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• Las Vegas Hepatitis Lawsuit Results in $500M Punitive Damages

  April 12, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A Nevada jury hit two health insurance companies with half a billion dollars in punitive damages following trial in a...

• Lawsuits Over Hepatits C Outbreak From Propofol Settled for $250M

  February 23, 2012

  Staff Writers

  Teva Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $250 million to settle about 80 Propofol lawsuits stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak...

• Hepatitis C Damage Awards Against Teva, Baxter Continue to Pile Up

  October 13, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Teva Pharmaceuticals and Baxter International have been hit with a massive punitive damages award for a third time as a...

• Outpatient Surgery Center Infection Control Problems Identified by CDC

  June 14, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A federal survey of outpatient surgery centers in three states has found poor efforts to protect patients from potentially lethal...

• Las Vegas Hepatitis Lawsuit Results in $500M Verdict

  May 10, 2010

  Staff Writers

  In what is believed to be the largest punitive damages award in Nevada history, a jury last week ordered two...

• Settlements Reached in 18 Las Vegas Endoscopy Clinic Hepatitis C Lawsuits

  February 3, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A Nevada judge has approved the settlement of 18 hepatitis C lawsuits filed by patients of two Las Vegas endoscopy...

• New Jersey Doctor Linked to 29 Hepatitis B Cases

  September 10, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  State health officials in New Jersey say that at least 29 people treated at one doctor’s office have been diagnosed...

• New Jersey Hepatitis Outbreak Linked to One Oncologist

  April 3, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Approximately 3,000 people treated at the offices of oncologist Dr. Parvez Dara in New Jersey, have been asked to obtain...

• Las Vegas Hepatitis Scare Class Action Lawsuit Not Certified by Court

  November 7, 2008

  AboutLawsuits

  Nevada District Judge Alan Earl, who is presiding over the Las Vegas endoscopy clinic lawsuits filed as a result of...

• Las Vegas Hepatitis Cases Linked to 2 Clinics is 114

  October 24, 2008

  AboutLawsuits

  According to the South Nevada Health District’s senior epidemiologist, there are 114 cases of potentially fatal hepatitis C virus identified...