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Hospital Facing Lawsuit after Incorrect Death Declaration

Posted on August 11, 2009
A lawsuit has been filed against a Charleston hospital for wrongly declaring that an infant died and then taking more than 28 minutes to resuscitate him. The parents allege that the father detected signs of life when holding the child after he was declared dead and the child now suffers from neurological damage after being [...

First Fosamax Trial Scheduled to Begin August 11

Posted on August 11, 2009
The first trial against Merck over its drug Fosamax will begin tomorrow in New York and may set the tone for all future cases, according to Bloomberg. Approximately 900 cases have been filed against the drug manufacturer due to the alleged loss of jawbone tissue caused by the drug...

Site Documents Stories of Hospital Medical Errors

Posted on August 11, 2009
An investigation undertaken by the Hearst Newspapers and a Columbia University graduate journalism class seeks to shed light on the state of health care in the United States. According to the report, titled Dead by Mistake, “more Americans die each month of preventable medical injuries than died in the terrorist attacks of Sept...

Hospital Medical Errors Often Unreported, Study Reports

Posted on August 11, 2009
According to a series of articles by Hearst Newspapers, many hospitals are still failing to report medical errors even after a report issued in 1999 outlined the need for reforms. The report, written by 22 physicians, called for improvements in patient safety and a nationwide system to track hospital errors...

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Colorado Springs City Council approves request for red-light cameras, photo radar

Posted on August 11, 2009
The Colorado Springs Police Department got the go-ahead Monday to install cameras that record motorists in the act of breaking the law when a majority of City Council members enthusiastically endorsed a plan by police to issue a request for proposals for red-light cameras at intersections with a lot of traffic accidents...

Lawsuit Filed Over Highway Construction Death

Posted on August 07, 2009
A woman whose father and son were killed in a traffic accident on a stretch of Interstate 35 north of Dallas has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation and an Arkansas-based construction company. According to the wrongful-death lawsuit, the TxDOT and KKM Construction Inc...

Jail Negligent in Inmate Death, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on August 07, 2009
A Houston jail and its nursing staff were negligent in the death of a 44-year-old diabetic woman, a lawsuit filed Thursday by family members alleges. According to the lawsuit, nurses at the Harris County jail failed to treat Margarita Saavedra for a painfully infected knee despite requests from the family, her attorney and jail doctors...

Lawsuit: Staffing Issues Jeopardized Patient Care

Posted on August 07, 2009
Chronic under staffing at a California psychiatric facility put patients at risk, a class-action lawsuit filed by former workers claims. In the lawsuit, four former employees of Aurora Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena allege that they were forced to work in unsanitary conditions and, in some instances, without pay...

Jury Awards Damages to Fired Worker

Posted on August 07, 2009
A jury has ordered South Jersey Gas to pay $1.8 million for firing a man who suffered from depression. According to the lawsuit, the company failed to make reasonable accommodations for the man’s disability. The verdict, which includes $1.1 million in non-economic damages, is believed to be the largest in a single employment discrimination case [...

Senate Leader Asks Cigna for Answers on Small Business ?Purges?

Posted on August 07, 2009
The chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has asked Cigna Corp. to answer allegations that the insurer has dropped coverage for small businesses with seriously ill workers. In a letter to the company, Sen. John Rockefeller asked why Cigna executives had used words such as “purge” to describe the insurer’s small business [...

Sedative Abuse on the Rise Among Medical Professionals, Experts Fear

Posted on August 07, 2009
A growing number of medical professionals are abusing the same drug administered to Michael Jackson shortly before he died, according to the New York Times. Experts say that the drug propofol, which can induce relaxation, mild euphoria or sleep, is favored by abusers because it is difficult to detect and is not a federally controlled [...

Family Settles Suit Over Car Wash Death

Posted on August 06, 2009
The family of a woman crushed by another motorist’s car at a Massachusetts car wash has agreed to settle their lawsuit against the other driver. Robin Young died in 2007 after being struck by a car driven by Marie Pigaga. Pigaga was later charged with vehicular manslaughter...

College Appeals Order in Wrongful Death Suit

Posted on August 06, 2009
A Rhode Island college is challenging a judge’s order to turn over documents related to the 2002 death of a student. In an appeal to the state supreme court, attorneys for Providence College argue that the documents are privileged and should not be released...

Widow Files Lawsuit in Death of Sewer Worker

Posted on August 06, 2009
The wife of a sewer worker who died after being overcome by noxious gases has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the town of Bulls Gap, Tenn. According to the lawsuit, the town failed to treat its sewage with a chemical to reduce dangerous concentrations of hydrogen sulfide...

Lawsuit Planned Over Fatal Drunken Driving Crash

Posted on August 06, 2009
The families of two people killed by a drunken driver last month in New York plan to file a lawsuit against the relatives of the deceased driver. Attorneys for the families of the victims said they believe Diane Schuler’s relatives knew she was intoxicated before she crashed her minivan while traveling the wrong way on [...

Documents Show Influence of Ghostwritten Articles

Posted on August 05, 2009
More than two dozen ghostwritten articles published in medical journals from 1998 to 2005 significantly advanced the use of hormone replacement treatments in women, recently released court documents suggest. The articles, commission by drug maker Wyeth, touted the benefits of the hormone drugs Premarin and Prempro while downplaying potential risks...

Florida Settles with Abused Foster Kids

Posted on August 05, 2009
Two children who were placed in a foster home where they were starved and abused will receive $4 million under a settlement with the state of Florida. The settlement resolves pending lawsuits in state and federal courts that accused Florida of ignoring evidence of the abuse...

Drug Makers Agree to Settle Vytorin Suits

Posted on August 05, 2009
Merck and Schering-Plough have agreed to pay a combined $41.5 million to settle more than 100 lawsuits filed by consumers and health plans over the cholesterol drug Vytorin. According to the lawsuit, the companies conspired to delay the release of studies that showed the drug to be no more effective than less expensive drug that [...

Judge Tosses NutriSystem Overtime Case

Posted on August 05, 2009
A group of NutriSystem sales associates are not entitled to overtime pay from a Pennsylvania call center, a federal judge has ruled. In a 25-page opinion, Chief U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III rejected arguments by attorneys for the plaintiffs that the company’s pay scheme was comparable to "piecework" wages, instead finding that the plan [...

Patient Receives Damages for Misdiagnosis

Posted on August 05, 2009
A Virginia jury has awarded $4 million to a woman whose heart condition was misdiagnosed by an emergency room physician. According to the lawsuit, the woman was forced to undergo a heart transplant as a result of the misdiagnosis. The condition could have been treated with medication had it been caught early enough, the lawsuit [...

Study Notes Spike in Antidepressant Use

Posted on August 04, 2009
An estimated 27 million American took antidepressants in 2005, an increase of nearly 100 percent from the number of people taking the drugs in 1996, according to a study published in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. The study’s lead author said that while the exact cause of the findings remains unclear, it [...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Business Fire

Posted on August 04, 2009
A Montana fishing lodge was negligent in the death of a 58-year-old woman who died in a fire in 2006, a lawsuit filed by the woman’s estate claims. According to the lawsuit, the owners of the business failed to install smoke detectors and other fire safety measures...

Court Dismisses Workers? Hidden Camera Suit

Posted on August 04, 2009
Two women who were videotaped with a hidden camera cannot pursue a lawsuit against their employer, the California Supreme Court has ruled. According to the lawsuit, the women suffered emotional distress after learning that their office was being monitored without their knowledge...

Panel Looks at Electronic Device Use by Jurors

Posted on August 04, 2009
The Indiana Judicial Conference is considering a rule to restrict the use of electronic devices by jurors during deliberations. The move comes one month after the Indiana Supreme Court allowed a civil verdict to stand despite a challenge involving a juror’s use of a cell phone during deliberations...

Damages Unchanged in Ford Defect Case

Posted on August 03, 2009
Ford Motor Co. and a New Jersey Ford dealership should have to a pay a $8.3 million verdict awarded to a woman who lost use of her arm in an auto accident in 2000, a state appeals court has ruled. According to the original lawsuit, sludge buildup caused the throttle of the woman’s 1997 Ford [...

Patient Awarded Damages for Botched Colonoscopy

Posted on August 03, 2009
A New Mexico jury has ordered a general surgeon to pay $1 million in damages for failing to repair a colon perforation after a colonoscopy, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports. The tiny hole continued to leak fecal matter into the patient’s abdomen for 11 days before it was found and repaired, an attorney for the [...

Family Files Lawsuit Over Fatal Crash

Posted on August 03, 2009
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission failed to install a barrier to protect drivers from going over a bluff along Interstate 55 despite knowing that road conditions in the area were dangerous, a lawsuit by the family of a woman killed in an accident last year claims...

Doctor Negligent in Death of Child, Jury Finds

Posted on August 03, 2009
A doctor was negligent in the death of a newborn during a 2005 delivery at Frederick Memorial Hospital, a Maryland jury has ruled. In the verdict, jurors concluded that Dr. Leonard Bienkowski violated the standard of care by using a vacuum device without explaining the risks to the parent...

State Officials Renew Investigation of Pesticide

Posted on August 03, 2009
California regulators have resumed investigations into a controversial pesticide that has been linked to cancer and other health problems, the Los Angeles Times reports. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation had suspended its peer review of the fumigant methyl iodide amid state budget shortfalls...

Hospital Knew Doctor Was a Danger, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on August 03, 2009
A Kentucky court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit that accuses Meadowview Regional Medical Center of negligence in the employment of a doctor linked to the death of a 71-year-old patient. According to reports, another doctor warned hospital officials that John Christian Gunn was a danger to patients...

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