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Medical equipment company Philips Respironics for years ignored signs from consumers and its supplier that the noise-canceling foam used in its sleep apnea breathing machines degraded during use, according to a multidistrict litigation consolidated complaint filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
Multilevel marketing jewelry company Paparazzi LLC has been hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court accusing it of lying when promoting its products as "lead-free" when they actually have detectable levels of the toxic metal, which can cause hives, itchy skin, vomiting, headaches and fatigue.
A Los Angeles arbitrator ordered three Kaiser Permanente units to pay $25.6 million to the family of a 9-year-old child who suffered permanent brain damage and will live the rest of his life in a vegetative state due to the medical malpractice of hospital staff, according to the issued award.
The Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center that toppled and killed six St. Louis-area workers suffered from specific building code violations, which caused the walls to fall when a tornado hit the Illinois warehouse, attorneys for the family of a delivery driver who died in the collapse announced Tuesday.
Federal food and health regulators haven't found any matches between the bacterial infection that caused babies to fall ill, with some dying, earlier this year and the tainted powdered infant formula they consumed produced by Abbott Laboratories Inc., at least not yet, the agencies said Thursday.