Tag: "claimants" at medical news

A Compensation Deal is Better Late than Never!

...he $44,000 compensation will be disbursed to those claimants who are able to prove that they were disadvantaged by the transfusions between February 1990 and July 1992. Nearly 700 people, including hemophiliacs, are thought to have been infected. Haemophilia Foundation vice-president Deon York said "One of th...

Criteria for Jobless Benefit Claimants to be Changed

...t has planned to alter citeria for jobless benefit claimants to reflect the growing impact of stress and mental...ability assessment which is used to decide whether claimants are fit to work. Measures to update the assessment is to allow more severely disabled people who hav...

Organ Scandals Compensation And The Aftermath

...ned Organs Group Litigation has been resolved. The claimants are to share damages in excess of ￡3.6 million and the NHS is to pay just under ￡1.7 million plus VAT in respect of the claimants' legal costs. "We hope it has brought a sense of closure to the bereaved families in what has been a profoundly distr...

Judgment In Favor Of Merck For Vioxx Drug

...n the early part of next year and the advantage to claimants by pursuing claims under this legislation is that manufacturers may be found liable for a defective product, without a finding of fault.” Source: BBC Nes...

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