InjuryBoard Charlottesville Archives

• FDA Bans 28 Drugs Made By Indian Drug Manufacturer

  Greg Webb | September 30, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is halting the importation of twenty-eight drugs made by Ranbaxy Laboratories, a giant Indian generic drugmaker, due to deficiencies in manufacturing at two of...

• Government Warns Of Potential Fire Hazard In Recalled Ford Vehicles

  Greg Webb | September 29, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The government is asking owners of five million recalled Ford vehicles to bring their automobile to a local dealership to have a cruise control switch system repaired since the problem is tied to...

• Government Says Quigley and Pfizer Made Secret Deal Over Asbestos

  Greg Webb | September 29, 2008 5:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Pfizer Inc’s bankrupt Quigley unit cannot reorganize as planned because the drug manufacturer arranged the bankruptcy to protect itself from asbestos liability. Quigley filed for bankruptcy...

• Soccer Goal Net Recalled Due To Strangulation Hazard

  Greg Webb | September 25, 2008 9:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with manufacturer Regent Sports Corporation, has issued a voluntary recall for about 190,000 models of MacGregor...

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rules On Alcoa Asbestos Suit

  Greg Webb | September 19, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that Alcoa Inc. can be sued for the asbestos-related death of a former employee’s daughter. The court decided the company had a duty to prevent others from...

• General Motors’ Agrees To Compensate For Faulty Saturn Transmissions

  Greg Webb | September 18, 2008 9:00 AM | 4 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  General Motors Corp. has agreed to pay about $90 million or more to tens of thousands of motorists in all fifty states for expenses they acquired due to faulty transmissions in more than...

• Research Shows Hospitals Failing Colon Cancer Quality Check

  Greg Webb | September 17, 2008 8:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  According to researchers, many United States hospitals are failing to check enough lymph nodes after surgery to see if the cancer has spread, a key quality benchmark for the care of colon cancer...

• Chemical In Baby Bottles and Soda Cans May Harm Kids

  Greg Webb | September 17, 2008 8:13 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A new federal report has shown exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to make the plastic in baby bottles and to line soda cans, may cause harm to fetuses and children; further...

• FDA To Revamp Standards For Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine For Kids

  Greg Webb | September 10, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to revise its standards for over-the-counter cold and cough medications for kids after rising concern that the medications are not...

• FDA Concerned Over Ovarian Cancer Test OvaSure

  Greg Webb | September 09, 2008 9:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  OvaSure, a new blood test aimed at discovering ovarian cancer at an early, treatable stage is stirring up hope among women and doctors. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), however, is...

• BMW Issues Recall On 150,000 Vehicles

  Greg Webb | September 09, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  BMW is recalling about 150,000 vehicles in North America in order to fix a possible defect that could keep the front passenger airbag from opening in a crash. This voluntary recall involves the...

• Study Shows High Medical Costs Without Insurance Leaving Americans In Trouble

  Greg Webb | September 09, 2008 9:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  According to a recent study, Americans are struggling to pay medical bills and are gathering medical debt at an increasing rate. Incomes are not able to sustain the growing costs of health-care....

• Court System Integral To Guaranteeing Drug Safety

  Greg Webb | September 02, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Editors from the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the nation’s most influential medical journals, are giving the Supreme Court unsolicited legal advice about a major case, Wyeth v....

• Utah Hospitals Saw Nearly 60 “Never Events” in 2006

  Greg Webb | September 02, 2008 9:00 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Last December, a patient was admitted to Uintah Basin Medical Center’s emergency room, complaining he was weak, tired and out of breath. He was found to be severely anemic and needed a blood...

• Hospital Death Rates for Top Three Conditions Unveiled

  Greg Webb | September 01, 2008 7:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The government’s Hospital Care website has made it easier to find your chance for survival. For the first time, Americans are allowed to see specific death rates for heart attacks, heart failure and...