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Another Reason Why Water Bead Toys Are Dangerous — Toxic Chemical Hazard

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents about two brands of water bead toys that contain high levels of a toxic chemical. The two new warnings add to mounting concerns over water beads, which look fun and harmless, but are sending thousands of children to hospital emergency departments with serious and life-threatening injuries caused by ingestion. On March 19, …

Can healthcare fraud serve as a basis for whistleblower lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act?

In fiscal year 2023, more than $1.8 billion of the $2.68 billion recovered under the False Claim Act came from defendants in the healthcare industry. This figure made healthcare fraud the leading basis for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. Healthcare fraud recoveries protect some of the most important programs funded by the federal fisc, including Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the …

Historical High for False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments in Fiscal Year 2023

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Justice and whistleblowers secured more than $2.68 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act. This massive haul came as the result of an historic 543 settlements and judgments. There has not been another year with more settlements and judgments in the history of the False Claims Act. This year’s total …

Consumer Reports Calls for Recall of ‘Ingenuity Dream’ and ‘Halo BassiNest’ Bassinets Amid Reports of Dangerous Tilt

Consumer Reports is calling for federal regulators to recall two bedside bassinets amid mounting complaints by parents that they have a tilted sleep surface which is causing their babies to roll into unsafe sleep positions. Both the Ingenuity Dream & Grow Bedside Bassinet, made by Kids2, and the Halo BassiNest Flex Portable Bassinet have a cantilever design, meaning that they are …

Speed Cameras on Roosevelt Boulevard Are Here to Stay

Traffic safety advocates — including an advocate with a special connection to Feldman Shepherd — scored a major victory in their fight to reduce a crisis of fatal accidents on Roosevelt Boulevard. On December 14, 2023, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a new law that makes speed cameras along Roosevelt Boulevard permanent. The cameras — formally called automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras …

All Onewheel e-Skateboards Recalled after Four Deaths and Serious Injuries Reported

After refusing to cooperate with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) almost a year ago, electronic skateboard manufacturer Future Motion is now recalling 300,000 of its Onewheel skateboards amid reports of four deaths and multiple serious injuries. Onewheel e-skateboards are self-balancing boards with a single wheel in the middle of the board and front and rear footpads where the rider stands …

Water Beads Are Seriously Injuring Kids, and Little Is Being Done to Stop It

News Update 9/14/2023 – The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Buffalo Games has recalled Chuckle and Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits citing serious ingestion, choking and obstruction hazards. Feldman Shepherd is representing the family of a toddler who died after ingesting a Chuckle and Roar water bead. They look completely harmless. Tiny, colorful beads that expand when they absorb …

U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Continues to Worsen, With Black Moms at Highest Risk

Maternal deaths in the United States have surged to their highest level in nearly 60 years, with rates that are far more dire for Black mothers compared with other racial groups, according to new federal data. In 2021, 1,205 women died of maternal causes, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics released by the Centers for Disease …

birth injury

How Many Women Die Before, During and After Childbirth?

March 19th, 2020

For the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. government has released new data on the U.S. maternal mortality rate — and unfortunately it presents a grim picture. According to a report released in January from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National …

What Are the 5 Most Common Emergency Room Errors?

February 20th, 2020

We typically think of hospital emergency rooms as the best place to get medical care when serious injury or illness suddenly strikes. Indeed, in 2016, there were 146.5 million emergency room visits in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control. But, unfortunately, with chaotic …

aviation attorney

Are Sightseeing Helicopters Safe?

February 10th, 2020

NTSB Blames ‘Unsafe’ Harness for Causing Doors-Off Sightseeing Helicopter to Crash, Then Trapping 5 Passengers in Underwater Wreckage The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed a passenger harness/tether system for causing the 2018 sightseeing helicopter crash in New York and then trapping all five passengers …

Construction & Workplace Accidents

How Are Construction Workers Most Likely to Get Hurt?

February 7th, 2020

In 2018, 5,250 Americans were killed on the job — an average of more than 14 deaths each day. Construction workers account for more than 20% of these fatalities. OSHA estimates that eliminating the Fatal Four jobsite hazards could save the lives of 591 workers …

Defective Products

CoaguChek XS PT Test Strips Linked with Serious Injuries, Death

February 4th, 2020

Test strips used for home monitoring of patients taking the blood thinner warfarin may have caused serious injuries or death due to inaccurate readings, leaving legal action as the only remedy for innocent patients and their families. On Sept. 13, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiated a …

Furniture Tip-Overs

Another 31,000 Dressers Recalled Due to Risk of Tip-Over

January 28th, 2020

Exactly three weeks after a Netflix documentary was released highlighting two former Feldman Shepherd clients, who told their stories of deadly dresser tip-overs — and just days before IKEA agreed to a $46 million settlement in a deadly dresser tip-over case brought by Feldman Shepherd …

Inclined sleepers

Four Major Retailers End Sales of Inclined Infant Sleepers as Safety Concerns Mount

January 8th, 2020

In a momentous step forward for infant safety, e-commerce titans Amazon and eBay announced on December 4, 2019 that they are banning the sale of all inclined infant sleepers on their platforms. Walmart and Buy Buy Baby quickly followed with commitments that they too would …

Netflix Documentary Will Shine Spotlight on Dresser Tip-Overs

December 2nd, 2019

A documentary series by Netflix covering dangerous consumer products in a handful of industries will shine a spotlight on a growing epidemic of dresser tip-overs in the U.S. “Broken” aired on the streaming platform on Nov. 27, just two days before consumers hit the stores for Black Friday. …

Folic Acid

Why Women Should Take Folic Acid Before (And During) Pregnancy

November 20th, 2019

If you are pregnant, or hoping to become pregnant, taking vitamins and eating nutritiously most likely ranks high on your list of priorities. But whether you are planning for the patter of tiny feet — or not — you may find it surprising to learn that there is …