Chipotle Probed for New Outbreak of Different E. Coli Strain
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., still reeling from recent outbreaks of E. coli and norovirus at its restaurants, is now being investigated for its link to a new spate of illnesses in three additional states.
Five people in Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma have fallen ill from an E. coli strain with a rare DNA fingerprint, the...
One mother spent a decade after her daughters’ deaths changing car-rental laws
Raechel and Jacqueline Houck had a five-hour drive from their mother’s Ojai home north to Santa Cruz. They wanted to see some friends along the way and Raechel had to work that evening, so the sisters hugged their family and, with Raechel behind the wheel, drove off in their rented PT Cruiser.
Raechel, 24, had...
Sued Over Old Debt, and Blocked From Suing Back
Clifford Cain Jr., a retired electrician in Baltimore, was used to living on a tight budget, carefully apportioning his Social Security and pension benefits to cover his rent and medication for multiple sclerosis.
So Mr. Cain was puzzled when he suddenly could not make ends meet. Months later, he discovered why: A debt collector had...
Mother sues Chipotle over son’s bout of norovirus
The mother of a 16-year-old Brookline boy who fell ill after eating at the Chipotle Mexican Grill in Cleveland Circle sued the restaurant in Norfolk Superior Court on Thursday, seeking damages for days of illness.
The legal action by Andrea C. Dow, mother of Alexander Keough, is the first in a likely string of lawsuits...
VW Names Kenneth Feinberg to Oversee Fund for Claims on Emissions Deception
Volkswagen has hired Kenneth R. Feinberg, a prominent specialist in compensation funds, to devise and administer a program to address claims related to vehicles that have been affected by the company’s admitted use of deceptive software to cheat on emissions tests.
Mr. Feinberg is a lawyer known for his work distributing payouts after 9/11, the...
Drug approvals top 2014 high but R&D returns still struggle
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of new drugs approved in the United States this year has already topped last year's 18-year high, yet large pharmaceutical companies are still struggling to get a decent return on their research dollars.
In fact, returns on research and development (R&D) spending by the world’s top drugmakers have fallen...
Merck fails to win FDA panel backing for Vytorin heart claim
(Reuters) - Merck & Co should not be allowed to claim that its cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients with coronary heart disease, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Monday.
The panel evaluated data from an 18,000-patient trial known as Improve-It...
Chipotle’s Seattle Woes Put Fresh Scrutiny on Safety Procedures
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is facing new questions about its food-safety procedures in Seattle, a sign the restaurant chain may have a hard time bouncing back from recent E. coli and norovirus outbreaks.
The city shut down a Chipotle in the...
GM ignition switch compensation fund offered $595M
General Motors offered nearly $595 million to surviving families of those killed and to 275 people injured in crashes that an independent compensation fund determined were caused by defective ignition switches in small cars built in the middle of last decade.
Slightly more than 90% of those offers were accepted, according the final report of...
Boston Scientific recalls device after pieces broke off in patients
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), the state’s largest medical device company, has launched a product recall following reports that parts of its medical device broke off and lodged within some patients.
In an announcement Wednesday evening, Marlborough-based Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) said the recall of the Chariot Guiding Sheath is voluntary and was enacted three weeks...
