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The Products Liability Case Against Tianeptine: The Deadly “Dietary Supplement” Found at Your Local Store

You see them displayed by the cash register. Neptune’s Fix and other tianeptine-based products promise to help brain function, treat anxiety and depression, and even manage opioid addiction. Unbeknownst to many consumers, these products have been associated with severe adverse medical events, including seizures and even deaths. This article, written by John M. Dodig and Jason A. Daria and published in …

Fisher-Price Recalls Snuga Swings After Five Infant Deaths

In a recall that one federal safety regulator has characterized as “doomed to fail,” Fisher-Price is offering its customers $25 to remove components from its Snuga Swings — which have been linked to five infant deaths — instead of offering a meaningful remedy that would get this unsafe product out of people’s homes. On October 10, 2024, Fisher-Price announced the recall …

Lawmakers Seek to Address Supersized Vehicles That Kill Pedestrians

Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at reducing the number of pedestrians who are killed and seriously injured in crashes with supersized passenger vehicles. Recent government data show that there are more than 40,000 fatal car crashes per year in the United States. Between 2013 and 2022, pedestrian fatalities increased 57 percent from 4,779 to 7,522, according to the National Highway …

CPSC Warns Against Two Cradle Swings That Pose Suffocation and Fall Hazards

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents and caregivers to stop using DNYSYSJ and OUKANING cradle swings due to the risk of suffocation and falls. According to the CPSC, the cradle swings violate federal safety regulations for bassinets and cradles. The warning, issued on August 15, 2024, states that the “folds” of the cradle swing’s segmented sleeping pad …

Neptune’s Fix Recalled: FDA Warns That Tianeptine-Containing Products Are Associated with Seizures, Loss of Consciousness and Death

When 32-year-old graphic designer Matthew Cornier decided to work late at his Point Pleasant, New Jersey, office, he went to a convenience store and purchased several shot-size bottles of Neptune’s Fix, a purported dietary supplement sold with a claim that it will improve mental focus. Several hours later Matthew was found dead in his office by his fiancée. The bottles of …

CPSC Warns Against Multiple Infant Loungers After Five Deaths

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using five brands of baby loungers that violate federal safety regulations and are linked to the deaths of five infants. The loungers were sold online on Amazon and Walmart under the brand names Mamibaby, Yoocaa, DHZJM, Cosy Nation and Hyhuudth. The CPSC believes that all five loungers were …

Study: Water Bead-Related ER Visits by Kids Increased Over 130% in One Year

Water bead-related emergency room visits by children increased by over 130 percent — from 55 visits in 2021 to 127 in 2022 — according to a new study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Water beads are made of super-absorbent polymer crystals which can retain hundreds of times their weight in water. The beads — which are widely marketed …

1.5 Million Medline Adult Bed Rails Recalled After Two Entrapment Deaths

Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling 1.5 million adult portable bed rails that have been linked to the entrapment deaths of two senior citizens. The recall comes less than two months after another medical supply company, Essential Medical Supply, re-announced its recall of 272,000 bed rails in the wake of multiple entrapment deaths. On May 30, 2024, Medline in conjunction …

Joybuy Infant Sling Carriers Recalled Due to Suffocation, Fall Hazards

A decade after Feldman Shepherd product liability attorneys Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann and Edward S. Goldis successfully litigated two cases that led to the recall of one million infant sling carriers that suffocated babies, similar baby carriers have re-entered the marketplace and have once again caught the attention of federal safety regulators. On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Consumer …

Alaska Plane Crash

5 Killed in Mid-Air Crash of 2 Sightseeing Planes in Alaska

May 14th, 2019

The horrific mid-air crash of two sightseeing planes in Ketchikan, Alaska, that killed at least five people raises new concerns about the safety of air tourism in a locale known for its mountainous terrain, along with thick fog, snow, rain, and clouds, all of which can impede visibility. What’s …

May 6th, 2019

Two weeks after Fisher-Price recalled its Rock ‘n Play Sleeper after a Consumer Reports story linked it to 32 infant deaths, Kids II has announced that it is recalling nearly 700,000 inclined baby sleepers due to five infant fatalities. The Kids II Rocking Sleepers were sold from March 2012 through …

April 22nd, 2019

Feldman Shepherd, along with two other plaintiffs’ personal injury law firms, recently donated funds for the purchase of a Mobile Teaching Kitchen by Vetri Community Partnership in honor of the victims of a catastrophic food truck explosion in 2014 that killed two people and severely injured several others in …

Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper

What Should I Do If My Child Has Been Injured By a Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper?

April 10th, 2019

As reported deaths linked to Fisher-Price’s Rock ‘n Play Sleeper continue to mount, Fisher-Price has remained steadfast in its refusal to voluntarily recall its popular infant product, ignoring the clear suffocation risk it poses. In the latest twist regarding the sleeper’s troubled safety record, Consumer Reports posted a story about …

March 14th, 2019

Can I Sue If My Child Dies from an Overdose in a Dorm? Where students of a university live in a campus dormitory in exchange for room and board payments, they are business invitees with a special relationship to the university. In this setting, the school …

February 10th, 2019

In a Digital Era where technology provides instant access to information, there is shockingly very little being done in Pennsylvania — and across the country — to take dangerous commercial truck drivers off the road immediately after they lose their license or are otherwise disqualified …

Cerebral Aneurysm

Cerebral Aneurysm: A Ticking Time Bomb That Can Be Defused

February 4th, 2019

For some medical conditions, like a cerebral aneurysm, early diagnosis and treatment are the key to a cure. Feldman Shepherd medical malpractice attorneys have handled numerous cases in which there was an unreasonable delay on the part of a healthcare provider in recognizing and treating …

Berks County PA

Wintry Weather Causes 2 Major Accidents: 41 Vehicles Involved, 27 Hurt in Berks County, Pennsylvania

January 31st, 2019

A snow squall causing whiteout conditions was the cause of a massive 25+ vehicle accident hitting the southbound lanes of U.S. Route 222 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Given the number of people injured, the Berks County dispatchers declared this a “Level 2 Mass Casualty,” which means at least 25 …

New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway Crash

Are You Safe Sharing the Road with Oil Tankers and Tractor-Trailers? 4 People Die in Violent Garden State Parkway Crash

December 27th, 2018

Police are investigating what caused the horrific early morning crash between a sedan and an oil tanker on New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway that killed four young men the day after Christmas. What’s known at this time from news reports is that at about 2:50 a.m., …