Dennis Quaid files suit over drug mishap.

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Dennis Quaid files suit over drug mishap.

December 19, 2007

Ornstein C. Los Angeles Times. September 16, 2014.

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This article discusses one couple's decision to hold a pharmaceutical company legally accountable for package and label designs they believe contributed to the heparin overdose of their twin infants.

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