Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| Feds Back S.A. Whistleblower on VA Transplant Problems |
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San Antonio whistleblower Jamie McBride battled the Veterans Affairs Department bureaucracy for six years over the way it handled organ transplants, arguing that its rules were needlessly causing patients to die. On Friday, federal investigators agreed with many of his allegations. The Office of Special Counsel said the department's response to his charges had 'numerous shortcomings and unanswered questions' and that 'many of the identified problems apply throughout the VA's nationwide transplant program.
Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express News 01/29/2018    |
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| AbbVie Not Liable for Injuries in AndroGel Lawsuit |
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A jury has found that AbbVie is not liable in an injury lawsuit involving the company's testosterone replacement medication AndroGel. On Friday, a federal jury in Chicago found that the company was not liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who suffered a pulmonary embolism after using AndroGel. The verdict was the third to date in federal litigation over AndroGel, a drug approved for men whose bodies produce low or no testosterone. AbbVie has reported that it faces 4,510 cases nationally over injuries blamed on AndroGel.
Nate Raymond, Insurance Journal 01/29/2018 |
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| $40M Awarded to Girl after Birth-Related Spinal Injury |
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Over $40 million has been awarded to a 6-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose spine was injured during birth. The girl and her twin sister were delivered at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill in February 2013. During the delivery, in which the baby was in a breach position, the girl became paralyzed from the "mid-chest" down. Her parents alleged in the lawsuit that the doctor did not properly protect the baby's head and neck during a high-risk procedure. The $40.3 million verdict is one of the largest jury awards in that county in recent years.
Dan Spinelli, Philly.Com 01/25/2018 |
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| Insurance Company Accused of Hiring Doctor to Deny Injury Claims |
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A lawsuit has been filed accusing National Union Fire Insurance Co. for hiring a doctor it knew would deny a South Dakota woman's injury claim. According to the lawsuit, the insurance company hired the doctor because he routinely finds in favor of insurance companies seeking to deny benefits. The plaintiff was examined by the doctor two times in 2012 after she injured her neck at JC Penney in Brookings. The plaintiff was receiving workers compensation pay until the doctor concluded her neck pain was from degenerative disk disease that existed before the at-work injury.
Jonathan Ellis, Sioux Falls Argus Leader 01/26/2018 |
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| VW Chairman Promises Probe Into â?˜Incomprehensible' Practices |
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German carmakers have promised to swiftly investigate experiments that exposed people and monkeys to diesel fumes, disclosures that threaten to open a new phase in an emissions controversy that's dogged the industry since 2015. One of the experiments studied the health effects of emissions in the workplace. It was carried out at the University of Aachen in Germany and backed by a little-known group funded by Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG and BMW AG. Reports of the tests followed a New York Times account of similar experiments on monkeys in the U.S., triggering political recriminations and prompting automakers to distance themselves from the work.
Birgit Jennen, Bloomberg 01/29/2018 |
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