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| Ebola Lawsuits Would Face High Hurdles in TX |  | Potential suits against the Dallas, TX hospital that sent home a patient later diagnosed with Ebola face long odds in the face of state medical malpractice laws. Texas tort-reform measures have made it one of the hardest places in the US to sue over medical errors, especially those that occurred in the emergency room, according to plaintiffsâ?? lawyers and legal experts. To bring a civil claim in Texas over an emergency-room error, including malpractice, plaintiffs have to show staff acted in a way that was â??willfully and wantonly negligent,â?? meaning that the staff had to have consciously put the patient or others at extreme risk by releasing him, rather just having made a mistake.
Jessica Dye, Reuters 10/07/2014    | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Mich. Couple File Suit Against Former Prosecutor | | A Michigan couple has filed a lawsuit against a prosecutor alleging that they were wrongfully accused of sexually abusing their severely autistic daughter. The father of the young girl was jailed for 80 days after he was accused of raping his daughter. The case fell apart when the it was revealed that the girl could not have made the accusations against her father due to the fact that she is unable to communicate. The lawsuit names as defendants the former prosecutor, his former chief assistant, a former judicial candidate, and the county. The trial is scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Lori Brasier, USA Today 10/07/2014 | | Read Article: USA Today |
| Mass. Appeals Court Orders New Trial in Crash Suit | | The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a woman who was awarded $1.2 million by a jury over injuries she suffered during the 2009 Green Line trolley crash. The woman suffered a herniated disc and other neck injuries in the crash which was caused by a trolley operator who was texting at the time of the accident. The woman filed suit against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and was awarded over $1.2 million by a jury. The state Appeals Court has ordered a new trial because it alleges that the woman's attorney made "inflammatory remarks" that unfairly swayed the jury.
Nicole Dungca, Boston Globe 10/06/2014 | | Read Article: Boston Globe |
| Safety, Sanitation Problems Prompt Scores of Drug Recalls | | Two years after contaminated drugs linked to a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts killed 64 and sickened more than 750 with fungal meningitis, the industry still struggles with serious safety problems affecting thousands of patients, a USA TODAY examination shows. A regulatory crackdown by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since the outbreak in October 2012 has led to an unprecedented spate of drug recalls by compounding pharmacies â?? and scores of citations for bad practices.
Peter Eisler and Christopher Schnaars, USA Today 10/07/2014 | | Read Article: USA Today |
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