It was three months ago when Baxter began voluntarily recalling the blood thinner and, as of Thursday April 16, 2008, four more families are filing wrongful death lawsuits. The lawsuits are being filed on behalf of Dennis Staples, Loretta LaCourse, Vivian Colquitt, and Lawrence Matten. The complaints state that these individuals were given heparin during their hemodialysis to avoid blood clotting while the blood passed through the dialysis machine.
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It was late 2007 when these individuals began experiencing severe and unusual reactions after receiving dialysis. According to the lawsuits, the reactions that were experienced were as those who had adverse reactions to the contaminated heparin, so it is their belief that the drug is the cause of their loved ones death.
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A spokesman for Baxter has said that there has been four deaths reported that state heparin was injected before adverse reactions and death occurred. However, they state that they have no confirmations that the death was a direct result of the heparin.
It is estimated by the FDA that over one-million vials of heparin are sold every month in the United States and Baxter makes about 50% of those doses, according to the lawsuits. As for damages, the damages exceed $75,000.
By: Ginger Gillenwater