Death
Federal Appeals Court: Psychiatrist can be sued for death of patient
New England Cable News Doc loses appeal in lawsuit over inmate’s death Feb 25, 2013 A federal appeals court says a psychiatrist who prescribed medication can be sued in the death of a 23-year-old Michigan prison inmate. Scott Quigley Jr. had no life-threatening ailments, but he died suddenly in 2008. Experts hired by his family [...]
Prescription Pill-Popping By Far a Leading Killer as Florida’s Drug Deaths Spike 20%
FlaglerLive Oxycodone, the addictive prescription pain-killer also known by its Purdue Pharma brand name OxyContin, directly caused more deaths in Florida in 2009 than cocaine, heroin and morphine combined. Prescription drugs as a whole are killing far more Floridians than illegal drugs, with some 8,600 deaths last year involving at least one prescription drug, according [...]