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Created: 02 July 2009 The Houston Chronicle (7/2, Ackerman) reports that a Harris County, Texas, judge “ruled in favor of a Houston man in a medical malpractice case” on Tuesday, “awarding him $10 million in damages stemming from a lawsuit against Methodist Hospital and the doctors who treated him there.” John German’s left leg required amputation above the knee and…
Created: 04 June 2009 The National Law Journal (6/4, Bronstad) reports, “A judge in Washington state has ordered Expedia Inc. to pay more than $184 million for breaching its contract with hotel customers by charging service fees that generated profits for the online travel booking firm.” Steve Berman, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, said “that the judgment was the largest…
Created: 03 June 2009 The Hill (6/3, Swanson) reports, “Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration’s bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler” because “those plans would extinguish all ongoing auto accident claims that blame a death or serious injury on a defective GM or Chrysler vehicle.” According to Clarence Dilow, executive director of the…
Created: 28 May 2009 The New York Times (5/28, A24, Chan) reports, “New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a woman who died last year on the floor of the psychiatric [emergency department (ED)] at Kings County Hospital after waiting more than 24 hours to be treated.” In doing so, “the city’s Health and…
Created: 27 May 2009 Bloomberg News (5/26, Stohr) reported, “The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Chrysler LLC’s appeal of a $13 million punitive damage award to the family of an 8-month-old who died in a 2001 Tennessee accident while riding in a Dodge Caravan.” The car company “argued unsuccessfully that the award violated constitutional limits on damages laid out in previous…
Created: 20 May 2009 Today, President Obama issued a Directive to the Heads of all Executive Branch Departments and Agencies stating it is the policy of his Administration that “preemption of State law by executive departments and agencies should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimate prerogatives of the States and with a sufficient legal basis for preemption.”…
Created: 14 May 2009 CQ HealthBeat (5/14, Kim) reports that the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee “heard witness testimony on a measure that would allow consumers to sue companies under state law for injuries sustained by sophisticated medical devices” on Tuesday. Supporters of HR 1346, the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009, said “that the bill would ensure…
Created: 06 May 2009 The AP (5/6, Twiddy) reports, “A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a $17 million verdict against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. as part of a class-action lawsuit over aftermarket vehicle parts.” The appeals court said that “Jackson County Circuit Judge Edith Messina was wrong when she overturned a jury’s decision last year against the Madison,…
Created: 04 May 2009 The Wall Street Journal (5/2, Favole) reported, “Consumers should ‘immediately stop’ using Hydroxycut weight-loss products amid concerns they may cause jaundice and liver failure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.” Responding to “23 serious reports of health problems with Hydroxycut products and one death in a 19-year-old male who had used the weight-loss products,”…
Created: 01 May 2009 The AP (5/1) reports, “The family of an Iowa County girl permanently disabled by a surgeon has received a $17 million settlement from the state’s medical malpractice fund.” According to court documents, the physician “used a blender-like device to help remove the” patient’s spleen, “but caused internal damage that left the” patient “with permanent brain injuries.”…