Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
By DAVE GRAM Associated Press Writer
...Levine, once a professional guitar player and pianist, now plays with one hand and sings. "It's about getting my glow back," she said recently as she was awaiting a hearing Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court, where Wyeth is appealing a $6.7 million verdict in her favor...
...When Levine complained that she still felt nauseous, the clinic suggested an "IV-push" of Phenergan. This delivered a high volume of the drug very quickly to her right arm, not the slow flow that could have been delivered by an IV drip.
The second injection accidentally punctured an artery, prompting gangrene to set in. After several weeks of deterioration, her arm was amputated....
I follow these stories in the Findlaw listserv all the time. Big corporate interests are sued for negligence, little guy gets award, big corporate interest has cadre of lawyers to keep the damn thing in court till the victim of their negligence dies, leaving his family in debt for trying to get what he was awarded. Who me cynical?
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