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Johnson & Johnson is feeling the pain after a jury awarded a Cinnaminson woman a total of $20 million in a lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit claimed that Johnson & Johnson withheld known information about their defective pelvic mesh. The award represents a $2.5 million compensatory damage award in addition to $17.5 million in punitive damages. Engleman v. Ethicon

In today’s business world, it comes as no surprise companies make claims about their products or services that may not hold up under intense scrutiny. However, when it comes to banks, customers generally want to believe they can trust those who are managing their money. Yet according to a recent legal argument by Wells Fargo, consumers should have known all

Apple is the target of a class action lawsuit because of the faulty design of the keyboards of its MacBook and MacBook Pro models. Consumers have been complaining that the keyboards are having issues with becoming stuck. As a result, it renders the MacBook and MacBook Pros unusable. The keyboards have been dubbed “butterfly” in terms of design, with keys

CO poisoning, also known as carbon monoxide poisoning, is a silent killer. Most people do not realize that they are being exposed to a high level of CO until it is too late. At that point, they may have suffered serious injuries. In some cases, people simply fall unconscious suddenly and do not wake up. What Is Carbon Monoxide? Carbon

One hospital is being investigated into accounts of patient neglect, alleging that from 2005 to 2009 several patients were left for hours sitting in their own feces, food and drink was left out of reach and hygiene was so poor that relatives had to clean toilets themselves. Several nurses and aides that worked for Stafford Hospital are in danger of potentially

A Pennsylvania woman is blind in one eye after experiencing a mishap involving a dog collar that she bought on Amazon. Her injury brings up issues about product liability when it comes to goods bought through Amazon Marketplace. As of now, it is difficult to hold Amazon liable for goods that third parties sell through its Marketplace. While it seems

During September of 2016, a vaping device used by a man named William Foley malfunctioned and ended up burning down his house. His home was located in La Miranda, California and the costs of repairing it were paid for by Foley’s home insurance company, State Farm. The total price of repairing Foley’s was in excess of $400,000. State Farm took

In the past we have written about the controversial stimulant found in many sports supplements, called dimethylamylamine, better known as DMAA.  We informed you of the dangers of the supplement, as well as how the FDA warned supplement manufacturers to remove products from their product line that contained the stimulant. In the latest news concerning DMAA, a new study found

Salmonella is a highly infectious disease that can cause all sorts of physical problems. Many people who get infected with this virus will experience many terrible side effects including severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. It’s typically spread via infected water or food. This is why health authorities keep a careful watch over possible sources of contamination. They need to

When people put something in a pressure cooker on the stove, they often fail to realize the “pressure” aspect of the pot. However, in rare cases, they may be reminded of this when the pressure cooker explodes. This happens due to a possible defect in the product. The machines are designed with safety features that are intended to prevent these