Rep. Watson: Capitol Hill Review

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Rep. Watson: Capitol Hill Review
In a strong bipartisan move, the House approved HB 457-legislation that cracks down on derivatives of the deadly drug meth otherwise known as "bath salts" or "plant foods."
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Malpractice suits face new barriers
Savatri Cole and her husband tried to sue Southern Hills Medical Center but said lawyers refused to take the case. / JAE S. LEE / THE TENNESSEAN Jeffery Cole, right, walks with his wife, Savatri. Walking is part of her daily exercise.
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Shauna Heath the face of tort reform opponents
As legislators in Nashville debate limits on damages in spinal cord injury lawsuits, Shauna Heath sits in a wheelchair and thinks about what her life might have been like.
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Patient's lawsuit can add emotional distress
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a breast cancer patient can seek damages for emotional distress as part of her medical malpractice lawsuit, which says that the disease spread after a radiologist failed to detect a mass in her annual mammogram.
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