$15 Million Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict For Paralysis
August 6, 2012
Following a three-week trial that ended in late-July, 2012, a Colorado Springs, Colorado medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $15 million against a hospital and an emergency room physician for medical negligence that allegedly resulted in the paralysis of a 36-year-ol[...]
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Four Connecticut Nursing Home Choking Deaths In Three Months
August 5, 2012
Four Connecticut nursing home residents have died due to choking between February and April, 2012. The last case occurred on April 18, 2012, when a resident who suffered from dementia and needed to be carefully watched while she was eating, was seated in a wheelchair in the nursing home’s di[...]
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Montana Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death of 36-Year-Old
August 3, 2012
After a two-week trial during July, 2012, a Montana medical malpractice jury found that a local Butte, Montana hospital failed to timely diagnose the rare medical condition of a 36-year-old patient in 2006 that contributed to her death. The woman was suffering from TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic[...]
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Large U.S. Drug Wholesaler To Pay $151 Million To Settle Claims
July 31, 2012
McKesson Corp., a large drug wholesaler in the United States, has agreed to pay $151 million to the District of Columbia and 29 U.S. states in order to settle claims that it inflated the prices of certain prescription medications that resulted in overpayments of millions of dollars in reimbursemen[...]
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Judge Orders FDA To Turn Over Documents In Spying Case
July 27, 2012
On July 23, 2012, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over previously undisclosed documents to attorneys for former and current employees of the FDA who claim that the FDA illegally spied on them after they reported allegedly improper medical device approvals by t[...]
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