Associated Press December 27, 2008   The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient has sued health insurance giant Cigna Corp. for her death last year after the company initially refused to pay for a liver transplant. The lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court by the family’s attorney, Mark Geragos, alleges breach ... Read more

By DANIEL TEPFER Staff writer, Connecticut Post Updated: 12/25/2008 11:05:19 PM EST BRIDGEPORT — A dentist promised a local woman he would give her a “celebrity smile,” but instead gave her a bite only a horse could love, she claimed in a lawsuit. A Superior Court jury apparently agreed with her and on Monday awarded Marvalyn ... Read more

Last Edited: Thursday, 18 Dec 2008, 6:47 AM MST Created: Thursday, 18 Dec 2008, 6:47 AM MST     By MyFOXColorado.com WASHINGTON, D.C.  –  A baby products manufacturer issued a recall for a high chair Thursday. Evenflo recalled 95,000 of its “Majestic” high chairs. The company says it has received more than 1,000 reports of ... Read more

12/16/2008 7:33 a.m. AP LOS ANGELES — Documents show Dennis Quaid and his wife have agreed to a a $750,000 settlement with a hospital that gave his newborn twins an overdose of blood thinner. A petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday shows the Quaids and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have agreed on the ... Read more

UNION-TRIBUNE 7:18 a.m. December 12, 2008   Family and friends of an Oceanside woman who was killed last year when she fell from a hot-air balloon in New Mexico have reached a $1.4 million settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit. Rosemary Wooley Phillips, 60, died during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October 2007 in ... Read more