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| Court
Dismisses Most of Michigan's Lawsuit Over Flint Water Crisis |
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A lawsuit
filed by the state of Michigan against two engineering firms that advised the
city of Flint on its water system has been mostly dismissed. A Genesee County
Circuit Court judge threw out the bulk of the state's $350 million lawsuit
against Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam. Claims of
professional negligence, negligence, public nuisance, fraud and a request from
the state for exemplary damages were dismissed, while a claim of unjust
enrichment remains.
Ron Fonger, MLive 11/14/2019   
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| Seattle
Children's Hospital Closes Operating Rooms Amid Mold Outbreak and
Lawsuit |
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Seattle
Children's hospital has closed its operating rooms amid a deadly mold
outbreak. The hospital is currently facing a lawsuit filed by a couple who
alleges the hospital's mold problem caused an infection that left their son
disabled. The teen contracted meningitis in March 2018 from the Aspergillus
mold present in the hospital. So far, the mold outbreak has resulted in the
death of one patient and sickened at least six others.
Ryan Blethen, Daniel Gilbert and David Gutman, Seattle
Times 11/13/2019
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| Investigation:
Deaths at VA Hospital |
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The
Department of Veterans Affairs is reviewing how it monitors patient wards,
from staffing to video surveillance, amid an ongoing investigation of 10
suspicious patient deaths at a VA hospital in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Investigators suspect someone injected the men with insulin on the
medical-surgical ward of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center from the last
half of 2017 through July 2018. Two of the deaths have been classified as
homicides.
Donovan Slack, USA Today 11/15/2019
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| Should
Vitamin E Acetate Be Illegal? |
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State
officials are reconsidering their marijuana regulations and quality control in
the wake of investigators' discovery that all of 29 patients with
vaping-related lung illness tested recently had greasy vitamin E acetate from
THC in their lungs. Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters last week states
are trying to decide if their oversight needs strengthening as the monthslong
national outbreak continues with the number of cases and deaths rising each
week.
Jayne O'Donnell & David Robinson, USA Today 11/15/2019
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| Dollar
Tree Under Fire for 'Potentially Unsafe Drugs' |
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The Food
and Drug Administration said in a news release on Thursday it sent a warning
letter to Greenbrier International Inc., which does business as Dollar Tree,
outlining 'multiple violations of current good manufacturing practices at
contract manufacturers used to produce Dollar Tree's Assured Brand OTC drugs'
and other products sold at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.
Kelly Tyko, USA Today 11/15/2019
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| Pennsylvania
Court Releases Nationwide Insurance from Home Shooting Lawsuit |
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Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has ruled that Nationwide Insurance has no
obligation to cover a woman being sued over a murder that took place in her
home. The lawsuit was filed by the family of a 41-year-old man who was shot
during an argument at the defendant's home. She is accused of failing to
prevent the shooter, the victim's stepson, from accessing the gun used in the
shooting. The decision overturns a Philadelphia County judge's ruling and
frees Nationwide Insurance from the wrongful death lawsuit.
Matt Miller, PennLive.com 11/14/2019
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