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• Federal Lawmakers Are Calling For Probe of Chinese Drywall Distributors

  Joe Saunders | March 03, 2009 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  US Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Sarasota) has joined US Senator Bill Nelson in calling for a federal probe of the Chinese drywall fiasco. Buchanan has asked the US Trade Representative and the Federal...

• Chattem Icy Hot Heat Therapy Recalled

  Joe Saunders | March 11, 2008 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Icy Hot heat therapy products manufactured by Chattem, Inc. have been recalled due to consumer reports of first, second, and third degree skin burns, irritation and skin removal. The affected products were manufactured from October 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007 and distributed from December 4, 2006 through February 4, 2008. All lots and all sizes of the following Icy Hot Heat Therapy products...

• Cooper Tire Under Fire

  Joe Saunders | July 24, 2006 7:33 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  It's bad enough the company has been accused of manufacturing defective tires that have led to serious injury and fatalities. It's quite another when that same company uses deceptive practices to hide such information to protect itself from a lawsuit. According to an article published in the St. Petersburg TimesAt least 21 lawsuits involving 12 deaths have been filed against Cooper Tire in...

• FDA Takes Action on Chinese Imports

  Joe Saunders | November 14, 2008 12:21 PM | 1 CommentSarasota, FL

  The FDA has halted Chinese food products that may contain milk until it can be determined if the products have been contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine. The products were stopped at the...

• Joseph H. Saunders, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | January 28, 2006 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Joseph H. Saunders: born in Montgomery, Alabama, January 31, 1953. Admitted to the California State Bar in 1981 and the Florida State Bar in 1982. Also admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida and the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.EducationLone Mountain College (BS in music 1975); University of San Francisco (JD 1981); University of...

• Man's Best Friend is also a Bed Bug Hunter

  Joe Saunders | May 26, 2009 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Just when you thought dogs are the perfect pet, you discover they can be helpful in spotting those pesky bed bugs. Dogs are being trained to sniff out bed bugs and are actually quite good at finding...

• Dangerous Toys with Banned Plastics Still on the Market

  Joe Saunders | October 23, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Toys that contain the banned substance phthalates are still on the market and will remain there until sometime in 2009. Phthalates is a chemical found in some plastics has been linked to issues with...

• Catholic Diocese of Venice and the Elderly

  Joe Saunders | September 01, 2008 7:52 PM | 4 CommentsSarasota, FL

  There's a troubling story in the Sarasota Herald Tribune today about the Diocese of Venice. No, this time it's not about the sexual abuse of minors. Rather, it's about the Diocese buying aparments...

• Bradenton Bayshore High School Blamed For Rare Cancers

  Courtney Mills | September 14, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  State lawmakers are checking into claims asserted by graduates of former Bayshore High School, Bradenton, Florida, who say they contracted a variety of rare cancers because of exposure to toxic chemicals while at the school. The high school itself was pulled down in the late 1990's. Numerous alumni have come forth to contend that their loved ones have died from rare cancers after attending the...

• Kugel Mesh Class Action Update

  Joe Saunders | August 19, 2007 8:43 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  The Judicial Panel has granted the plaintiff's request to pretrial coordination of 13 cases concerning the Kugel Mesh hernia patch. Thirteen (13) lawsuits were filed in 13 different courts located in 11 different states against various defendants, including C.R. Bard and its wholly-owned subsidiary Davol (common defendants in all class actions) and Surgical Sense and WCO Medical Products...