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9 attorneys from our New York Personal Injury Law Firm were included in the The Best Lawyers in America© 2016

Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is proud to announce that 10 of their New York Personal Injury Lawyers were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016. Marijo Adimey, Jeffrey B. Bloom, Seymour Boyers, Anthony H. Gair, Howard S. Hershenhorn, Stephen H. Mackauf, Ben B. Rubinowitz, Christopher Sallay and Richard M. Steigman were selected…

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After Takata, ARC Automotive is is the second company to be investigated by US Safety regulators for defective airbags

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just announced that they were probing another company for defective airbags. According to the document posted on the NHTSA website, ARC Automotive is being investigated for airbag inflator rupture following two reports of incidents during which two people were injured.  A first incident of airbag…

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51 reports of personal injuries and one death prompt the FDA to announce an urgent Class I Recall of Maquet’s Tiger Paw System II, a medical device used during heart surgery

A defective surgical staple used to close tissue in the left atrial appendage of the heart is being recalled by the FDA after reports that patients suffered personal injuries such as tissue tears and bleeding  including a possible tear of the left atrial wall (top left chamber) during use of the…

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Beech-Nut recalls Classics Stage 2 Sweet Potato & Chicken after a piece of glass was found in a jar of the product

Attention parents, some Beech-Nut products may potentially be dangerous for your children and should be returned to the manufacturer for a refund. After a consumer found a small piece of glass in a jar Beech-Nut Stage 2 Sweet potato & Chicken, the manufacturer issued a voluntary recall of the product. The recalled…

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Hospira recalls Lactated Ringer’s Irrigation, 3000mL, a sterile solution for injection, because of potential mold contamination

Hopsira announced a voluntary product recall after reports from customers indicated that a lot of Lactated Ringer’s Irrigation, 3000mL may be contaminated with mold. Lactated Ringers Irrigation is a sterile, nonpyrogenic solution of electrolytes in water for injection, intended only for sterile irrigation, washing and rinsing purposes. Contaminated solution can be  fatal if…

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Tylenol manufacturer admitted selling metal contaminated drug and agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the case

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson agreed to pay $25 million for selling children medicine contaminated with metal.  The case started in 2009 after a consumer complained that he found black specks in a bottle of Infants’Tylenol. After analysis it appeared that faulty manufacturing was to blame…

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With the first product liability lawsuits being filed against duodenoscope manufacturers, it was diclosed today that the devices that led to the CRE outbreak at UCLA where not FDA approved

Patients and family of patients that have been infected by contaminated duodenoscopes at UCLA Hospital started  to file product liability lawsuits against Olympus, the manufacturer of the medical devices. 18 year old Aaron Young was the first one to file his lawsuit. The high school student is still hospitalized and receiving treatment for …

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The weight loss supplement Oxy Elite Pro is a dangerous product that can potentially harm or kill consumers because it may contain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) used for treating depression, bulimia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, and premenstrual dysphonic disorder (PMDD)

The FDA is asking consumers to stop using the weight loss product  Oxy Elite Pro Super Thermogenic after the agency found  that the product was tainted with fluoxetine, a potential harmful class of drugs called serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). When used without doctor supervision, SSRIs can have serious side effects such as sucidal…

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A previous voluntary recalls of defective peripheral infusion systems manfactured by Covidien, a company recently aquired by Medtronic, has now been classified as a class I recall by the FDA

In December, Covidien announced a voluntary recall of  its Trellis-6™ and Trellis-8™ peripheral infusion systems  after customers reported a manufacturing error where the proximal and distal balloon inflation ports were labeled incorrectly resulting in the potential for incorrect sequence of balloon deflation. An incorrect sequence of balloon deflation  could potentially create blood clots that could travel downstream…

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In 2014 car companies recalled a record number of 63.95 million vehicles to repair potential manufacturing defects and prevent car accidents

GM defective ignition switch and Takata defective airbags accounted for a large part of the recalls.According to the automakers, GM recalled about 27 million vehicles last year, Honda recalled about 8.9 million vehicles last year, Fiat Chrysler recalled about 8.8 million, Toyota recalled about six million and Ford recalled almost 4.9 million.Airbag…

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