In mid-February of 2016, a Philadelphia jury socked Ethicon, Inc., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, with a $13.5 million judgment because of a transvaginal tape (TVT) product called Prolift. (TVT products are also known as pelvic mesh products.) Nearly three-fourths of the award, $10 million, consisted of punitive damages. Punitive damages mean that the […]
You might know the following scenario: it’s cold outside and getting colder. Sitting around watching TV or simply relaxing with your family is making you shiver, and you don’t have a fireplace. Raising the thermostat setting for the entire house is expensive, so you turn to your portable heater. When the warm air shoots out, […]
This time of year, newspapers and social media post photos of homes lavishly decorated and lit for the Christmas season. Homeowners associations often sponsor decorating contests, drawing sightseers to “oooh” and “aahhh” as they slowly wind through neighborhood roads illuminated by all manner of electric light displays. What doesn’t always make the news are the […]
Pottery Barn Kids, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Comission (CPSC) is voluntarily recalling an estimated 81,000 Chloe, Audey and Sophi soft dolls in the U.S. and 1,300 in Canada due to a potential strangulation hazard caused by the dolls’ hair, which can have loops in it, large enough to fit around a […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that General Motors (GM) is recalling approximately 2,100 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles from model year 2011 starting this month due to poor assembly of the steering wheel and steering column. It is reported that the steering wheel may have been improperly attached to the steering column during the […]
Abbott Labs, the makers of the popular baby formula Similac, have issued a nationwide voluntary recall after a batch of the powdered formula was found to contain insect parts, according to a recent article published in the Baltimore Sun. The manufacturer recalled nearly 5 million cans and plastic containers of Similac after a beetle infestation […]
A manufacturing plant owned by Johnson & Johnson which manufactures Tylenol in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, was closed because of quality issues and safety violations in early May. Based on a CNN Money report, on May 1, 50 children’s non-prescription drugs were recalled, including Motrin, Benadryl and Tylenol, as a result of an FDA probe into […]