Anger over outsourced medical transcription errors yields $140M verdict 
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: diabetes, insulin, medical malpractice, medical transcription, Medusind, Precyse Solutions, punitive damages, Thomas Hospital, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2012
Sharron Juno died because of a typo.
A lifelong diabetic, Juno had her insulin dosage dictated by her doctor in Alabama but transcribed by an outsourced sub-contractor in India, who wrote “80” instead of “8.”
Whistleblower alleges company suppressed Actos risks
Published: March 19, 2012
Tags: Actos, bladder cancer, diabetes, False Claims Act, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, qui tam, Takeda, whistleblower
Drug maker Takeda failed to report bladder cancer and heart failure adverse events for its diabetes drug Actos, a whistleblower claims in a just-unsealed federal lawsuit.
Police settle beating lawsuit for $292,500
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: diabetes, drunk driving, Excessive Force, Nevada, police
A Nevada man and his wife are receiving $292,500 from Henderson police and the state of Nevada to settle a federal lawsuit stemming from a kicking and punching attack on the man during an October 2010 traffic stop.
Glaxo, U.S. reach tentative $3B deal over Avandia
Published: November 17, 2011
Tags: Avandia, Department of Justice, diabetes, drug litigation, GlaxoSmithKline, off-label uses
GlaxoSmithKline has announced a tentative deal with the federal government under which the drug company would pay a record $3 billion to end an investigation into the marketing of Avandia for “off-label” uses.
AstraZeneca resolves almost all U.S. Seroquel litigation for $647 million
Published: July 28, 2011
Tags: antipsychotic, AstraZeneca, diabetes, prescription drug, Seroquel
AstraZeneca Plc has settled almost all lawsuits that claimed its antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes in some users for a total of $647 million.
Woman to receive $1.5 million settlement in transplant lawsuit
Published: July 14, 2011
Tags: diabetes, insulin, Iowa, medical malpractice, transplant
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics agreed to a $1.5 million settlement to end a lawsuit that claimed surgeons made a key mistake while giving a diabetic woman a kidney transplant, leaving her unable to work and dependent on insulin for life, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
Glaxo may settle 1,000 more suits over Avandia, patients’ lawyer says
Published: May 6, 2011
Tags: Avandia, diabetes, GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, after setting aside more than $6 billion to help settle lawsuits over medicines including its Avandia diabetes drug, is poised to resolve 1,000 more cases, a lawyer for patients said.
GlaxoSmithKline to change Avandia’s warning label
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: Avandia, diabetes, drug litigation, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, GlaxoSmithKline
The type 2 diabetes drug Avandia, the subject of thousands of lawsuits, will get a new warning label and medication guide, according to manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline.
Thousands of Avandia suits settled for $250 million, sources say
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: Avandia, diabetes, GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay more than $250 million to resolve about 5,500 claims related to its diabetes drug Avandia, reports Bloomberg, citing information from two individuals close to the accords.
Jury awards $17.5 million to jailed diabetic man
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: October 22, 2010
Tags: diabetes, insulin, jail, New York, seizure
A jury ordered New York City to pay $17.5 million to a diabetic man who suffered a seizure after police refused to give him his insulin while he was in a Brooklyn jail, the man’s lawyer said.
