Latex case yields $1 million verdict

Article Abstract:

A successful lawsuit against a manufacturer of latex gloves may encourage the filing of similar suits. The plaintiff was a CT scan technician who claimed that the latex gloves she wore caused severe allergic symptoms, including shortness of breath and asthma. She was forced to find another job because of these symptoms. The jury agreed that the gloves manufactured by Smith & Nephew were dangerous and awarded the woman $1 million in damages. This was the first product liability trial involving latex gloves but as of Nov, 1997, 200 such suits have been filed.

Health aspects, Complications and side effects, Product liability, Products liability, Rubber gloves, Latex, Synthetic, Synthetic latex, Gloves (Surgery)

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MSOs revisited: California opinion addresses thorny issue of trying to separate business, professional sides of a health care practice

Article Abstract:

The California state attorney general has stated that a proposed contract between a labor union and a management services organization would be illegal. The MSO was asked to provide diagnostic radiology services to union members in exchange for a fee, which would constitute the practice of medicine. Only people can be licensed to practice medicine in California, not corporations.

Services, Health care industry

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Workers' compensation and hepatitis C

Article Abstract:

Dentists may be required to pay workers' compensation benefits for an employee with hepatitis C even if the employee was not working at the dentist's office at the time he or she contracted the disease. All dentists should have sufficient insurance to cover this contingency.

Hepatitis C, Workers' compensation

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