WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Actor Dennis Quaid told lawmakers Wednesday of how his newborn twins came close to death after receiving an overdose of blood-thinning medication -- the fault of a drug company that did not recall easily confused bottles...

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WASHINGTON -- Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday that taking away the right to sue pharmaceutical companies would turn consumers into "uninformed and uncompensated lab rats." Quaid's comments came as he described a harrowing,...
WASHINGTON — Actor Dennis Quaid on Wednesday detailed for Congress the accidental drug overdose that nearly killed his newborn twins last year and urged legislators to preserve a patient's option to hold drug and medical-device makers liable...
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Sometimes it takes a celebrity to bring an issue to the American conscience. “Like many Americans, I believed that a big problem in our country was frivolous lawsuits. But now I know that the courts are often the only path to justice for families...