As temperatures climbed and families headed to the pool, the Food and Drug Administration warned parents and caregivers against the use of neck floats for infants this past summer; particularly those with special needs.
Neck floats were designed as a way of letting infants float in water without having to know how to actually stay afloat. Marketed as both flotation devices as well as water-therapy ...
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After attempting to escape its liability and responsibility to compensate United States servicemembers harmed by its sale of faulty earplugs to the U.S. military, 3M has been ordered into mediation as the litigation surrounding the matter moves forward.
Earlier this summer, 3M attempted to offload responsibility for the Combat Arms earplugs situation onto a subsidiary company called Aearo Technologies and then simultaneously declare that company bankrupt. ...
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Amid a recall that has already drawn the ire of federal regulators over the glacial pace with which it has handled remediation of the matter, Philips is facing an additional recall of some of its respiratory devices over an unrelated fault.
According to Reuters, the latest recall action targets 1,700 Philips respiratory devices around the world, with 386 of them located in the United States. The recall was issued ...
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A 24-year-old Florida woman has sued Southwest Airlines after a wheelchair accident changed her life forever. The plaintiff in the case suffered from a pre-existing muscular disease and asked for a wheelchair and assistance getting from the terminal down the jetway to the aircraft.
While the wheelchair was provided, the plaintiff says that the request for assistance getting down the jetway was refused by a supervisor working ...
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“While we can’t comment on pending litigation, we will continue to keep safety at the heart of our work.” These words finished a statement issued by Uber in response to news that over 500 women are ready to sue the rideshare service over allegations that they were “kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked” by drivers summoned using the app. The lawsuit also ...
A new series of lawsuits has been filed against Roundup maker Bayer over allegations that the key ingredient in the weedkiller causes cancer. Over 125,000 lawsuits have been filed in the matter thus far and even as Bayer plans to remove glyphosate from the product, the company is girding for a bumpy ride moving forward.
To date, the alleged link between glyphosate – the key ingredient ...
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