pulled. NBC News investigated the issue and uncovered company documents showing that engineers were discussing a new firing mechanism as far back as 1989, but it wasn’t…
In a new case study published in the medical journal Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, doctors from Baylor health centers in Texas warn that inferior vena cava (IVC) filters left implanted for too long can cause a number of complications in patients. The study provides…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Xarelto lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana in December 2014. Since then, both sides have been working toward selecting a few key cases to go to trial first, to gauge…