Phillita Jill Ammons of Harrodsburg filed a complaint in Mercer County Circuit Court against Norfolk Southern and an unnamed company that may have performed maintenance along the railroad track where her daughter was killed. Ammons’ daughter, Sophia Dawn Ammons, also of Harrodsburg, was killed at…
On July 13, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled four different medications from producer Hospira Inc., the world’s leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, because of flaws in the glass vials that hold them. The vials had visible particles lodged in…
April 10, 2012 – Louisville, Ky. – A young girl was struck by a vehicle in an intersection on Monday, April 9. Wave 3 reports that the accident happened at about 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Buechel Bank Road and Sanford. Family members said…
PharmPro reports that legal action is being pursued against a company for mislabeling its supplements. On behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Justice has, for the first time, filed an injunction against a supplement maker. This comes as…
December 19, 2011 – Lexington, Ky. – The widow, of a Lexington police officer who was killed in a hit and run accident, reached a settlement in her civil lawsuit, on Friday, December 16, related to the officer’s death. WHAS11 reports that the widow, Brandy Durman,…
Forest Pharmaceuticals pleaded guilty to violating U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laws on 3 counts. The drug in question, Levothroid, was sold to treat hypothyroidism. The 3 counts that Forest Pharmaceuticals pled guilty to include: marketing and distributing an unapproved drug; distribution of a…