Columbia Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Defective & Dangerous Products

Olivier Oil Products, Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Olivier brand Parmesan & Asiago Dip with Garlic & Basil because it may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum.Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Symptoms of botulism include: general weakness, dizziness, double-vision and trouble with speaking or swallowing. Difficulty...

After the death of a 10-month old boy, Kolcraft Enterprises is voluntarily recalling approximately 425,000 infant play yards. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that a 10-month old infant was strangled on the changing table's strap that was hanging down into a Kolcraft's "Sesame Beginnings" Travel Play Yard.The recall affects twelve Kolcraft play yards, all of which have raised...

Mattel and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced its third recall in a less than a month late Tuesday. The company is recalling more than 800,000 Chinese-made toys that contain excess lead paint.Most of the recalled toys include Barbie accessories that were manufacturing beginning September 30, 2006. Other recalled toys include Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys made by the...

Production at Castleberry's Food Company has stopped due to cans testing positively for botulism. Four reported cases of botulism can be traced back to Castleberry's products. Each of the four people with botulism consumed Hot Dog Chili Sauce Original. This botulism outbreak led Castleberry's to expand its previous recall of canned meat products.It recalled more than 80 types of canned chili,...

Jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter that have product codes beginning with 2111 have been linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 370 people from 42 states. I have been amazed at the number of calls and emails our firm has received this week from people who had eaten Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter and developed Salmonella which causes diarrhea,...

The FDA has issued a recall notice regarding the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patch. These devices were used to repair ventral hernias caused by thinning or stretching of scar tissue that occurs around incisions after surgery. The working component of the patch is a "memory recoil ring" that causes the patch to spring open after surgeons fold it flat in order to insert it into the body.Sadly, this...

This Peter Pan peanut butter recall is much more serious than I originally thought. We have received a number of calls today from families from around the country. One person is in the hospital for salmonella poisoning and others are telling me of episodes of nausea, fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. I am advising people to go the doctor if they are still having salmonella symptoms. We are...

Reports of fungal keratitis infections in users in South Carolina of the solution are surfacing in contact lens wearers who use ReNu with MoistureLoc. Fungal keratitis is a serious eye infection that can develop through the whole depth of the cornea. The infection can require prolonged drug therapy with antifungals such as natamycin, nystatin, and amphotericin B. Other antifungals that may be...

Make sure you look at the product code on the jar of peanut butter on your shelf. If it begins with "2111" take it back to the grocery store for a refund. Salmonella has been found in the Peter Pan brand. I read about this peanut butter recall earlier in the week and did not think much about it until I looked in our cabnet at home and a jar with"2111".DHEC urges people who have symptoms commonly...

Over 300,000 children in the United States are poisoned by lead from lead based paint annually. 83-86 percent of homes built before 1978 (over 64 million homes nationally) contain lead-based paint. Since 1991, the Centers for Disease Control has emphasized the need to make primary prevention of lead poisoning a high priority for health, housing and environmental agencies at the state, local...

For millions of people, prescription drugs are necessary to health and even survival. Yet, the very drugs designed to help people may cause adverse reactions that range from illness to disability to death. As recently as April 11, 2005 the FDA issued an alert advising health care providers, patients, and patient care givers to safety issues regarding Zyprexa. New marketing documents were...

Recently the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be studying the safety of popular heart stents. The heart stents involved in the study are stents that are coated with medicine that is supposed to prevent arteries from closing again. More than 6 million people have these medicated stents. Doctors now think these stents may raise the risk of life-threatening blood clots that...