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UMC to pay woman $225,000 to settle emergency room claim

University Medical Center agreed on Friday to pay $225,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a Las Vegas woman who claimed emergency room personnel refused to treat her in 2009 when she arrived at the county-run hospital in labor.

Desai clinic blamed for outbreak as trial continues

A lawyer for one of two drug companies being sued over a hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas said Friday that clinics — not drug manufacturers or distributors — were responsible for the spread of the disease either by misusing an anesthetic or not cleaning medical equipment.

New civil trial starts in hepatitis C case

A lawyer for hepatitis C patients suing two drug companies over an outbreak in Las Vegas told a jury Thursday that company officials purposely sold large containers of an anesthetic to clinics despite knowing it might lead nurses to reuse and contaminate the vials.

Federal prosecutors accused in Quon case

A prosecutor laid out stunning details in court Thursday about the district attorney’s suicide-arson case against indicted construction defects lawyer Nancy Quon.

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