A Brooklyn man has filed a lawsuit against Frito-Lay, alleging the company’s claim that its Tostitos and SunChips products contain only “all-natural ingredients” is false. According to a Reuters report, Chris Shake believes Frito-Lay’s claims that its chips are made from all-natural products are false and misleading. He charges some of the ingredients in the [...]

A recently filed whistleblower lawsuit claims life insurers MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. have disregarded information they’ve obtained in order to not pay death benefits to beneficiaries. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the civil lawsuit has been filed in an Illinois court by Total Asset Recovery Services LLC. The accusing firm believes [...]

The makers of Enfamil baby formula confirmed this week that Food and Drug Administration safety inspectors visited its manufacturing and administrative headquarters this week as part of an investigation linked to an apparent deadly bacterial outbreak. According to a Reuters report, the Mead Johnson manufacturing facility in Michigan and its record-keeping office in Indiana were [...]

The makers of Enfamil infant baby formula say its own testing has revealed no presence of the life-threatening bacteria which has recently infected two infants, killing one. According to a Bloomberg report, Mead Johnson still maintains the Enfamil formula pulled by some major retailers last week following reports that two infants who ingested a specific [...]

Walmart has pulled a specific can of Enfamil infant formula from more than 3,000 stores across the U.S. following the report of an infant death in Missouri. Press reports indicate the newborn from Lebanon, Mo., was fed Enfamil just prior to its death. The infant tested positive for Cronobacter, a sometimes fatal form of a [...]

A federal judge in Maine has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against two major tobacco companies which claims they deceptively marketed Light Cigarettes for decades as a “safer alternative” to other cigarettes. The law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announced Monday that Honorable John A. Woodcock, Jr., Chief District Judge for the U.S. District [...]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed in a memo obtained by Reuters that it is investigating the welds near the lithium-ion battery on the Chevrolet Volt electric car and whether it was responsible for fires following crash tests. According to Reuters, NHTSA said “visible weld changes at key points on the underside” of the [...]

New York state’s recently launched investigation into unpaid life insurance benefits has resulted in some progress at linking beneficiaries with their money. According to a Reuters report, state authorities revealed this week that life insurance companies operating in New York have paid $52.6 million to about 8,000 people since it launched its investigation a few [...]

The head of General Motors told AP in an exclusive interview this week that his company is willing to buy-back its Chevrolet Volt electric car from owners who fear the safety of its lithium-ion batteries. Earlier this week we reported on a federal investigation launched recently to mitigate the safety concerns raised by a series [...]

Federal highway regulators have launched an investigation into the risk of fire posed by the Chevrolet Volt, specifically from its lithium-ion battery. Volt is GM’s first entry into the electric vehicle market and about 6,000 vehicles have been sold by U.S. automobile dealers. Crash tests conducted in May and as recently as earlier this month [...]