A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a doctor and her Ottawa clinic over what health officials have described as lax infection-prevention practices.
Dr. Christiane Farazli's now-closed clinic, which conducted endoscopy procedures, has been the subject of an investigation by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The investigation was made public recently when the Ottawa Public Health authority revealed it was sending a letter to about 6,800 patients who had been treated at the clinic over the past decade, warning them they may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV infection.
The suit has been launched by the Merchant Law Group LLP, a Saskatchewan-based firm that has been involved with numerous high-profile class-action lawsuits in this country.
The firm says its claim asserts that Farazli failed to consistently follow standard and statutory practices and procedures used to clean endoscopes and that patients have suffered worry, anxiety, and possible bodily injuries as a result.
A court in Ukraine on Friday refused to consider an appeal to release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from jail, where she has been kept for a week while her abuse-of-office trial proceeds.
Tymoshenko was jailed on Aug. 5 for violating court procedures at her trial, including refusing to rise when requested by the judge. She says her resistance is a protest of a trial she contends is politically motivated.
On Friday, the Kiev Appeal Court refused to hear an appeal, saying the country's criminal code does not allow appealing a preventive measure.
Tymoshenko attorney Yuriy Sukhov said that ruling will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Tymoshenko is charged in connection with a natural gas deal with Russia in 2009 that prosecutors claim was disadvantageous to Ukraine.
The United States and the European Union have condemned court cases against Tymoshenko and several of her top allies as selective prosecution of political opponents. Tymoshenko was a key figure in the 2004 Orange Revolution protests that forced annulment of a presidential election purportedly won by Viktor Yanukovych.
The head of Delaware's Court of Chancery, a key venue for matters of corporate law, is taking a job with a California-based law firm.
Chancellor William Chandler III will join Palo Alto-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on June 18. He had announced in April that he was retiring from the bench. In a statement released by the firm Thursday, Chandler said Wilson Sonsini has an outstanding legal practice and one of the most enviable client bases in the nation.
Chandler has served on the chancery court since 1989 and was appointed to the top post of chancellor in 1997.
He has presided over many high-profile cases, involving companies such as Walt Disney Co., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., eBay Inc., Citigroup Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dow Chemical Co.
COMING THIS July 2011 on FOX Television Stations Group, PBS, DirecTV, Dish Network, & Glorystar TV - http://insiderexclusive.com/show-content/284-medical-malpractice-the-ryan-speed-story.html
On July 31, 2007, a bright young 25 year old Athlete and new Dad, Ryan Speed, checked into the Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Clinics in Florida.To seek treatment for a SIMPLE CASE of “Skin Rash” (inflamed eczema and/or atopic dermatitis).
The treatment that Ryan received from Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Clinics over the next 2 years has Nearly DESTROYED Him. The Clinic gave Ryan. Massive injections and Oral Prescriptions of CORTICO STERIODS, like - Prednisone and Kenalog and Depomed THE UNBELIEVABLE RESULT.
In LESS THAN 2 YEARS. Ryan’s hips were destroyed and at the young age of 26, he had to have both of them replaced with artificial hips. An MRI of Ryan’s Hips revealed he had “Osteonecrosis”…or death of a segment of bone caused by an impaired blood supply.
This disorder occurs most commonly among people between the ages of 30 and 50 and often affects both hips or both shoulders. The most common causes are high doses of corticosteroids (especially when given for long periods of time). And as FATE WOULD HAVE IT…..To ADD INSULT TO INJURY…Ryan’s artificial hips had to be replaced REPEATEDLY….
Because they were the “Depuy” Artificial Hips, Recalled by the FDA and the manufacturer Johnson & Johnson In this new Network TV Premier, The Insider Exclusive presents “The True Story of The Miraculous Courage of Ryan Speed “. And How his Lawyers, Stewart Greenberg & Mark Stone Ptrs @ the law firm of Greenberg & Stone are getting Justice for Ryan which has earned them the highest respect from citizens and lawyers alike…. as one of the best plaintiffs’ trial lawyers in Florida and in the nation.
We hope you'll tune in to MEDICAL MALPRACTICE –Ryan Speed’s Story this July and join us on our TV website to watch it again.
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