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I received two calls this afternoon, one from a local Florida person who has been stricken with food poisoning from contaminated peanut butter. The principal cause of the foodborne illness with the peanut butter is salmonella which started showing up in August 2006. The peanut butter in question has
Attorney Richard Schleuter, our Injury Board colleague in Atlanta, has brought up an important point about the peanut butter recall. If you’ve been sick or been poisoned by salmonella as a result of eating Peter Pan peanut butter, save the jar of peanut butter, it’s evidence and will prove that you
Federal health officials have recalled two brands of peanut butter because the product has been linked to a salmonella outbreak. Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter brands beginning with a product code “2111” were being removed from store shelves yesterday. The salmonella outbreak, which began l
In a February 14th posting, I inadvertently wrote that Taser International had settled a lawsuit in Colorado. In actual fact, the lawsuit involving a taser weapon was settled by the town of Carbondale, not Taser International. I want to thank Michael Brave of Taser for contacting us and drawing our
Charles Dix, a former Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputy, has been sentenced to probation and house arrest for misusing his taser. The deputy’s reckless behavior has led to two civil settlements against the sheriff’s department. Taser Internationalhas aggressively boasted of its court victories in num
The town of Carbondale Colorado has settled a taser lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. The lawsuit was filed as a result of a police officer using his taser during a routine traffic stop. According to the lawsuit, the police officer violated the man’s civil rights as well as the use of cruel and unu
Fatal drug overdoses have overtaken every type of accidental death other than auto crashes in the last five years. The prevalence of poorly tested, poorly administered, and aggressively marketed drugs plays a large role in the jump. Drug companies such as Eli Lilly have overly promoted their product
Trasylol, the anti-bleeding agent used with patients undergoing cardiac surgery, has been found to increase the risk of death by 50%. A five-year study of 3876 patients given aprotinin also had a significantly higher death rate than those given two similar drugs to prevent bleeding. Researchers from
The Wall St. Journalcites a study published in the American College of Cardiology that certain drugs are proven to be more effective than cardiac stents in improving blood flow through the coronary arteries in patients who were stable after a heart attack. The study also contends that for those with
Recent research linking statin heart drugs with Parkinson’s disease has led to an investigation involving tens of thousands of new patients. Researchers in the US are sufficiently troubled by the potential link that they will launch a full trial involving upwards of 16,000 participants. If the link
According to an article published in the Wall St. Journal, the drugs pergolide and cabergoline have been found to cause heart valve damage at an alarmingly high rate (4-7 times). The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and has renewed calls for the drugs to be discontinued. Va
A study published this week in The Jouranl of the American Medical Association, there is a connection between hip fractures and certain heartburn drugs such as Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid. All three medications are proton pump inhibitors. The largest risk was found in those taking large doses of
