Article: Quaids sue drug maker over hospital mix-up

LOS ANGELES -- Dennis Quaid and his wife sued the makers of heparin Tuesday for more than US$50,000 in damages, after their twin newborns were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital last month.

The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp. was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds. The suit also says the company should have recalled the large-dosage ...

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