The Quaids Are Suing

Dennis Quaid and his wife are suing the makers of the blood thinner drug Heparin after their newborn twins were overdosed due to negligent packaging.

They are seeking more than $50,000 in damages in a product liability suit, claiming that Baxter Healthcare Corp., was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds.

This is not the first time the packaging has been confused, leading to overdosing. Last year three children died at an Indianapolis hospital as a result of the misleading packing, which should have been recalled.

The Quaid’s twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, and a third patient were at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Nov. 18 when they were mistakenly given vials of heparin that were 1,000 times stronger than the usual dosage.

The twins are now home and “appear to be doing well,” said Susan E. Loggans, the Chicago attorney who filed the lawsuit. “The Quaids are a religious family, and they really believe the prayers of the public saved their kids.”

“Apparently, they’re going to be fine now,” she said but declined to otherwise comment on the children’s medical conditions.

“The point of this case is to save other children from this fate. They’re not looking for money,” Loggans said of the lawsuit.

We wish the babies and their parents well. Hopefully they will be fine.

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