What are examples of torts I may have heard of in the past several years?
Unfortunately for public health, torts seem to occur with frightening regularity these days. You may have heard about ReNu®, a contact lens cleaning solution that was causing severe and damaging eye problems to some of its users. Perhaps you read about Ortho Evra®, the birth control patch that caused fatal blood clots in some women, and put others at an increased risk of clot-related health complications. A negligent manufacturer, a pharmaceutical company that cares more about profits than public safety, or a company that produced a defective product that harmed people are all potentially guilty of creating torts in which injured individuals may need to seek compensation for the harm caused to them.
