Defective & Dangerous Products

• Toby Keith: What Are You Talking About?

  Mike Bryant | November 05, 2009 9:20 AM | 10 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I've always been a big fan and own a couple of his albums. I think I've watched Beer For My Horses too many times, probably. It's because I like listening, that I pay attention to the lines of his...

• Each States Governor Should Be Asking For Passage Of The Medical Device Safety Act

  Mike Bryant | March 27, 2009 9:26 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Presently, Governors around the country are being asked to show support for the Medical Device Safety Act. The Act can restore the role of state law in protecting their residents consumer rights....

• Food Poisoning: Is There A Concern About Melamine For the United States?

  Mike Bryant | November 21, 2008 9:30 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  For some time now, there has been concern in China about the inclusion of melamine in products. Melamine is a chemical used in making plastics and fertilizer. Recently it has been improperly used...

• Food Poisoning: Salmonella Tied To Dry Dog Food

  Mike Bryant | November 13, 2008 9:17 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  In a outbreak that goes back to 2006, over a hundred people have suffered from bacterial infections identified as salmonella. Most of the people have been infants and have been traced to dry dog...

• Stork Craft Recalls 2.1 Million Drop Side Cribs

  Mike Bryant | November 23, 2009 10:16 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Today, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., of British Columbia, Canada recalled 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs. drop-side plastic hardware can...

• 800,000 Dollars Paid To One Doctor For What?????

  Mike Bryant | July 07, 2009 9:27 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This past week, Medtronic confirmed that they paid $800,000 to Timothy Kuklo, an army doctor who consulted on a Medtronic's bone morphogenic protein called Infuse, which induces the formation of...

• As You Read This Watch Out For Computer Injuries

  Mike Bryant | July 06, 2009 9:59 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database recently concluded that more than 78,000 cases of acute computer-related injuries were treated in U.S. emergency rooms from 1994 through...

• Consumer Victory: Obama Issues Clear Statement Against Preemption

  Mike Bryant | June 02, 2009 9:38 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  For a long time here at the Injuryboard, many of us have looked at the issues surrounding preemption. Basically, the use of the federal government to override state laws. The Bush administration...

• Medtronics To Disclose Money Paid To Doctors

  Mike Bryant | February 28, 2009 9:51 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  In the past I have blogged on the issue of the staggering amount of money that Medronic was paying to surgeons that were using their products and the whistle blower cases that have lead to...

• Medtronic Paid Surgeon May Have A Different Definition Of Full Disclosure

  Mike Bryant | August 26, 2009 8:40 PM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  There have been a number of stories about doctors who have been paid big money by Medtronic at the time they were doing studies or prescribing the use of Medtronic products. One of those researchers...