Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speaker After Burn Injury Reports
June 2, 2015 -- After receiving eight incident reports, Apple has recalled about 233,000 Beats Pill XL portable wireless speakers because the battery can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard. According to the recall from the Consumer Products Safety...
Texas Santa Barbara Oil Spill Lawyer
The Texas-based oil company Plains All-American Pipeline has been hit with lawsuits after an oil spill in Santa Barbara. Over 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto a state beach and flowed into the ocean. Two beaches were closed...
Girl With Spina Bifida from Depakote Awarded $38 Million
June 3, 2015 -- A jury in St. Louis, Missouri has awarded $38 million to the family of a girl who was born with numerous birth defects, including spina bifida, after her mother used the anti-seizure drug Depakote during pregnancy....
First Out of 1200 Wright Hip Implant Lawsuits Goes to Trial
The first trial out of more than 1,200 lawsuits involving the Wright Profemur hip replacement is underway in Los Angeles, California.
West Virginia Woman Files Lumber Liquidators Lawsuit
June 2, 2015 -- A woman from West Virginia has filed a class action lawsuit against Lumber Liquidators alleging that the Chinese laminate floor she installed has toxic levels of formaldehyde, according to the Insurance Journal. The woman, Genevieve Baldwin...
Zoloft Lawsuit Goes to Trial in Philadelphia
June 1, 2015 -- Pfizer Inc. is facing a trial in Philadelphia on behalf of a child who was born with birth defects after her mother took Zoloft antidepressants during pregnancy. The lawsuit was filed in July 2011 on behalf...
Spinal Surgery Lawsuit Ends in $45 Million Jury Award
June 1, 2015 -- The New York Times reports that a jury in the Bronx has awarded $45 million to the family of a man who was paralyzed during a botched spinal surgery as a teenager and later died as...
FDA Found Problems With Scope-Cleaning Machines in 2012
May 29, 2015 -- The Los Angeles Times has learned that the FDA knew about problems with a popular endoscope-cleaning machine years ago. The manufacturer, Custom Ultrasonics, was ordered to stop manufacturing and selling the machines, known as automated endoscope...