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Medical malpractice claims get more difficult

The state of Kentucky has passed a law that will make filing medical malpractice lawsuits in the area more difficult. Under the new law, all potential malpractice suits must go before a medical review panel before the case can be pursued in court. The new law covers a huge swathe of healthcare ...

Yakima jury awards $1.2 million to victim of medical malpractice

Yakima County Superior Court (DONALD W. MEYERS/Yakima Herald-Republic) Buy Now YAKIMA, Wash. -- A Yakima jury last week awarded $1.2 million to a patient in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a local spine surgeon. The suit against Dr. Michael Thomas, who works for Cascade Neurosurgical ...

Drywall Makers to Pay Another $125M to Settle Class Action Suit

Four of the nation’s principal drywall manufacturers have agreed to pay an additional $125 million to settle a class action case involving allegations of price manipulation, boosting the total payout to nearly $191 million, according to an SEC filing and an announcement by the plaintiffs’ ...

Feds Crack Down on ‘Street Drug Alternatives’ (FDA)

Two companies promoting their products as alternatives to street drugs were warned by the FDA that they were selling unapproved and misbranded drugs. In a press release, the FDA said that the manufacturers of Legal Lean Syrup, which may be meant as an alternative to cough syrup mixed with ...

St. Francis to pay $26M in medical malpractice suit

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Bittersweet moments for a Columbus woman who went to St. Francis Hospital for a common neck surgery and later turned into a disabled woman. Sandra Williams filed a lawsuit against St. Francis Hospital for the end result of her neck surgery. After a two week trial, a jury ...

Decatur doctor gets 14 months for illegal drug distribution

A doctor who operated a walk-in medical clinic in Decatur was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for illegally handing out the painkiller hydrocodone, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Sukhwinder Multani, 43, of Decatur, also was sentenced to three years of supervised ...

N.J. Jury Awards $15 Million in Pelvic Mesh Case

A state court jury in Hackensack, N.J., has ordered a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson to pay $15 million to a woman who says she was injured by a faulty pelvic mesh implant. Jurors awarded Elizabeth Hrymoc $4 million for pain and suffering, $1 million for loss of conjugal affection and ...

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