TTLA Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Seminar | April 3-4 | Royal Sonesta, Houston | Something BIG is missing…YOU! Each year, we are dedicated to planning seminars that are bigger, better and bolder than the year before, but it takes YOU to make a TTLA seminar a true success. When YOU register for TTLA’s 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar, YOU get to experience our unprecedented lineup of in-demand topics, storied speakers and unparalleled insight, and we get to experience YOU. YOU make all the difference. Think BIG. Think TTLA PMD. Click on the headline to learn more. Follow us on Twitter @ttla_ #ttla2014pharma |
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Jury Awards $4.8M to Family in Death of Patient | | The family of a man whose lethal heart ailment was misdiagnosed as a lung infection was awarded $4.8 million last week by a Suffolk County jury, which concluded a doctor was responsible for the man’s death. Jeffrey Kace went to the St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center emergency room complaining of a cough, fever, and chest pains on Aug. 14, 2006. During a five minute visit, Dr. Ivan E. Liang diagnosed the 23-year-old man with bronchitis. The next morning, Kace was found dead. In the weeks that followed, medical examiners identified Kace’s cause of death as myocarditis, a virus that infects and inflames the heart muscle. The Suffolk Superior jury announced it believed Liang was negligent in his care and treatment of Kace, which was a substantial contributing factor in his death. Jacqueline Tempera, Boston Globe 03/12/2014 | Read Article: Boston Globe |
The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse | | A group of disabled Texas men were worked for decades in an Iowa turkey eviscerating plant for $65 a month — and squalid room and board. Their story told through court records, internal documents and extensive first-time interviews with several of the men — is little known beyond Iowa. But five years after their rescue, it continues to resound in halls of power. Last year the case led to the largest jury verdict in the history of the EEOC: $240 million in damages — an award later drastically reduced, yet still regarded as a watershed moment for disability rights in the workplace. Dan Barry, The New York Times 03/12/2014 | Read Article: The New York Times |
Mother Files Lawsuit Over False Positive Test for Opiates | | A Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit against the hospital where she delivered her baby after a false positive on a test for opiates started an investigation by the department of youth and families. The plaintiff says that the false positive, due to her eating poppy seed bread, ignited an intrusive, seven-week investigation into her and her husband. The lawsuit alleges negligence, a breach of doctor-patient confidentiality, and slander and defamation. It seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 03/11/2014 | Read Article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Family Sues After Construction Worker Drowns at Job Site | | The family of a construction worker who was killed in January while working on the Baylor University football stadium in Waco, Texas has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The 55-year-old was killed when a piece of equipment he and a coworker were attached to fell into the Brazos River, causing him to drown. The lawsuit names the university and several construction and equipment companies and seeks unspecified damages. Tommy Witherspoon, Waco Tribune Herald 03/12/2014 | Read Article: Waco Tribune Herald |
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