The scandal of the faulty, badly made breast implants from French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) continues with the arrest of Jean-Claude Mas, 72, who according to police has been held at his home in Six-Fours-les-Plages in the South of France. Up to 400,000 thousand women are believed to have been given the implants and the problem extends across some 65 countries, with England and France …
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On the campaign trail, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he will push to limit payments to victims in medical malpractice lawsuits, which he blames for unnecessarily driving up health-care costs. And over the course of his two decades in politics, he repeatedly spoke in favor of capping such awards. Read full article >>
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the tax convictions of former medical consultant Howard Awand and his wife, Linda. Prosecutors consider Awand, 67, the central figure in a network of lawyers and physicians that might have defrauded clients
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Galveston Judge fined $7,500 Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:55 p.m., Thursday, January 26, 2012 The sanction is the latest in a series of troubles that have befallen Dupuy since his election in 2010, many of them causing attorneys to raise questions about the judge …
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The family of a multiple sclerosis patient who died when doctors and nurses at Saint Francis Hospital allegedly misinterpreted signs that his bowel was punctured agreed to an undisclosed settlement in a lawsuit against the hospital. A…
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