The product liability attorneys at Breslin and Breslin have just learned that the Chrysler Group is recalling Jeep and Dodge SUVs globally because their stability controls might not work, as well as their heavy-duty and commercial vehicles because their diesel-fuel...
Product Liability
What is “Transvaginal Mesh” ?
By now, you've probably seen commercials on television warning about the dangers of something called "transvaginal mesh." And, if you're anything like the thousands of Americans who entered the question into their Google search bars this past year, you've probably...
FDA’s recent order, communication on hip implants: Part II
Please see our immediately preceding products liability blog post of this past Tuesday for relevant background information regarding the FDA's recent issuance of a proposed order aimed at manufacturers of metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implants. The instant post serves as a...
FDA issues proposed order on metal-on-metal hip implants
The following information concerning hip implants will be supplemented later this week in a follow-up products liability post that allows for necessary amplification of the subject matter.Until last week, there was no indication that metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implant...
Labeling error: Second recall of thyroid-hormone therapy drug
New Jersey and other users nationwide of the pharmaceutical drug Synthroid might want to pay close attention to drug company AbbVie Inc.'s recent voluntary recall of the thyroid-hormone replacement therapy.Consumers using the product might experience a bit of...
N.J. couple’s Zoloft complaint added to multidistrict litigation
The anti-depressant drug Zoloft has been a prime cash generator for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer since it first received approval from the FDA for use in the United States in 1991.Unfortunately, Zoloft has also been a lightning rod for criticism and the allegations...
Infant recliners deemed dangerous, recalled
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the independent agency of the United States government tasked with regulating the sale and manufacture of consumer products and banning those that are dangerous to public health, is mincing no words regarding the recall...
New Jersey students fall ill after consuming ‘relaxation drinks’
New Jersey residents may be aware that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively investigating the possible dangers of energy drinks. This news comes after a wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the parents of a 14-year-old girl who died after drinking two cans...
Glaxo’s product liability woes: latest Avandia settlement announced
It's good that London-based GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK), one of the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, is awash in money, because the company is certainly spending it to settle criminal and civil investigations into illegal marketing and product liability...
New safety tech promises great changes for motorists in future
A professor and traffic safety expert at one university calls the concept of accident-free cars "very hot" and says that the technology enabling them will be sufficiently advanced to allow such vehicles to begin operating on some roads and highways in the near...
