Showing posts with label Warnings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warnings. Show all posts
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Panera Halts Sales of “Charged” Lemonade Drinks Following Lawsuits Claiming Caffeine Overdose Deaths -- UPDATED

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May 13, 2024   [Update at the end below] Last December  I reported on several lawsuits filed against Panera Bread Co. alleging it should be ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Study on the dangers of "energy drinks"

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 A few minutes after I posted the news that Panera would stop selling its "charged lemonade," I saw this story on the dangers of o...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Panera faces second wrongful death lawsuit related to its ‘Charged Lemonade’

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 About a week ago I reported that a recently filed lawsuit against Panera Bread Co. alleges it should be liable for the death of a young wom...
Monday, December 4, 2023

Panera Bread Co sued for wrongful death allegedly caused by Panera's highly caffeinated lemonade

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December 4, 2023 Back in 2012-2013 there was a lot of discussion on possible claims for damages caused by "high energy" (read: hig...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

Article on the use of public nuisance claims as product liability cases

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Back in 2010 I posted a link to an article on the tort of "public nuisance" that stated: The National Law Journal has published ...
Saturday, February 29, 2020

States Will Investigate Juul’s Marketing to Teens

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A coalition of 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs, including whether the company targeted yout...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Judge Determines Johnson & Johnson Should Be Required to Pay $6.8M in Punitive Damage For Failing to Warn About Risperdal Risks

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In a ruling issued last week, the judge presiding over a product liability action against Johnson & Johnson, reduced the award of puniti...
Friday, November 22, 2019

News about vaping products keep piling up

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Here are a few bits of news related to vaping: The American Medical Association has called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarett...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

California sues JUUL Labs

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California and the city of Los Angeles sued e-cigarette maker Juul Labs on Monday, claiming the company caused a public health crisis by tar...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

More news on vaping: Trump flip flops on regulation of vaping products

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At some point earlier this fall, President Trump announced he was going to look into ways to keep vaping products away from teenagers and e...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

More news related to JUUL nicotine products

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In a complaint filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 20 year-old Wayne Childs, Jr. arg...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Another lawsuit against the makers of JUUL vaping products

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Yesterday I reported on a class action filed against the manufacturers of JUUL vaping products.  Today, there is news of another lawsuit, th...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

Idaho lower court rejects so-called "innovator liability"

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Long time readers of this blog will remember the debate over the so called "innovator liability" about which I have posted in the ...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Podcast on e-cigarettes, vaping claims, and regulation

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Yesterday I posted a note about a new case filed against the manufacturer of a popular e-cigarette product. Here is a link to a podcast o...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

New lawsuit filed arguing injuries caused by "vaping"

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An 18-year-old from Illinois has filed a product liability lawsuit against the makers of JUUL (a "vaping" device) arguing that the...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Comment on recent Supreme Court case on preemption in prescription drug cases

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A few days ago I reported that he Surpreme Court issued its opinion on Merck Sharpe & Dohme v. Albrecht, the latest decision in the Cou...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Supreme Court decides new case on preemption in cases of prescription drugs

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About a week ago, the Surpreme Court issued its opinion on Merck Sharpe & Dohme v. Albrecht , the latest decision in the Court's lin...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Interview with the author of recent book on generic drug regulation and the FDA

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Here is a link to an interview with the author of “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.” In the book, investigative j...
Monday, April 1, 2019

NY Times article on lawsuits against Purdue Pharma for its role in fostering the opioid crisis

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This morning the New York Times has posted an article on the lawsuits filed against the Sackler family and Purdue Pharmaceuticals for its ro...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

NJ Supreme Court to decide whether defendant has a duty to warn about asbestos exposure due to a replacement part in its product

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The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that will decide a manufacturer’s liability for asbestos-containing replacement pa...