October 4, 2017
This information should be passed on to anyone you know who has a baby or is going to have one. The FDA is warning parents and other caregivers not to use infant sleep positioners because the baby may die from…
January 30, 2017
Can Our Family Sue if Our Baby Died after Using Teething Tablets Containing Belladonna? If your child died after using a teething tablet containing Belladonna, including the following, you may have a wrongful death claim and have the right to sue…
December 28, 2016
A house fire in the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles has claimed the lives of twin boys, Bryson and Brenton Foster, age 2. Their father, Benjamin Fortson, who tried in vain to rescue them, is in critical condition…
December 9, 2016
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio has pledged that there will be a thorough investigation of the radiator explosion that killed two little girls ages 1 and 2. The sisters were napping in their Bronx apartment when a valve blew…
December 8, 2016
Two little girls died Wednesday when a radiator exploded in their Bronx apartment. The sisters, Ibanez Ambrose, 2, and Scylee Ambrose, 1, were napping when a valve blew off the radiator and filled their room with scalding steam. The badly burned little…
October 20, 2016
10 baby deaths are associated with the use of homeopathic teething tablets, according to an FDA statement on the adverse events sent via email: “We are also aware of reports of 10 deaths during that time period [the last 6…
January 27, 2016
A terrible house explosion in Adair County, Kentucky, tragically killed four people, one of them a baby. Our deepest sympathy to the families. The explosion happened Tuesday, January 26, 2016 on M Coomer Road, off of Highway 206, about 6…
February 20, 2015
This week, the CDC published an article about a tragic case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a preterm baby linked to ABC Dophilus® Powder, an over-the-counter dietary supplement containing live bacteria, including Bifidobacterium lactis BB-12 (BB-12®) and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG®). This…
February 12, 2015
Standard cleaning procedures at retail deli departments may not eradicate Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, according to Purdue University research.1 This puts babies, people with compromised immune systems and older people at risk of a severe illness called listeriosis that can cause…
December 10, 2014
The CDC, FDA, and Connecticut Departments of Public Health and Consumer Protection, are investigating a fatal case of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a premature infant, born at 29 weeks gestation. The death has been linked to the use of a dietary…
December 10, 2014
Our lawyers investigate fungal and other infections caused by dietary supplements called probiotics. These dietary supplements have live bacteria and/or yeast in them. In many cases, patients with fungal infections do not know the source of the infection. Dietary supplements…
November 20, 2014
New research suggests bacterial probiotics may be associated with dangerous infections in newborn babies. Between February 2012 and August 2013, an outbreak of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in infants in a hospital NICU. Infants sickened in the outbreak were part…