As reported in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Attorneys general in 11 states, including Missouri and Illinois, have filed objections to General Motors Corp.’s reorganization plan. They have asked the bankruptcy court in Manhattan to reject the sale of most of GM’s assets to a ‘new’ GM unless there is stronger consumer protection.” The filing “asks that the sale exclude a product-liability shield.”

FDA looking at Metal to Metal hips
The FDA wants companies making ‘metal on metal’ artificial hips to take a closer look at how patients fare after their hip replacement surgery.
The FDA seeks this “in response to an increasing number of consumer complaints about the implants”, along with last year’s recall of an all-metal