4559. Heel-Ins device.    (In. No. 268.)
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTION FILED: 10-6-53, Dist. Vt., against Heel-Ins, Inc., 
St. Albans, Vt., Katharine Smith, president of the corporation, and Paula 
Laddey, secretary-treasurer.
CHARGE : That the defendants had been introducing into interstate commerce a 
device called Heel-Ins consisting of a pair of metal plates, one of copper and 
the other of zinc, which device was misbranded under 502 (a) by reason of 
false and misleading statements in its labeling.
The complaint alleged that the device was shipped in a folder entitled "Here 
are your HEEL-INS"; that the folder contained instructions to place the 
plates on the inner soles of a pair of shoes, one in each shoe, and bore the 
statement "Designed for the relief of arthritis"; and that such statement was 
false and misleading since the device was not effective for the relief of arthritis.
DISPOSITION: On 11-2-53, the court, after hearing the arguments of counsel, 
refused to issue a temporary injunction. Thereafter, an answer to the com- 
plaint was filed by the defendants, and a set of interrogatories was filed by 
the government and was answered by the defendants.
On 6-23-54, with the consent of the defendants, a decree was entered enjoin- 
ing the defendants, during the pendency of the action and until its final deter- 
mination, from introducing the device into interstate commerce so long as it 
was misbranded. The prohibited misbranding was that which involved label- 
ing which represented the device to be beneficial, effective, or have value in the 
cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of arthritis, or which was false and 
misleading in any particular. In addition, the decree specifically prohibited 
the use of the above-mentioned folder as labeling.
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