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PA Woman Gets $1.88 M in Medical Malpractice Case

A Pennslyvania jury awarded a woman $1.88 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed on behalf of her husband, who died of cancer in 2008. Christine Golden sued urologist Milan J. Smolko, pathologist Lillian Longendorfer and Wayne Memorial Hospital for failing to diagnose her husband’s bladder cancer despite several consultations…

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Texas Malpractice Case Alleges Surgeon Left Needle Inside Body

A Beaumont Texas man has filed a medical malpractice suit against a local doctor, alleging a needle negligently left inside his body during surgery perforated his bladder. Ronald Williams claims he underwent surgery performed by Dr. Stuart Scott Kacy of Southeast Texas Surgical Associates on March 12, 2007. Court papers…

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March 2009 Drug Safety Update Newsletter Raises Emerging Safety Issue Of Kidney-Related Side Effects From Byetta Use

We reported on Byetta (exenatide) in August 2008, when the FDA issued a MedWatch email alert about six new cases of hemorrhagic pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis that had been reported to FDA since an October 2007 “Dear Doctor” letter about Byetta and acute pancreatitis was sent to doctors in the…

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Quadriplegic Musician Wins $18 M Verdict Against Ford Motor Co.

An Oakland musician who was made a quadriplegic in a rollover crash four years ago won an $18.3 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in federal court. Dax Pierson, 38, suffered severe spinal injuries when a Ford passenger van that the band was traveling in ran off an icy highway…

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More Florida Foster Kids Are Given Mental-Health Drugs

Nearly three of 10 teenage Florida foster children have been prescribed a mental-health drug, and 73 foster kids younger than 6 are taking mind-altering drugs, according to a recent study released in response to the death of a Broward foster child who was taking such medications. In all, 2,669 children…

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Disney and Tram-Injured Woman Reach Settlement

A Chinese woman who fell out of a moving Disneyland tram and suffered injuries that left her needing 24-hour medical supervision for the rest of her life has reached a settlement in a lawsuit she filed against the Walt Disney Co. Lawyers for Qi Zhao and Disney reached the agreement,…

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