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Medication Error Leading To Veteran’s Death Results In $800,000 Settlement

January 3, 2019

The family of a 64-year-old veteran who had gone to a VA medical center in South Carolina complaining of nausea and vomiting and was given the wrong medication that led to his death on February 2, 2017 has settled the VA medical malpractice wrongful death claim for $800,000, which settlement was app[...]

Pharmaceutical Company Agrees To Pay $360M To Settle Copays Kickback Scheme

December 21, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 6, 2018 that Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (“Actelion”) has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve claims that it illegally used a nonprofit foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of thousands of Medicare patients taking Actelion[...]

CDC Reports Drug Overdose Deaths Tripled From 2011 To 2016; Fentanyl Now Ranked Number One For Drug Overdose Deaths In U.S.

December 13, 2018

The CDC’s National Vital Statistics Report issued on December 12, 2018 entitled Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2011–2016 reported: “From 1999 through 2016, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in the United States more than tripled from [...]

Federal Appellate Court Overturns $3M Verdict Against Paxil Manufacturer For Suicide Death

September 17, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) overturned a $3 million Illinois state verdict against GlaxoSmithKline LLC (“GSK”), which marketed paroxetine under the Paxil brand name in the United States using the FDA‐approved label [...]

$2M West Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Psychiatrist For Prescribing Toxic Dosage Of Celexa

June 4, 2018

On May 16, 2018, a West Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million against a West Virginia psychiatrist, for prescribing too high a dose of Celexa that allegedly led to the death of a 46-year-old man. The man’s parents filed the West Virgi[...]

California Supreme Court Holds Brand-Name Drug Manufacturers Can Be Held Liable For Inadequate Labeling By Generic Drug Manufacturers

December 31, 2017

The deeply-divided Supreme Court of California (“California Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 21, 2017 that “[b]ecause the same warning label must appear on the brand-name drug as well as its generic bioequivalent, a brand-name drug manufacturer owes a duty of r[...]

$27.8M Xarelto Verdict

December 7, 2017

On December 5, 2017, a Philadelphia pharmaceutical liability jury returned its verdict in the amount of $27.8 million in favor of a husband and wife regarding the wife’s internal bleeding allegedly caused by her use of the prescription blood-thinning medication Xarelto (rivaroxaban). The jury [...]

Maryland Has Highest Hospitalization Rate For Opioid Use

January 16, 2017

Between 2005 and 2014, the rate of opioid-related inpatient hospital stays in the United States increased 64.1%, from 136.8 per 100,000 population in 2005 to 224.6 per 100,000 population in 2014, representing a 5.7% average annual growth rate. During the same period, the rate of opioid-related ED vi[...]

Alabama State Senator/Doctor Named In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

June 18, 2015

An Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit was filed on June 12, 2015 against an Alabama physician who was elected to the Alabama State Senate in November 2014. The Alabama medical malpractice plaintiffs allege that the defendant physician had negligently failed to instruct and insure that the other d[...]

14 Indicted In Connection With NECC Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

December 20, 2014

According to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, a 131-count criminal indictment was unsealed on December 17, 2014 in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak traced back to the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”). The owner/head pharmac[...]

Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Dangerous Drug Combination

August 26, 2014

A patient at a Philadelphia health center has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the health center, three physicians at the health center, a physician’s assistant employed by the health center, and a pharmacy, accusing each of them of medical negligence in prescribing her a combinati[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Involving ADHD, Medications, And Suicide

May 18, 2014

The parents of a 24-year-old man whose body was found by them hanging in his apartment closet after he had committed suicide have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against their son’s health care providers who they allege misdiagnosed their son as having ADHD and treated him with inappropria[...]

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