Furniture giant Ikea recalled millions of unsafe wooden dressers back in 2016 after parents who lost children to tipover accidents came forward to hold the company accountable for its role in the accidents. Despite a recall, many of those dressers are still in homes, improperly mounted to walls (if they…
Consumers spend billions annually on furniture they trust will work as the manufacturer suggests it will, provided all instructions are followed. From dressers to beds and tables, big brands and small family companies produce millions of hardwood and soft furniture for hard-working people like you. Across America, an adult or…
Injuries Caused by Ikea Furniture Tipping Ikea recently recalled 29 million dressers, ponied up $50 million to victims, and donated $250,000 to charities and hospitals enough after its furniture tipped over and killed several children. Fundamental product liability law, which deals with product safety and manufacturer responsibility, forms the reason…
Dangerous Zantac Carcinogen Risk Recalls The heartburn medicine known as Zantac has been recalled by the pharmaceutical company Sanofi across all markets after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that the drug has what they call “unacceptable” levels of probable cancer-causing impurities. Zantac is a fairly popular heartburn relief…
Risperdal Injury Case Slashed Down This past Friday the 24th, a Pennsylvania judge reduced the significant reward of $8 billion dollars for a successful lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over their product, Risperdal, to $6.8 million. Risperdal was a commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug that caused a number of dangerous side…
Lawyers involved in the Roundup Lawsuits Could Be Close to Reaching Settlement as the Number of Cases Continues to Climb As far as major lawsuits go, Roundup weedkiller has been the center of a particularly large surge of litigation in the form of thousands of individual cases that allege that…
Monsanto Meddles With Science Papers on Herbicide Safety Over the past couple of years, there has been a growing controversy surrounding a specific weedkiller product produced by the agrochemical company known as Monsanto. The product in question is Roundup weedkiller, a common household weedkilling chemical used across the country and…
3M Earplugs Found to Contribute to Hearing Loss It is an inevitability of military service that those enlisted will encounter incredibly loud noise from a variety of sources. A number of positions across several military branches all come with unique noise hazards that have the potential to cause permanent damage…
Allergan and Other Cancer Risk Textured Breast Implants Medical implants are a common part of many surgeries that patients undergo. Implants can range from life-saving pacemaker’s that assist with a number of cardiac health issues to structural implants that help with broken or fractured bones. We use these implants with…
Severe Surgical Injury can be Caused by Surgical Staples and Staplers With the advent of modern medicine, many new and exciting developments have been made when it comes to medical technology. Things such as medical imaging devices, new prescriptions, and cutting edge surgical tools have made the quality of healthcare…
