FDA: Thyroid Hormones in Dog Food Can Kill Your Pet
Some commercial pet foods are made with livestock gullets (throat meat) and dangerous thyroid hormones that can make your dog or cat very sick, hyperactive, or cause death.
Connecticut Woman Files IVC Filter Injury Lawsuit
A woman who was injured by an intravenous blood clot filter has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer for downplaying serious side effects.
Polaris Sportsman ATV Recalled for Fire & Burn Injury Hazard
After 47 fires that resulted in burn injuries to four people, Polaris recalled around 19,200 of the Sportsman 850 and Sportsman 1000 ATVs from the 2015 and 2016 model-years.
Bought Tools at Harbor Freight? You May Be Due a Refund
The nationwide discount hardware store Harbor Freight Tools is giving customers up to 30% back on all purchases as part of a $23 million class action lawsuit settlement over misleading sales price tags.
Man Files Intravenous Blood Clot Filter Lawsuit
As the use of IVC filters declines, business is booming for doctors who remove them. Unfortunately, the longer a filter remains implanted, the higher the risk of deadly complications like blood clots in the legs.
Pharmacist Cleared of Murder in Outbreak that Killed 64 People
A pharmacy owner escaped murder charges after illegally mass-producing moldy spinal injections and shipping them nationwide, which caused an outbreak of fungal meningitis that sickened 753 people, including 64 who died, in 2012.
Lawsuit Filed Over Failed IVC Filter Retrieval
A lawsuit has been filed by a man who has a short-term IVC filter implanted in his body permanently because it tilted and became embedded in his vein. The retrieval procedure was unsuccessful.
Lawsuit Filed Over Broken IVC Filter in Lungs
A lawsuit has been filed by a woman who was severely injured when her tilted IVC filter broke during retrieval and got stuck in her left lung.
Lawsuit Filed Over IVC Filter Stuck in Vein
A man required two procedures to remove an IVC filter that was embedded in his vein, but he suffered severe venous damage as a result. The filter tilted 45º and the hook got stuck within 1 year of implantation.