Dennis Quaid and wife sue drug maker

[iambrutus]

YAHOO!

LOS ANGELES - Dennis Quaid and his wife sued the makers of heparin Tuesday after their newborn twins were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital. The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks more than $50,000 in damages. It claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., based in Deerfield, Ill., was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds. The lawsuit also says the company should have recalled the large-dosage vials after overdoses killed three children at an Indianapolis hospital last year.

 

[coastalbuck]

I think I'd have went after the doctor if the order was wrong, or the hospital if the order was right and the dosage was wrong. I guess the drug company has more money and will settle out of court quicker....

 

[Taosman]

My understanding is the drug company put a stronger dosage in the same size bottle and did not notify the hospitol or doctors. $$$$

 

[martinss01]

thats how i read it as well taos. drug maker = fubar. not sueing for much though. kinda refreshing.. and odd...