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Family seeks to reopen case against GM after recalls

The CBS Evening News reported that a family that had previously accepted a settlement from GM is now suing the automaker against in the wake of the recall of more than 2.5 million cars,...

We have a Malpractice Crisis not a Malpractice Insurance Crisis

Survive your hospital stay             Patient harm in hospitals may be the nations third leading cause of death, trailing only heart disease and cancer

GM executive involved in studying ignition problem retires

The New York Times reports that GM announced on Monday that Jim Federico, a senior engineer, decided to retire after working 36 years for the company. According to the article, documents filed with Federal...

AMS Transvaginal Mesh Litigation Cases Settle for $830 Million

Several plaintiffs' attorneys in Transvaginal Mesh litigation have entered into a settlement agreement in principle with Endo Pharmaceuticals and American Medical Systems for approximately $830 million. The resolution, reported by multiple news sources on...

Children’s deaths at Louisiana hospital raise questions

The New York Times reports on its front page from New Orleans about four children who died at Children’s Hospital “of various causes between August 2008 and July 2009 during an outbreak of a...

Louisiana children’s hospital sued over fungal infection outbreak

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that five years “after five patients died with a deadly fungal infection they received from hospital linens, Children’s Hospital officials on Thursday began contacting the families to inform them...

Tech who falsified mammogram results found guilty

A former radiology technician from Georgia has been sentenced to jail for faking the mammogram results of more than 1,200 women. Fox News says: "Rachael Rapraeger will spend six months in prison. She pleaded guilty...

Japan drug maker Takeda to fight $6 billion damages awarded by U.S. jury

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said it would contest $6 billion in punitive damages imposed by a jury in the United States in a case that accused Japan's largest drug maker of concealing cancer risks...