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Jury awards $38.5 million in negligence case against doctors
A Broward jury has awarded more than $28.5 million to a Lauderdale Lakes man who was left in a vegetative state after undergoing a "manipulation under anesthesia" in 2008, and another $10 million to the man's two daughters. Dale Whyte, 37, never woke...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pompano Beach
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Ethics, Rahm Emanuel, Local Government, Chicago Mayor
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Prescription Drugs, DePaul University, Internal Medicine, Tour Operations Industry, Internists
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Recall committee collects enough signatures to move forward trying to oust Atkins-Grad
Moving closer to what would be the first recall election in Broward County, city officials said Tuesday that a petition to recall Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad has enough valid signatures to continue the process. On its second try, a committee that...
Tags: Lawyers, Elections, Justice System, Coral Springs, Broward County
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Gloria Molina, Local Government, Credit and Debt, Theft
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Hospitals and doctors should be required to carry medical malpractice insurance
Corporations, hospitals and insurance companies have fought for more than two decades to chip away at Americans' right to enter a courtroom and seek damages for medical negligence. The most publicized of these efforts has taken the form of capping the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois General Assembly, Justice System, Companies and Corporations, Hospitals and Clinics
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Florida's latest medical-malpractice bill awaits governor's signature
TALLAHASSEE — In the latest skirmish in Florida's long-running battle over its medical-malpractice system, the House gave final approval this week to a bill that includes tightening requirements for expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits. The 77-...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Laws, Executive Branch, Politics
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Coalition working on ballot measure to limit prescription drug abuse
Fearing lawmakers may fail to pass a package of medical reform bills, a coalition of consumer groups and trial lawyers is mounting a campaign to put before voters an even more ambitious slate of initiatives aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse and...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Elections, Voting, Arbitration, Politics
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Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California
The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...
Tags: Richard S. Gordon, Executive Branch, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Curren D. Price, Jr.
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Kermit Gosnell and the 'liberal media'
The murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion provider, entered its fifth week today riding a peculiar media firestorm. The focus of much attention in recent days was not on Dr. Gosnell, who is charged in the death of seven babies and an...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Fox News Channel (tv network), Judges, Trials
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Boxer urges investigations into banks' mortgage pact adherence
Saying too many homes have been lost “to bank malfeasance or error,” Sen. Barbara Boxer called for federal investigations into whether banks are breaking the consumer-protection pledges they made in last year’s $26-billion settlement...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Financial and Business Services, Shaun Donovan, Mortgages, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Detroit's decline
Since the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit, Mich., to visitors, much less its residents. The...Tags: Labor Legislation, Motown Records, Rick Snyder, General Motors Corp., Organized Crime
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