Last month, Sterigenics and its parent company, Sotera Health, agreed to pay $35 million to settle cases filed by 79 people who claim that exposure to ethylene oxide (“EtO”) from a medical Sterigenics facility in the Atlanta...more
Most jobs present some level of risk to employees. However, most occupational risks are well known, which gives prospective employees the ability to make the decision whether the job is worth the potential risk involved....more
Recently, a Missouri woman filed a product liability lawsuit against French-cosmetic giant L’Oréal, claiming the company’s hair-straightening products contained dangerous chemicals that caused her to develop uterine cancer....more
B. Braun, a Germany-based medical device manufacturer, is facing allegations that the company’s Allentown, PA facility exposed workers and nearby residents to dangerous levels of the chemical ethylene oxide. Ethylene oxide...more
What is the latest with the CPAP lawsuits? As 2022 begins, the thoughts of sleep apnea patients and their families are, naturally, returning to the Philips CPAP machine recall 2021....more
1/12/2022
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Cancer ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Inadequate Warning ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Product Defects ,
Product Recalls ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
If you’re the plaintiff in a talc cancer lawsuit, the mid-October news headlines about talc powder product manufacturer Johnson & Johnson filing for bankruptcy are enough to make you worry. What could this move mean for the...more
With $2 billion on the line, the highest court in the nation has refused to hear an appeal that aimed to undo a jury award given to cancer patients and their families....more
6/21/2021
/ Cancer ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Due Process ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Personal Care Products ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Punitive Damages ,
SCOTUS ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure