Dennis Quaid Reaches Twin Overdose Settlement with Cedars-Sinai
Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly have reached an agreement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and will be paid $750,000 as compensation for the accidental overdose of their twin babies one year ago, pending approval of a Los Angeles judge.
Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, born in November 2007, were each given massive doses of the blood thinner Heparin, at 1,000 times the common dose for infants. The babies spent five days in intensive care fighting for their lives. They have reportedly suffered no lasting side effects and are healthy thirteen-month-old toddlers. Cedar-Sinai was fined $25,000 by the California Department of Public Health after an investigation into the incident.
Court papers filed Monday with L.A. Superior Court said, “The settlement is the result of extensive negotiation between the parties and their respective legal representatives, and is intended to avoid the time, expense and uncertainty of litigation.”
The Quaid’s have also filed a lawsuit again Heparin manufacturer Baxter Healthcare Corporation over negligence in packaging adult and pediatric dosages in similar vials. This is believed to be how the mix-up occurred.
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I am very happy for the Quaid Family. No one should have to endure what they have gone through.
Unfortunately it happens more than the public would imagine, and people need to be aware that it NEVER ends with a hospital settling out of court even though no lawsuit has been filed! This is purely about Damage control and knowing that an A-list celeb has the money and media power to fight back in a way that the average person does not. 8 out of 10 legitimate malpractice victims in the state of California are unable to get attorneys to even take their case due to a 1975 medical malpractice damage cap of $250,000.
I would like to know if the same settlement was made to the forgotten family of the OTHER CHILD INVOLVED!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE QUAIDS and to Cedars too for doing the right thing….At least in this high-profile case.