Lawsuit Filed Against Baby Bottle Maker

An Arkansas woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a Connecticut company of making plastic baby bottles with a dangerous chemical linked to serious health problems. The lawsuit by Ashley Campbell against Playtex Products Inc. of Westport is the latest challenge involving the industrial chemical bisphenol A. The lawsuit seeks nationwide class action status to represent what it says are thousands of people who bought plastic bottles containing the chemical from Playtex or other companies. Canada said last month the chemical, found in hard plastic water bottles, DVDs, CDs and hundreds of other common items, is potentially harmful and may ban its use in baby bottles. A growing number of parents are turning to glass bottles amid the concerns over bisphenol A.Please click on the link below to read the Forbes.com article:

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/28/ap5056386.html

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Louisiana – Legal Protections for Doctors During Disasters Advance

The Legislature is nearing final passage on a package of bills designed to protect physicians and medical personnel from medical malpractice lawsuits that stem from health care delivered during declared emergencies. Two of the measures, Senate Bills 301 and 330 by Sen. Joel Chaisson II, D-Destrehan, are inspired and backed by Dr. Anna Pou, the New Orleans physician who was arrested but never indicted and still faces civil lawsuits related to patient deaths at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina. The bills, which cleared the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee on Monday after passing the Senate without opposition, would provide lawsuit protections for paid medical professionals not covered under the existing Good Samaritan Act. That statute offers immunity from civil lawsuits for providers who voluntarily offer their care to an emergency victim in need.

Please click on the link below to read the Times-Picayune article:

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1211260934247440.xml&coll=1

For more information on defending medical malpractice and nursing home matters in Florida contact Howard Citron at The Citron Law Firm, P.A. – www.citronlegal.com.