The NFL has reached a $765 million settlement over concussion-related brain injuries among its 18,000 retired players, agreeing to compensate victims and pay for medical monitoring. Although the NFL has admitted no liability, the settlement is a tacit admission that...
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Year: 2013
FDA Investigating Deaths Following Injections of Zyprexa
The FDA announced this week that it is investigating the deaths of two patients who died several days after receiving intramuscular injections of the long-acting antipsychotic drug Zyprexa Relprevv (olanzapine pamoate). According to the investigation, both patients...
Is Double-billing a Kind of Patient Harassment?
The source listed at the end of this post provides another example of medical billing abuse by health care providers, medical billing services, and health insurance companies. Under Connecticut law, it is illegal for any "health care provider to request payment" from...
Young Connecticut woman wins $41.7 million verdict after becoming disabled on school trip
On March 27, 2013 a federal court jury in Bridgeport, CT returned a $41,750,000 verdict for a young woman who, after being bitten by an infected tick on a school-sponsored trip to China, contracted encephalitis and now suffers neurological disabilities and cannot...
Ferry Accident in New York City
More than 50 people were injured Wednesday morning when a ferry headed for New York crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.The injured passengers were taken to Manhattan and Brooklyn hospitals. Two of the passengers'...