Dennis Quaid & Wife Kimberly Reach Settlement Over Hospital Mishap

Posted on June 20, 2009

Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly Huffington have reached a settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical center, where their twins were given an accidental overdose of the blood-thinning drug heparin in 2007. Read more on this story below.

The court documents show that the Quaids will receive $500,000 ($250,000 for each twin) in their settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. This settlement will be split evenly for each twin, Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone.

Cedars-Sinai hospital is also offering the twins medical care free of cost for any residual health problems related to the heparin-overdose incident. On November 18, 2007, the newborns were given alleged accidental and potentially life-threatening overdoses of the blood thinner.

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