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Mcdonald's Salads Linked to Illness in 15 States
August 15, 2018 - food poisoning
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported that as of August 9, 2018, 436 people from 15 states have become ill from a parasite linked to salads sold at McDonald’s locations. At least 20 people with the parasite have had to be hospitalized. The Kishish Law Group is now taking cases from people that became ill after eating a McDonald’s salad. If you or a loved one got sick after eating a McDonald's salad, you may be entitled...
Continue ReadingFDA Updates List of Valsartan Blood Pressure Medication Affected by Recall
August 13, 2018 - pharmaceutical
World health agencies have expanded their lists of recalled blood pressure medications after two more manufacturers, one based in China and one based in India, were found to have potentially tainted batches of the drugs with a probable human carcinogen. On August 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an updated list of blood pressure medication affected by the recent recall of valsartan products. The agency issued a list of recalled drugs following an investigation that revealed that...
Continue ReadingCalifornia Jury Awards Groundskeeper $289 Million in Roundup Cancer Case
August 11, 2018 - roundup
On Friday, August 10, a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million to Dewayne Johnson, who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using Roundup in his job as school groundskeeper. After two days of deliberations, the jury found that Monsanto, a unit of the pharmaceutical company Bayer AG following a $62.5 billion acquisition, was at least partly liable for causing Johnson’s terminal cancer. Johnson’s case, claiming that glyphosate, the principal chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup, caused his cancer, was one of...
Continue ReadingHy-Vee Pasta Salad Recall
July 19, 2018 - food poisoning
Consumption of Spring Pasta Salad has been linked to Salmonella If you or a loved one ate Spring Pasta Salad from a Hy-Vee store before July 17 and suffered an illness after eating it, you may be entitled to compensation for those injuries. Contact a lawyer today for a free and confidential legal consultation. Free Case Evaluation TOLL FREE 1 (888) 402-5552 The Minnesota Department of Health has issued a news release linking recent cases of Salmonella Sandiego with consumption...
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson to Face 22 Plaintiffs in Talcum Powder Cancer Case
June 7, 2018 - Talcum Powder
Trial began Wednesday in a case where twenty-two women have accused Johnson & Johnson of failing to protect consumers. The pharmaceutical and consumer goods company faces claims that it knew that its Baby Powder, Shower to Shower and other talc-based products contained asbestos and failed to warn consumers. Plaintiffs allege that the asbestos-contaminated talc caused their ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson says that its talc products have not and do not contain asbestos and that their products do not cause...
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