A new study points to the shortcomings of many child booster seats, my colleague Kevin Duffan reports on our firm’s Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk Injuryboard blog site. The A study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety revealed that 13 booster seats – about half of those studied – were not a good fit with…
The Consumer Justice Foundation, a for-profit company made up of professional consumer advocates whose purpose is to educate the public on pharmaceutical companies, has discussed a lawsuit filed against the Japanese drugmaker Takeda and its U.S. partner, Eli Lilly, by a man who alleges his bladder cancer developed as a side effect from taking the diabetes…
Some of the most dangerous products are designed for use by the most vulnerable people in society — children. Concerns about products entering the children’s market are reinforced in a study by Kids in Danger, according to the Washington Post. The article notes that Kids in Danger found 474 complaints posted on the website SaferProducts.gov from April…
The lawsuits claiming the type 2 diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone) from Takeda has caused bladder cancer, keep coming in, and this tragedy is gaining a human face. “Robert and Jewell Bettorf allege Robert Bettorf began taking Actos … in 2007,” The Record of Madison St. Clair has reported. “At the time he took the medication, Robert…
Would you ever believe there is such a thing as exercise in a bottle? How about shoes that magically tone your butt as you walk? Turns out one of those s a real product that has recently come under fire for being sold using false claims. The Reebok EasyTone and RunTone shoes promised to tone…