Defective & Dangerous Products

• Does Your Home Contain Foul Smelling Chinese-Made Drywall?

  Michael Phelan | January 21, 2009 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  This issue was first brought to my attention by fellow blogger, Wayne Parsons, in a January 2, 2009 blog, Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur Odor in Homes. Apparently, health department...

• Victoria Secrets Thong Case is Ridiculous

  Michael Phelan | June 19, 2008 6:21 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Have you seen the Today Show piece on the brand new lawyer and his 52 year-old, thong wearing client who are suing Victoria Secrets? The plaintiff alleges that a metal clasp connected to a...

• Don't Buy Chinese-Made Products

  Michael Phelan | June 26, 2007 11:15 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I favor free-trade and don't consider myself to be an isolationist, but enough is enough. First we learn that Chinese-made ingredients in pet food are killing our pets. Next we learn that Chinese-made toothpaste is toxic. Recently, we learned that Thomas the Tank Engine toy trains contain enough lead paint to cause permanent brain damage to toddlers who might chew on the toys. Now, the...

• Asbestos Verdict in California

  Michael Phelan | March 13, 2008 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A San Francisco jury Monday returned a $20 million verdict in favor of an asbestos victim. The jury determined that the sole remaining defendant at trial, Georgia Pacific Corp., was responsible for 30% of the verdict. The plaintiff was a former film actress and singer who toured the world seven times entertaining our troops as a USO singer. The plaintiff and her husband started a part-time...

• Crib Recall Post Sparks Defective Trailer Comment From Concerned Citizen

  Staff Writer | September 23, 2007 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Fellow InjuryBoard Blogger, Milwaukee accident attorney David Lowe, recently posted a notification that 1 million Simplicity baby cribs were recalled. A reader here in Virginia found David's post and contacted us regarding his concern about another dangerous product - unsafe trailers on Virginia highways. We are publishing his letter at his request:Dear concerned:With regards to the baby crib...

• Cluster of Heart Surgery Patient Deaths Linked to Contaminated Cardioplegia Made By a Compounding Pharmacy

  Michael Phelan | January 28, 2007 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a potentially deadly condition in which there is inflammation throughout the whole body. One cause of SIRS is exposure to high levels of endotoxins. A recent outbreak of SIRS deaths in patients who had undergone cardiopulmonary bypass (CPG) surgery at a hospital in Virginia was linked by the Centers for Disease Control to a compounding...

• Toy Fingerprint Kit Contains Deadly Asbestos Powder

  Michael Phelan | December 21, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  No sane parent should buy a toy made in China. As if the lead paint crisis was not bad enough, a children's toy modeled after the popular television series CSI tested positive for tremolite, a deadly asbestos powder. Shockingly, the toy is a "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Fingerprint Examination Kit" and the fingerprint powder contains asbestos. The directions instruct the kids to blow on...

• Dennis Quaid and Wife Sue Drug Maker

  Michael Phelan | December 04, 2007 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  In a lawsuit filed today, actor Dennis Quaid and his wife sued Baxter Healthcare Corp., the maker of the blood thinner, heparin. The Quaid's newborn twins and a third patient at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center were mistakenly given doses of heparin that were 1,000 times stronger than the intended dose. The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, alleges the heparin was unreasonably dangerous...

• Your Stryker Hip Implant Could be Defective

  Michael Phelan | January 17, 2008 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to an FDA Warning issued on November 28, 2007 and released to the public on January 15, 2008, some models of Stryker hip implants may be defective. The FDA has received numerous complaints concerning Stryker hip implants from patients experiencing fractures, pain, wear particles, fragments, and broached bones resulting in bone fractures. Many of these problems required revision...

• Contaminated Heparin Syringes Recalled

  Michael Phelan | December 27, 2007 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Manufacturers of sterile medical products are supposed to follow strict sterility standards. Unfortunately, there has been a growing number of reports and recalls of contaminated medical products caused by poor quality controls by manufacturers of products required to be sterile. The latest recall involves heparin IV flush syringes found to be contaminated with Serratia marcescens, a...