Army pays big to settle birth injury case

An Army medical center based in Hawaii has agreed to an $11 million settlement in a birth injury case involving several medical errors and serious brain injury to a newborn. The incident occurred in 2005 at Tripler Army Medical Center, the largest military hospital in the Pacific which serves tens of thousands of service members, veterans and their families. In the birth injury case, Kayla McCraw

Haier America Trading Chest Freezers recalled due to fire hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Haier America Trading LLC, Chest Freezers (fire hazard - 67,500) Hunter Safety System of Carabiners (fall hazard - 16,000) Britax Child Safety Inc., Chaperone Infant car seats (choking hazard - 23,000) Rollerblade USA, pairs Spark, Spitfire Inline Skates (fall hazard -

Whistleblower catches Medicaid cheating, reaps reward

An accountant is expected to reap a large reward for blowing the whistle on a company that provided prescription drugs for thousands of Medicaid patients in Michigan nursing homes and other assisted-living facilities. According to authorities in that state, Specialized Pharmacy Services, owned by Omnicare, was charging patients covered by Medicaid more than those who had private health insurance

Doctor hurt at hospital, premises liability found

In an odd twist, it was doctor checking on a patient who suffered a debilitating injury while in the hospital. As neurosurgeon David J. Sedor was looking at a patient's chart, he was clipped in the leg by a hospital bed being pushed down a hallway. Although the 2005 incident does not sound serious, the doctor is diabetic and the trauma from his injury led to an infection and, ultimately, the

34,000 bathtub toys recalled due to lacteration hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Munchkin Inc, Bathtub Toys (laceration hazard - 34,000)Dollar Tree Stores Inc., Wolverine, Spider-Man and Iron Man 2 Projector Flashlights (fire and burn hazards - 275,000)Lollytogs Ltd., Infant's Overalls (choking hazard - 8,300)Graco Children’s Products Inc., Graco

Novartis whistleblowers get big reward

Two former salesmen with Novartis will share $20.2 million. The huge sum is not a commission or bonus for their work on behalf of Novartis but for blowing the whistle on the drug company's improper practices, specifically for its marketing of the anti-epilepsy drug Trileptal for unapproved "off-label" uses. Novartis recently agreed to plead guilty and pay $422.5 million in fines and penalties,