The Injury Board Charlottesville Archives

• Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (Made in China) . . . Where There’s Smoke…

  Greg Webb | December 29, 2011 4:31 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  It was just a brief sound byte about 34 reports received by the CPSC of an unsafe product broadcast over one of the TV news programs. The news byte was about Compact Fluorescent Lamps or lights...

• Explosive Chinese Batteries - Batteries Plus Recalls Replacement Battery Packs

  Greg Webb | December 29, 2011 4:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that BatteriesPlus, LLC, of Hartland, Wisconsin, is recalling approximately 111,800 Rayovac NI-CD Cordless Tool Replacement...

• Big Business’s Role in Making Legislation - Ugly Facts We Always Knew...

  Greg Webb | December 29, 2011 7:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  We constantly hear corporate mouthpieces, and the politicians they support, complain about burdensome legislation and regulations standing in the way of social and economic advancement (e.g.,...

• Rick Perry, Opposer of "Frivolous Lawsuits", Sues Virginia

  Greg Webb | December 28, 2011 4:36 PM | 29 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Presidential candidate Rick Perry of Texas, who continually touts his record in Texas for taking away his citizens' rights to sue for harms done to them (tort reform measures like capping...

• Lap Band Surgeries, Risks, and Misleading Advertising

  Greg Webb | December 24, 2011 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to a California marketing company known as 1-800-GET THIN and to eight other affiliated weight-loss surgery centers, for using...

• Merck Agrees to Pay $24 Million in Medicaid Fraud Settlement

  Greg Webb | December 23, 2011 5:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Yesterday, The Boston Globe reported that Merck, the nation’s second-largest pharmaceutical company based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, has agreed to pay Massachusetts’ Medicaid...

• Senators Medical Device Effectiveness Following FDA Approval

  Greg Webb | December 22, 2011 8:00 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The end of last week, Senators Grassley, Blumenthal and Kohl introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate which they say will help protect patients from unsafe medical devices and improve the...

• HCG is a Villain In The Scary World of Weight Loss Products

  Greg Webb | December 19, 2011 8:00 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Women and men who have pursued elusive weight loss regimens by injesting potions, pills and protein-powdered drinks—more than likely have tried HCG. HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is a...

• Ford Recalling Some F-150 Heavy Duty Trucks For Brake-Shift Interlock Problem

  Greg Webb | December 19, 2011 7:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  According to a brief article in USA Today’s Drive-On column, Ford will recall certain 2011 F-150 pickups and 2012 F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 heavy-duty trucks (HDs) due to transmissions...

• Actos® Suits Increasing Dramatically

  Greg Webb | December 07, 2011 5:36 PM | 4 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the Japanese drug company, is being sued by more Actos® users whose treatment for diabetes may cause bladder cancer, but marketing of Actos continues in the U.S....

• Subaru and Honda Owners, Check Your Brakes

  Greg Webb | December 07, 2011 5:10 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Subaru is recalling 32,000 cars, from the Legacy, Outback and Impreza 2012 model year lines, due to a defective brake master cylinder which may cause the brake pedal to move farther than it is...

• GM Makes Unusual Offer to Volt Owners

  Greg Webb | December 07, 2011 5:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  GM is not only offering loaners to the owners of the recently troubled Volt--the hybrid with lithium ion batteries which may have caused or contributed to fires after side-impact crashes...

• Electronic Cigarettes Banned in Boston

  Greg Webb | December 05, 2011 7:45 AM | 4 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  According to an article which appeared recently in the online version of The Boston Globe, by Kay Lazar, Boston’s Health Commission voted 5 to 1 to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in...

• Toxic Toys from China… With Love

  Greg Webb | December 02, 2011 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Detroit News is calling readers’ attention to the toxic toys pouring into this country from China.　 This isn’t news to people who have been following the trend in the U.S....