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- Quaker Oats Recalls Granola Bars in Wake of Listeria Outbreak
May 23, 2016
The Quaker Oats Company, the Chicago-based food conglomerate and subsidiary of PepsiCo, recently announced a recall of granola bars that have been connected to a Listeria outbreak seemingly generating new headlines about Concerns about consumers being contaminated with Listeria have led a lot of major companies, including food distributors in the United States and Canada, to issue voluntary recalls of food products. The most recent Listeria-related recall involves Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars, which are...Read More - New Jersey Hospitals Graded in Terms of Safety Records
May 5, 2016
A national health care quality group has given high marks to five New Jersey hospitals. Since 2012, these five NJ medical facilities have received straight A’s when it comes to their safety records. The Leapfrog Group first began to look into the idea of “grading” U.S. hospitals after a 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine indicated that preventable hospital errors resulted in the deaths of 98,000 patients each year. Tragically, this kind of ...Read More - Faulty Takata Air Bag Inflators Could Prompt Recall of 85 Million Cars in US
May 3, 2016
Takata Corporation, a Japanese air bag maker that is already dealing with The most recent death involving a Takata airbag happened last month when a teenage driver died after a fender-bender in Texas. Following the accident, the Fort Bend County (TX) sheriff said that the air bag explosion was “like a shotgun blast penetrating,” resulting in the teen driver being struck in the back by a shard of metal and dying almost instantly. Prior...Read More - Fan Injured at Baseball Game, Prompts Increased Safety Measures
Apr 20, 2016
Anytime a person attends a baseball game, they are putting themselves at risk of While some Major League Baseball (MLB) teams have taken measures to ensure that going to the ballpark is a fun, safe experience for fans, these steps don’t always ensure the safety of those in attendance. One person recently learned this the hard way. This week, a woman sitting in the second row at Tropicana Field, watching a contest between the...Read More - Takata Air Bag Explosion in Texas Kills Teenage Driver
Apr 13, 2016
A teenage driver was tragically killed when an air bag in her car exploded after an The air bag was manufactured by the Takata Corporation, a Japan-based company that manufactures auto parts for vehicles distributed throughout the world. In 2011, a product recall was issued for all vehicles containing the The problem with the air bags in these vehicles, including the one driven by the victim in Texas, is that they contain inflators...Read More - NJ Auto Safety Laws Could Use Some Improvement, Says Auto Safety Group
Apr 6, 2016
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety recently released a “report card” that suggests that New Jersey could stand to improve its traffic laws if state leaders really hope to cut down on fatal car accidents. According to the organization, The annual economic cost of car accidents in New Jersey has risen considerably over the past 10 years. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety report card indicates that auto accidents cost more than $12.8...Read More - Contamination Leads to Major Recall of Tuna from Bumble Bee Foods
Mar 30, 2016
Bumble Bee Foods and Tri-Union Seafoods both issued recalls of tuna products after finding out that their tuna may have been contaminated during the manufacturing process. The two companies used the same Georgia production facility (owned by Tri-Union Seafoods and leased to Bumble Bee), which is why the recall is so large in scope. It is believed that tuna manufactured and canned at the facility may have been under processed and undercooked as a result...Read More - Design Defect in Medical Device Leads to Serious Risk of Infection
Mar 22, 2016
One of the largest manufacturers of medical devices in the United States is hard at work on a redesign of the company’s duodenoscope after multiple people reportedly suffered dangerous infections as a result of using the A duodenoscope is an important medical device that doctors can use to perform an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a procedure that makes it easier for surgeons to see inside the pancreatic and biliary ducts. The invasive procedure is...Read More - Erin Andrews Wins Civil Lawsuit against Stalker, Hotel That Gave Out Her Information
Mar 16, 2016
Sportscaster and television personality Erin Andrews was recently awarded $55 million in a The person behind the incident was Michael David Barrett, a man who was reportedly stalking Andrews while she worked as a sportscaster for ESPN. When Andrews went to Nashville, Tennessee for a sporting event, she stayed at the Nashville Marriott. Barrett learned of Andrews’ whereabouts and followed her to the hotel. Beyond that, Barrett spoke with the front desk at the...Read More - Johnson & Johnson Loses Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Ordered to Pay $72 Million for Cancer-Causing Products
Mar 11, 2016
A jury recently ruled in favor of a woman who died as a result of the cancer-causing ingredients used in Johnson & Johnson consumer products. The victim’s family received an award of $72 million in damages. The verdict is receiving a great deal of media attention, much of which is likely being driven by the fact that Johnson & Johnson is one of the country’s largest manufacturers of consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical goods and medical...Read More