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7/4/2006 1:07:00 AM | Tiffany settles over teether allegations 
=(0) Tiffany & Co. will pay a $262,500 civil penalty for failing to report a hazard discovered in its baby teether rattles in 2004. The company received at least 3 reports of a central bar breaking because of defective solder joints, leading to the release of small objects which could be inhaled or swallowed by babies. Tiffany discontinued the...
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6/20/2006 11:37:00 PM | St. Louis Area Woman Sues Bausch And Lomb Following Eye Infection ... =(0) A Missouri woman who wore contact lenses without problems for 20 years, is suing Bausch & Lomb after she had to have a cornea transplant for Fusarium Keratitis infection eye damage. As well, her vision is still far from what it was before and she still experiences pain. Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc solution, which the woman had u...
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6/17/2006 2:37:00 AM | Flagler couple sue Bausch & Lomb for infection =(0) Bausch & Lomb is hit with another lawsuit over its discontinued lens cleaner, ReNu with MoistureLoc. This one is by a Florida woman who needed two corneal transplants and is still experiencing symptoms from the Fusarium Keratitis infection. She claims defective product design and inadequate warnings concerning the risks of using the ReNu clean...
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6/13/2006 6:00:00 PM | Local Eye Infection Case Confirmed =(0) A Tennessee law firm is collecting cases of fungal eye infection caused by a withdrawn contact lens cleaner, with a view to launching a class action suit against Bausch & Lomb. It was their product, Renu with Moisture Loc, that was blamed for worldwide outbreaks of Fusarium Keratitis, an eye infection that has led to devastating consquences, includ...
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6/13/2006 11:03:00 AM | KFC Sued for Fattening Menu =(0) A class action suit has been filed against KFC, the fast food fried chicken restaurant chain. The Center for Science in the Public Interest says that its fried chicken has a tremendous amount of trans fat, which is a very unhealthy type of fat. They want KFC to be ordered not to use the type of oil in frying that contains trans fat (partially ...
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6/9/2006 7:44:00 AM | Lens solution the culprit in worldwide contact lens scare =(0) Bausch & Lomb's ReNu Contact Lens Cleaner was recently found to be the cause of outbreaks of fungal eye infections worldwide; this article explains the reasons why this particular formula had to be permanently recalled. While ReNu had a disinfectant agent, it also had three "polymers", which are intended to improve comfort and keep the eye moist; h...
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6/8/2006 12:50:00 AM | Coral Springs woman leads class action suit against Bausch & Lomb =(0) Another class action lawsuit has been filed against Bausch & Lomb, claiming their ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution caused fungal eye infections. This suit, filed on May 31, claims the infection with Fusarium keratitis led to corneal damage and required antibiotic and steroid treatment for the lead plaintiff, a Florida woman. Ba...
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6/3/2006 5:51:00 AM | Ruling next week on widow's lawsuit =(0) The widow of a young police officer who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in California is suing the manufacturers of his bulletproof vest. However, a judge has tentatively ruled in favor of the companies Chance Body Armor Inc. and Toyobo Co. Ltd. A final ruling is expected shortly. A man has been arrested and convicted of th...
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5/30/2006 2:13:00 PM | Supreme Court to hear Philip Morris appeal =(0) The US Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Philip Morris, which claims a punitive damages judgement against the company was excessive. A jury awarded the estate of an Oregon man $800,000 compensatory damages and $79.5 million in punitive damages, and the amount was upheld in the Oregon Supreme Court. Advocacy groups say that large puniti...
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5/18/2006 4:44:00 PM | Massachusetts court strikes a blow to tobacco defense =(0) A court in Massachusetts struck a blow to one of the tobacco companies' defenses against wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of smokers: the "personal choice" defense which states that the consumer knew the risks of using the product and behaved unreasonably by doing so. That defense is designed for products that are defective, or used for other...
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5/16/2006 1:28:00 PM | RJ Reynolds wins smoking-death case =(0) A win for RJ Reynolds, in a smoking liability lawsuit. A US District Court in Seattle, Washington ruled that the smoker in question, whose widower filed the suit, knew the risks of smoking. The woman developed lung cancer and died in 2001, eleven years after she stopped smoking....
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5/9/2006 3:02:00 AM | RJ Reynolds to Settle State Lawsuit for $5 Million =(0) A lawsuit that has been dragging on since 1999 was finally settled by the State of California and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. The State sued after RJ Reynolds gave away free cigarettes at public events, which is against the law in California. One-fifth of the $5 million settlement will go to the Public Health Institute, to fund anti-smoking p...
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3/28/2006 8:33:00 PM | Stop using stars to sell junk food to youngsters, say regulators =(0) U.K. regulators announced proposed changes to advertising regulations aimed at lessening the appeal of junk food to children. It included banning the use of licensed characters but not characters belonging to the company itself; thus Ronald McDonald is okay but Shrek is not. It would also stop suggestions that children ask their parents for product...
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3/28/2006 10:52:00 AM | Philip Morris, Reynolds Win Arbiter's Tobacco Ruling =(0) Philip Morris USA was among the tobacco companies that could benefit from an arbitrator's ruling which says that restrictions on advertising have contributed to the significant decline in their market share of sales. This paves the way for the companies to cut their payment to the states under the 1998 tobacco settlement. However the states still n...
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3/27/2006 4:39:00 AM | Trouble now, trouble later, for Big Tobacco =(0) This opinion piece takes note of how cigarette sales worldwide have increased, despite the U.S. trend towards less tobacco use. For instance, Philip Morris USA's parent company, Altria, has seen its sales increase by 5% over the previous year. The increase comes from developing countries and countries with quickly rising incomes such as China, whos...
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3/22/2006 7:11:00 AM | Tobacco giant offers beer, cigarettes for signing petition =(0) Tobacco Company RJ Reynolds was criticized for its tactics to draw signatures to a petition against raising the cigarette tax in South Carolina. The company gave away free beer or cigarettes in exchange for signatures at a bar in West Columbia SC. The tax increase is intended to provide health care funding for uninsured residents. ...
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3/21/2006 3:03:00 AM | Widow's Legal Battle With Philip Morris Ends =(0) The widow of a longtime smoker will collect $82 million from Philip Morris USA after the US Supreme Court refused to take the case. The award consists of about $5 million in compensatory damages, $50 million in punitive damages, with the rest, interest accrued since the original judgement. The Supreme Court has also been asked to review another jud...
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3/15/2006 12:26:00 PM | Formal sentencing In McDonald's hoax case =(0) A Kentucky teenage girl is suing McDonalds for $31 million in a bizarre case involving the store manager, the teen's boyfriend and a man on the phone pretending to be a police officer who directed a sexual assault on the girl. Criminal charges against the perpetrators are also in progress....
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3/15/2006 12:19:00 AM | Georgia Supreme Court Bars Punitive Damages From Individual =(0) RJ Reynolds Tobacco, the second largest tobacco company in the US, stands to benefit from a Georgia court ruling that prevents Georgia residents from pursuing punitive damages from companies that signed the tobacco settlement agreement in 1998. The suit in question, by the family of a lung cancer victim, does return to federal court....
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3/13/2006 7:03:00 AM | If You Can Hear Me: Face the Music, You My Friend, Are a Pu**y =(0) This article compares the relative merits of the recent Sony iPod lawsuit about ear damage from excessive volume, to the lawsuit against McDonald's for keeping their coffee too hot which resulted in burns to customers. The author contends that with an iPod you can adjust the volume - you have a choice - but with coffee there is no choice and there ...
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