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    Kemp said Desai's medical malpractice insurance would never be able to cover the $300 million he contends is owed the patients, and so is looking for the $11.1 billion medical company to pay, saying it is liable for distributing endoscopy products that led to the potentially deadly hepatitis C infections. "You have to have a knife to their throat in a back alley to get money out of them ... They never settle easy." The lawyer says the patients were exposed to the hepatitis C virus through the use of contaminated drug vials from 2005-2008. Full Article at United Press International
    You have to have a knife to their throat in a back alley to get money out of them ... They never settle easy.
    SOURCE: United Press International 1 month ago

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