by Rachel Arnold | Jan 23, 2023 | Product Liability
While you’re suffering from food poisoning it’s important to take care of yourself and your body. It’s easy to blame the last meal you ate at a restaurant for your ailment, but some of the bacteria commonly behind food poisoning are in a victim’s body for days...
by Rachel Arnold | Jan 15, 2023 | Product Liability
The CDC and FDA are encouraging purchasers of EzriCare Artificial Tears to cease using the product until additional guidance has been released. The artificial tears have been linked to 55 infections of an extremely antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Pseudomonas...
by Rachel Arnold | Dec 28, 2022 | Product Liability
The CDC estimates that around 48 million people a year are afflicted with a foodborne illness. Roughly one percent of those people require hospitalization. There are approximately 6,000 cases of fatal foodborne illnesses in the U.S. each year. These large numbers are...
by Rachel Arnold | Dec 19, 2022 | Product Liability
Buying gifts for the children in your family and seeing their excitement is easily one of the best parts of the holiday season. Unfortunately, some of the toys we give as gifts can actually be harmful to the children in our family. Product liability lawsuits hold the...
by Rachel Arnold | Nov 30, 2022 | Product Liability
Anyone can get sick from E. coli but some people are at an elevated risk of suffering serious, potentially fatal symptoms of this foodborne infection. These people include: Elderly adults Children under age five Individuals with compromised immune systems Pregnant...
by Rachel Arnold | Nov 18, 2022 | Product Liability
In early 2022, Blaine Labs, an FDA-approved skin and wound care manufacturer, voluntarily recalled RevitaDerm. The wound care gel was pulled off the market after a bottle was found to be contaminated with Bacillus cereus—a foodborne pathogen that releases harmful...
by Rachel Arnold | Nov 11, 2022 | Product Liability
Few things in life are more heart-shattering and tragic than the serious injury or death of a baby due to a defective or malfunctioning product. As a parent, you likely put a lot of trust in infant products assuming (understandably so) they were thoroughly tested...
by Rachel Arnold | Sep 15, 2022 | Product Liability
Infant loungers are soft and cozy cushion-like products made to soothe and relax your baby while you’re busy doing household chores. Although the idea of a hands-free cushion for an infant to lie in and relax may sound appealing to many parents, history has shown that...
by Rachel Arnold | Sep 15, 2022 | Product Liability
In November 2018, a Houston-based food manufacturer, Ron’s Home Style Foods, came under scrutiny from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). A routine inspection revealed the establishment had produced and released almost 7,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken...
by Rachel Arnold | May 25, 2022 | Product Liability
The U.S. FDA issued a recall for Abbott Laboratories baby formula products – specifically Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare – due to concerns over bacterial infections linked to the formulas. You can find the full list of recalled products here. You can visit Abbott’s...
