Tag: boston
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J&J questions fairness of hip implant trial, $1 billion verdict
Although legal experts think J&J faces an uphill battle, both they and investors believe the Texas jury's penalty, the largest product liability verdict so far this year, is unlikely to stand. In the two-month trial, five separate people from California argued that design flaws in the metal-on-metal implant made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics caused…
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Wal-Mart to settle U.S. lawsuit over benefits for same-sex spouses
Wal-Mart and lawyers for Jacqueline Cote, the worker who filed the 2015 lawsuit in federal court in Boston, said in a court filing that the money may be split among more than 1,000 people who were denied spousal benefits between 2011 and 2014, when Wal-Mart changed its policy. Sally Welborn, a senior vice president at…
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Man accused in hospital computer hack wages hunger strike
The man who acknowledges he attacked the computer network at world-renowned Boston children's hospital two years ago, costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars, is unapologetic and now waging a hunger …
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1st US penis transplant could bring hope to maimed soldiers
BOSTON (AP) — A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation's first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs.
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Early childhood program expands amid Flint’s water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan-Flint's early childhood education program will be offered for free to more Flint families amid the city's crisis with lead-tainted water, officials said Monday.
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Researchers find new Zika clues to birth defect in fetus study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Researchers on Wednesday reported new evidence strengthening the association between Zika virus and a spike in birth defects, citing the presence of the virus in the brain of an aborted fetus of a European woman who became pregnant while living in Brazil. An autopsy of the fetus showed microcephaly…
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GE to move headquarters to Boston from Connecticut
General Electric Co said on Wednesday it will move its global headquarters to Boston and sell its offices in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The decision caps a search that began last summer as Connecticut lawmakers passed a budget that increased taxes by $1.2 billion over two years, drawing protests from…
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Judge leaning toward sealing some evidence in Cosby sex suit
A U.S. judge on Wednesday brokered a compromise on whether to release evidence in a defamation suit brought against comedian Bill Cosby by seven women who accuse him of sexually assaulting them. Cosby's attorneys wanted to seal all evidence in the case for at least 14 days. This would likely include depositions by Cosby and…
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Women and Toilets. A Tale of Two Worlds.
By: Ranit Mishori and Tanvi Nagpal The scene at the Boston Ballet the other day was not unusual: a long line of women waiting to use the bathroom. Surprisingly, and with the help of a wonderful bathroom attendant who used a microphone to call out available stalls by number, the line moved very quickly. While…