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| Family of Marine Who Died at Wisconsin VA Center Files Suit |  | A federal lawsuit filed in Madison, Wisconsin, alleges VA caregivers improperly prescribed and administered drugs to Jason Simcakoski, who was 35 when he died in 2014. It also alleges the VA failed to provide adequate emergency care for Simcakoski when he was found unresponsive and did not properly diagnose his mental health and substance abuse problems. Last year, the VA's inspector general ruled that deficiencies in care led to Simcakoski's death. One physician who attended to him was fired.
Associated Press, Houston Chronicle08/30/2016    | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
| Botched Surgery Resulting in Heart Transplant Ends in $11M Settlement | | An $11M settlement has been awarded to the family of a 10-year-old boy who had to receive a heart transplant after a surgery went awry. According to the 2009 lawsuit brought against a physician, his employer Midwest Pediatric Cardiology P.C. and Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp., the then-10-year-old boy was scheduled to have a one-hour surgery on one of his heart valves, but ten days later he had to have an emergency heart transplant. The family claims that the doctor operated negligently on her son, allowing a wire to cut and poke a hole in his heart.
Lauraann Wood, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin08/26/2016 | | Read Article: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin |
| Airbag Propellant Bound for Takata Factory Detonates en Route | | A woman was killed in her home and four other people were injured when a truck carrying Takata airbag parts and explosives crashed and detonated on a Texas road last week, the company and local authorities confirmed on Monday. Takata said the trucks were carrying the propellant alongside airbag components called inflaters, which are small devices within an airbag that contain the explosive material and which are designed to cause an airbag to inflate in microseconds. The inflaters aboard the truck were newly manufactured, the company said.
HIROKO TABUCHI, The New York Times08/30/2016 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
| Widow Awarded $4.65M in Defective Airbag Case | | After a 10-day trial in Charleston, South Carolina, last Friday a jury awarded a widow $4.65 million in her lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company. Her husband committed suicide in 2012 after a car accident the previous year where a defective airbag left him disfigured, in great pain, and unable to work. The jury "determined that while Wickersham’s mental history contributed to his suicide, Ford’s negligence was overwhelmingly to blame for his death."
David Wren, The Post and Courier08/29/2016 | | Read Article: The Post and Courier |
| Family of Teen Boy Fatally Shot by Friend Files Lawsuit | | The family of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a friend on the property of a military base has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The shooting occurred in a wooded section of land that is part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord outside of Tacoma, Washington. The boys, along with many others in the community, were able to access the wooded area thanks to a breach in the base's perimeter fence. The lawsuit, which is seeking unspecified damages, shows that base officials had been aware of the gap in the fence for several years and had not fixed it.
Alexis Krell, The Olympian08/29/2016 | | Read Article: The Olympian |
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