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Quaids Settle for $750K in Babies' Overdose

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 15, 2008 8:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Dennis Quaid and his wife have settled for $750,000 with a Los Angeles hospital that accidentally overdosed their newborns on a blood-thinning drug last year, People reports. The twins, who fought for their lives after receiving Heparin, are now in good health, giving the story what Quaid called a "happy ending." The Quaids have also filed suit against the maker of Heparin for selling pediatric and adult doses in similar containers.

Actor Dennis Quaid, left, and his wife Kimberly Buffington, center, at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
Actor Dennis Quaid, left, and his wife Kimberly Buffington, center, at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Children's Medical Center Dallas)
Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly arrive at the premiere of Vantage Point at AMC Lincoln Square Theatres, in this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo in New York.
Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly arrive at the premiere of "Vantage Point" at AMC Lincoln Square Theatres, in this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
Dennis Quaid arrives with his wife, Kimberly Buffington, at the premiere of a film in Los Angeles,   April 11, 2006.
Dennis Quaid arrives with his wife, Kimberly Buffington, at the premiere of a film in Los Angeles, April 11, 2006.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly arrives at a  fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly arrives at a fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 24, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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