Month: August 2012

Travelers sues NFL over brain injury lawsuits

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several subsidiaries of Travelers Companies Inc sued the National Football League and a host of other insurers, seeking to avoid paying to defend the league against a wave of brain injury-related claims by thousands of former players and their families. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, one week after the NFL sued three dozen insurance companies in an effort to force them to cover the costs of defending the claims. …

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No dinner or money as Republicans shun Akin

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representative Todd Akin has defied Republican leaders’ calls to leave the Missouri Senate race over his inflammatory remarks about rape, but the party is using more than words to convince him to remove his name from the November 6 ballot. Here are some ways Akin can be pushed to leave the race against Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, which had been considered one of the best Republican hopes for capturing the four seats the party needs to gain a majority in the 100-member U.S. Senate. * Money. …

FDA recalls another CareFusion infusion pump

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(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators announced a recall of CareFusion’s Alaris pump module Model 8100, saying a potential keypad malfunction in the infusion pump could cause serious injury or death. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the affected pump modules, used for delivering a variety of fluids, drugs and blood products to patients, were manufactured between October 2011 and February 2012. The FDA classified the action as a Class I recall on its website, meaning that the defective units could cause serious harm to a patient’s health. …

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