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| Patients' Medical Records Under Threat From Data Breaches | | | Your private medical information is under threat. That's according to a study that found almost 30 million health records nationwide were involved in criminal theft, malicious hacking or other data breaches over four years. The incidents seem to be increasing. Compromised information included patients' names, home addresses, ages, illnesses, test results or Social Security numbers. Most involved electronic data and theft, including stolen laptops and computer thumb drives. ackings doubled during the study, from almost 5 percent of incidents in 2010 to almost 9 percent in 2013. Hackings are particularly dangerous because they can involve a high number of records, said Dr. Vincent Liu, the lead author and a scientist at Kaiser Permanente's research division in Oakland, California.
Associated Press, The New York Times 04/14/2015   
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| Los Angeles Pays $8M to Settle Wrongful-Imprisonment Lawsuit |  | A man whose murder conviction was thrown out by a judge after he spent 17 years in prison said Monday that an $8.3-million legal settlement from the city of Los Angeles could not make up for the years he lost behind bars. The payout, reported by The Times this week, settled a lawsuit that portrayed a murder investigation rife with problems ' including the withholding of potentially exculpatory evidence, perjured testimony and the ignoring of leads that pointed to a different suspect. The city admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement. The city's attorneys argued that detectives had conducted the investigation properly.
STEPHEN CEASAR, LA Times 04/14/2015 | | Read Article: LA Times |
| US Judge: Former female West Point Cadet May Pursue Sexual Hostility Case | | A former female cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who said she had been raped during her time there may pursue a lawsuit alleging officials knowingly permitted rampant sexual hostility toward women, a federal judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan significantly narrowed the lawsuit by the woman, who was suing anonymously as "Jane Doe," but said she could pursue an equal protection claim against two former West Point officials.
Nate Raymond, Reuters 04/14/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Judge: Cow in the Road Was Not Medical Malpractice | | | A state district judge in Dallas Judge Emily Tobolowsky ruled last Friday that a retired doctor's cow roaming onto a rural road, where it caused a car crash that left a man seriously injured, did not constitute medical malpractice. The cow owner's lawyer had argued it should be considered medical malpractice because courts increasingly have been applying the state's tort reform law to cases involving doctors that were indirectly related to their provision of medical care.
Brian M. Rosenthal, Houston Chronicle 04/14/2015
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| Los Angeles Settles Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit for $8M | | The city of Los Angeles, California has agreed to an $8 million settlement in a wrongful conviction lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by two men who were convicted of the murder of a man outside an L.A. brothel in 1994. Both of the men's convictions were thrown out as the case did not have any physical evidence linking the plaintiffs to the crime. The case was based mainly on eyewitness accounts, with the key witness in the case being a pimp from the brothel. The city admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement and claims that the investigation was conducted properly.
Stephen Ceasar, LA Times 04/13/2015 | | Read Article: LA Times |
| Family Sues Allergan Over Vermont Girl's Botox Death | | The family of a 21-year-old woman with cerebral palsy who died after receiving Botox treatments has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the treatments. The girl died in her sleep last year after receiving the Botox treatments to help with leg spasms. Her family has filed a lawsuit against Allergan, the company which manufactures the drug, accusing it of failing to warn of dangers, negligence and breach of the Vermont Consumer Fraud Act.
Elizabeth Murray, Burlington Free Press 04/14/2015 | | Read Article: Burlington Free Press |
| 2012 Subaru Impreza Under Investigation for Potential Airbag Flaw | | U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into 2012 Subaru Imprezas because the front passenger seat airbags may fail to operate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted online that it had received 26 vehicle owner questionnaires involving the Imprezas' occupant detection system failing to operate or incorrectly turning off the front passenger airbag when the seat is occupied, which could increase the risk of injury in an accident. The investigation involved an estimated 33,500 cars.
Reuters, Reuters 04/14/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Exploding Takata Airbag Injured Driver in FL, Honda Admits | | Honda Motor Co Ltd's American unit on Monday confirmed that a faulty airbag inflator made by Takata Corp ruptured in a March 20 crash of a car in Florida, injuring the driver. A Honda vehicle's airbag exploded and a piece of metal shot from the bag into the driver's neck, police and hospital reports said last week. The 2003 model Honda Civic involved in the crash is included in a recall affecting the passenger's front airbag inflator, American Honda said in a statement.
Reuters, Reuters 04/14/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Health Officials Remain on Alert with Listeria Outbreak | | Health officials remain on alert after Blue Bell Creameries and Sabra announced that their ice cream and hummus products may contain the deadly listeria bacteria. The bacteria was traced to the Blue Bell plant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and the plant halted operations on April 3. Since the recall of several products, there have been eight incidences of illness, three of which ended in death. Sabra, the hummus maker, has not yet found the source of its listeria outbreak.
Rebecca Catalanello, New Orleans Times-Picayune 04/09/2015 | | Read Article: New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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