By Joe Messa
On Tuesday, January 2, 2018, The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class I recall of Johnson & Johnson Agilis Steerable Introducer Sheath valve devices. The recall includes about 110 heart devices distributed between January 1 and May 5. A Class I recall is the strictest recall classification issued by health regulators, […]
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On Monday, an Amtrak commuter train on its inaugural trip from Seattle to Portland jumped the tracks on a bridge, sending train cards into traffic on the busy interstate highway below. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) discovered through their investigation that the train was traveling at twice the posted speed limit. “Preliminary indications are […]
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) posted today about the potential dangers of holiday decorating, noting that thousands of patients are treated in United States ER’s annually due to decoration related injuries. As we all start taking dusty boxes out of our attics and garages to deck the halls and jingle the bells, the CPSC […]
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On Thursday, November 16th, a five-alarm fire broke out at the Barclay Friends assisted living facility in West Chester, PA, displacing over 130 elderly residents and injuring 27. In the early morning hours of Friday, November 17th, four missing residents were presumed dead according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, […]
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Messa & Associates posted a blog last month about reports that 2011-2017 model Ford Explorers were leaking carbon monoxide into the cabins and poisoning vehicle occupants. Ford continues to deny that the vehicles are unsafe, but on November 15th, the automaker began alerting over one million vehicle owners that they could receive free repairs from […]
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Last Tuesday, November 7th, Joe Messa appeared as a special guest on WWDB-AM radio’s Pain & Wellness Hour to discuss an array of topics that affect all citizens of Pennsylvania, but namely, injured workers. Speaking with Philly Labor’s Joseph Dougherty, or “Joe Doc,” Mr. Messa discussed his background as an attorney, the importance of voting […]
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EpiPens – prescription epinephrine injections used to treat severe allergic reactions – were recently the subject of controversy after drug company Mylan NV raised prices of the lifesaving pens 600% overnight. A year later, the pens are the subject of a new controversy. According to reports filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by […]
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The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. will pay a $5.7 million civil penalty for selling recalled products. This agreement settles claims that that the home improvement giant knowingly sold and distributed nearly 3,000 recalled items involved in 33 separate voluntary recalls between August 2012 and November […]
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The Center for Auto Safety , an organization founded in 1970 “to provide consumers a voice for auto safety and quality in Washington,” is calling on Ford and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue a recall of 1.3 million 2011-2017 model year Ford Explorers after reports that carbon monoxide is leaking into […]
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