Topamax is an antiseizure medication manufactured by Ortho-MacNeil Pharmaceutical, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. Recently, Ortho-MacNeil pleaded guilty to misdemeanor violation of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, and was fined more than $6,000,000.00 for its misconduct. An Ortho-MacNeil affiliate, Ortho-MacNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., will also pay more than $75,000,000.00 to…
“One of the nation’s premier DePuy ASR hip recall conferences was held yesterday in Florida,” said Syracuse New York hip recall lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., of Bottar Law, PLLC. “I flew down to attend the confernce,” Bottar said, “and there were no Upstate New York product liability lawyers in…
A recent Associated Press news story on CNYcentral.com reports that Boncheff Greenhouses Inc. sold several batches of herbs that may have been contaminated by salmonella. The Canadian company, based in Toronto, may have distributed tainted cilantro, curly parsley, and flat leaf Italian parsley through multiple grocery market chains in several…
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Wal-Mart have recently issued a voluntary recall of the Flow Pro, Airtech, Aloha Breeze, and Comfort Essentials 1500 watt electric heaters sold by the retail chain from 2001 – 2009. The CPSC reports that the recall is for approximately 2.2 million heaters…
A story by the Associated Press on Syracuse.com reports that Chrysler and Volkswagen have announced recalls for several vehicles in response to accidental air bag deployments and possible fuel leak issues. The Chrysler models in question are 2008 model year Town and Country and Dodge Caravan minivans, and the issue…
“Darvocet and Darvon have been recalled,” said Michael A. Bottar, a Syracuse Darvocet recall lawyer with Bottar Law, PLLC, a team of upstate New York product liability attorneys investigating Darvocet and Darvon recall lawsuits. On November 19, 2010, Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc., voluntarily recalled Darvocet and Darvon from the U.S. market.…
DePuy (pronounced “DePew”) Orthopedics is the manufacturer of several medical devices, including the ASR XL Acetabular System and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System, which were sold in the United States beginning in 2005. Between 2005 and August 24, 2010 – when DePuy publicly recalled approximately 93,000 devices – the…
According to the upstate New York defective hip lawyers at Bottar Law, PLLC, DePuy Orthopaedic, Inc.’s ASR XL Acetabular and Hip Resurfacing Systems have been recalled due to high revision rates. DePuy announced on August 24, 2010, that it would no longer sell the products in the United States. Patients…
A recent U.K. study of more than 11 million patients recently revealed that people taking antispychotic drugs are at an increased risk for blood clots. The increased risk may be as much as 30%. According to Syracuse stroke lawyer Michael A. Bottar, “blood clots can form almost anywhere and, if…
A scaffolding erected in Binghamton on June 2, 2010 collapsed yesterday, the first day it was put into use. The scaffolding, which was built alongside a dormitory as part of a multi-million dollar construction project underway at Binghamton University, was intended to be used to elevate construction workers assigned to…