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Contaminated Steroid Investigation Leads to Prison Time for Barry Cadden Barry Cadden, the owner of the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, New England, was sentenced to nine years in prison after a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak was traced to contaminated steroid injections made in the NECC. As of October 2013, the Center…

Social media use has become a part of the average American’s life. For example, a 2021 study found that around 69% of American adults use Facebook. Many of those social media users post personal information and images online. However, how you use social media should change if you become involved in a personal injury or products liability…

Crash Involving Autonomous Uber SUV Raises More Questions on Driverless Cars and products liability Last month a self-driving Uber SUV collided with a Honda CR-V at an intersection in Tempe, Arizona. The driver of the Honda was in the middle of an intersection as she waited to make a left turn across three lanes of traffic…

A table saw with a collapsible table is convenient because it’s easier to move and store than its non-collapsible counterparts. However, it’s not very convenient when the table collapses unexpectedly; especially if the consumer is standing nearby. Sears, headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, is recalling about 46,000 table-saw tables because they are collapsing unexpectedly,…

Problems with Baby Powder Okay, so we know talc in baby powder has a history of being a problem. 1. Talc and Asbestos Talc in its natural form often contains asbestos, which is known to cause cancer in and around the lungs when inhaled. According to the American Cancer Society, talc-based consumer products have…

Cooling towers at Citrus Systems Inc. in Hopkins, Minnesota has been identified as the source of the recent Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak. A total of 23 people contracted the disease. 17 of the 23 were hospitalized for their symptoms and one person died from the disease. Watch below as FOX 9 News reports the full story: