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Jury awards $38.5 million in Stamford malpractice lawsuit
Posted by: Matthew Terry
February 12, 2008

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Superior Court jury in Stamford has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003.

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Arbitration a growing trend in health care
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
February 12, 2008

Legal experts say such attempts to channel potentially unhappy patients away from the court system and into arbitration are becoming increasingly common in health care. Agreements to settle future disputes with binding arbitration, in which an appointed individual or small panel decides the case instead of a judge or jury, are now pervasive in contracts involving many other things we buy, including credit cards, cell phones and cars.

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Woman settles dog attack lawsuit for $1 million
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
February 08, 2008

SANTA ROSA, Calif.-A Santa Rosa woman who was badly injured by a bulldog has settled her lawsuit against the dog owner for $1 million.

Wendy Rydberg will receive $900,000 and her husband and two children will receive about $33,000 each.

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