Posts tagged wrongful death

• Trasylol Marketing Suspended

  David Tompkins | November 05, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that, at the agency's request, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. has agreed to a marketing suspension of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgery, pending detailed review of preliminary results from a Canadian study that suggested an increased risk for death."It would seem...

• Wrongful Death Case Filed Against Cruise Line

  Shannon Weidemann | October 31, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsMetro D.C., DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Carnival Cruise Line has been sued for wrongful death after a man became ill from Norovirus and died while on a trans-atlantic cruise. The 76-year-old man was one of hundreds that became ill on the 16-day voyage. The lawsuit alleges he became ill from eating contaminated food. The ship's doctor was also listed in the lawsuit. Norovirus is a highly contagious illness that causes vomiting...

• Hospital Operates on the Wrong Side of the Brain -- For the THIRD TIME!

  David Tompkins | November 27, 2007 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Rhode Island Hospital has been cited for a THIRD incident this year for performing brain surgery on the wrong side of a patient's brain. Two of the victims survived, one did not. According to Yahoo News, the hospital is reviewing its policies and training of doctors. This is a disturbing trend, and one that indicates significant problems with this hospital. One question that...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Texas Hospital

  Shannon Weidemann | August 15, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A woman's beneficiary has sued a Texas hospital and two physicians for wrongful death after she died while in their care in August of 2005. She was involved in a car accident and taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment. The lawsuit claims that a CT scan was not performed in time to save her life. "Bowden's condition continued to deteriorate. Dr. Senthilkumar saw Bowden once...

• South Carolina Wrongful Death Suit Settled

  Shannon Weidemann | March 29, 2007 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A widow will received $1.775 million in a settlement for the wrongful death case she filed after her husband died during surgery at Piedmont Medical Center. The anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetist gave the man the wrong drug during heart surgery causing a fatal heart attack. According to attorneys for Martha Cogan, widow of Herbert Cogan, Piedmont Medical Center will pay the bulk of the...

• Prempro Causes Breast Cancer According to Pa. Jury

  Staff Writer | October 07, 2006 5:40 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  It should be noted that the Plaintiff in this case underwent a double masectomy, painful chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Hormone replacement therapy drugs are still on the market despite the fact that government studies suggest a link between hormone replacement drugs and diseases such as breast cancer. This week a Philadelphia jury returned a verdict against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals ruling...

• Hasbro Issues Toy Recall For Defective Product(2)

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  On September 22, 2006, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of Hasbro's Playskool Team Talkin' Tool Bench following the Wrongful Death of two young children. The toymaker received reports the defective product caused two deaths- a 2 year old boy from League City, Texas, and a 19-month old boy from Martinsburg, West Virginia. Both died by suffocation when...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit to Stay in State Court

  Staff Writer | August 29, 2006 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A federal appeals court ruled last week that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of four private security guards killed in Iraq can remain in state court in North Carolina. The four men were brutally slain in an ambush by insurgents while escorting a food delivery to a US Army Base in 2004.Moyock, N.C.-based Blackwater Security Consulting claimed the case belongs in federal court...