Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Actor Dennis Quaids defends before Congress his right to sue the drug maker of Heparin for the near-fatal overdose his twins received last year.
In Case You Didn't Know (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dennis Quaid is calling on the U.S...
Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dennis Quaid testified yesterday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform considering the reversal of the Riegel v. Medtronic Supreme Court decision finding that state tort claims regarding medical devices were preempted if the FDA granted pre-market approval for the medical device. Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday that taking away the right...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recalling how his newborn twins were nearly killed from an accidental drug overdose, actor Dennis Quaid testified before the U.S. Congress Wednesday, urging them to maintain the rights of patients to sue drugmakers for injuries.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mix-up in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner.
New York Personal Injury Law Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'd previously written of how Dennis Quaid's newborn twins were victimized by malpractice when they received a massive overdose of heparin. And I'd also written how he sued Baxter Healthcare over the mix up. Today he testified before Congress. This is the most important quote: "Like many Americans, I believed that a big problem in our country was frivolous lawsuits. But now I know that...
The Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
Actor DENNIS QUAID makes his voice heard. After almost loosing his newborn twins to an accidental overdose while in the hospital, actor DENNIS QUAID urged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to protect patients' rights to sue drugmakers for any injuries sustained, reports Reuters . At the hearing on Wednesday, Quaid spoke out saying, "I believe if preemption of lawsuits...
Fark.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... big rich man is mad that he can't sue a company that did nothing wrong. boo-hoo. (Man, but Dennis is a great actor. But that is the way that it shakes. Sue the hospital for not using a bar-code reader system or any other better way of catching these kinds of mistakes.Or sue the FDA for whatever. They are the government and can therefor print all the money you want out of them./I feel like...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | yesterday
May 14: Actor Dennis Quaid offered Congress an emotional testimony about the medical mixup that resulted in his newborn twins being given near-fatal doses of blood thinner. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actor Dennis Quaid urged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to preserve patients' rights to sue drugmakers for injuries, recounting how his newborn twins nearly died from an accidental drug overdose.
E! Online (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Dennis Quaid was a man on a mission today. Motivated by the pain experienced by his own family, the actor testified before Congress Wednesday about the overdose of blood thinners his...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
He recounts for lawmakers ordeal of twins' overdose, urges right to sue Actor Dennis Quaid presented to Congress today the harrowing details of his newborn twins' massive overdose and urged legislators to make sure families can sue drug and medical device makers over such dangerous medication errors.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
This is why we need tort reform. So they are suing the manufacturers because even though the bottles were correctly labeled they think the blue plastic used was too similar. What if all bottles were the traditional white? Would they be more or less liable? What if different drug companies used the same color blue for different medications? Are they liable for mixups? How many colors of plastic can...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
May 14 - Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mix-up in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The actor says courts are 'only path to justice' for patients harmed by drugs.
