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When powerful corporations put their profit over your health, Searcy Denney is not afraid to stand up to them on your behalf.

The proliferation of recalls of toys, drugs, food, and hygiene products made in foreign countries has called national and international attention to the US corporations that, to increase profits, outsource production and, apparently, outsource their responsibility not to endanger your health. Toymaker giant Mattel had to recall nearly a million toys because the lead paint used in its Chinese-produced toys could poison children. The Food and Drug Administration warned that bargain-basement toothpaste made in China contained DEG, used in anti-freeze and as a solvent.

These and other headline-generating recalls cause us to sit up and take notice of the health hazards of corporate greed.  But at Searcy Denney, we know that some big corporations have been putting their profits over Americans’ health for years, right here at home.

Some of the most blatant examples of corporations forsaking their moral obligation to produce safe products are in the marketing of pharmaceuticals more dangerous than the conditions they purport to cure, and Big Tobacco’s continued assault on public health with cigarettes that have been proved to cause cancer. In both these kinds of cases, the attorneys at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley have extensive experience:

• We represent contact lens wearers who, because they used a Bausch & Lomb lens cleaner called ReNu with MoistureLoc, are experiencing the pain and suffering of a fungal eye infection, fusarium keratitis. Bausch & Lomb recalled the lens cleaner in April 2006, four years after being warned by the FDA that they were putting customers at risk of this infection. Several hundred cases of fusarium keratitis are being investigated by public health authorities.

• In 2007, we gained a $25.8 recovery for a Florida breast cancer patient who suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage because a Walgreens pharmacist gave her ten times the dosage called for in a prescription for the blood-thinner Coumadin. The woman, who suffered horrendous physical and neurological damage and was deprived of the tools to fight her cancer, did not live to see the jury verdict.

• We are representing Florida tobacco victims empowered by a Florida Supreme Court decision affirming that cigarettes cause cancer, that nicotine is addictive, and that Big Tobacco has misled the public about the potentially lethal dangers of smoking. Our clients are suffering from cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, stroke, heart disease, and/or peripheral vascular disease . . . all thanks to the tobacco industry’s greed and blatant disregard of public health.

 
At Searcy Denney, we know that no amount of money can really compensate for the injury, illness, or loss of a loved one. But by holding greedy corporations accountable, we can make sure our clients are not financially devastated by medical costs and consequent pain and suffering. And we are convinced that the only way to persuade corporations to stop deliberately putting your health at risk is to hit them where it hurts, in the pocketbook.

If you or a family member has suffered an injury or illness that can be attributed to corporate disregard for your health, please fill out our Contact Form, or call us to learn more and arrange for a confidential free consultation.