Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Blog | Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP

Actor Dennis Quaid, and his wife, Kimberly Buffington have filed a product liability lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare Corp, the maker of the drug Heparin, which was given to their newborn twins in a massive overdose in November 2007. The two babies, Zoe and Thomas, were among three patients accidentally given 1,000 times the common dosage of the blood thinner while they were hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The Quaids have allegedly filed the lawsuit to keep this from happening to other children.

The lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks at least $50,000 in damages and claims that Baxter was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds and failing to recall them after three Indianapolis infants died from overdoses last year.

If you or a loved one has suffered due to a defective drug or defective product in Philadelphia or anywhere in Pennsylvania, please contact the product liability attorneys at Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis today to schedule an initial consultation.