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It's Divorce No. 3 for Dennis Quaid

Kimberly Buffington-Quaid files paperwork for split

(Newser) - Dennis Quaid is facing his third failed marriage, and this unraveling sounds a little nasty, with the couple having been ordered not to say anything "vulgar, profane, obscene, or indecent" to the other. Kimberly Buffington-Quaid was the one to file for divorce, TMZ reports, and her petition cites "...

Quaids Settle for $750K in Babies' Overdose

(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...

Quaid Speaks Out on Medical Mistakes

CBS interview highlights nationwide epidemic of preventable deaths

(Newser) - Dennis Quaid has gone on record about the frightening ordeal of his newborn twins receiving massive overdoses of blood thinners, and now he's going on 60 Minutes to ratchet up his information campaign. Quaid's interview, which will be broadcast tomorrow evening, uses his own harrowing story to highlight medical errors...

Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal
Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Newborns 'overdosed while we're there,' actor says

(Newser) - Dennis and Kimberly Quaid trusted their sick newborns to an LA hospital, and less than 9 hours later, the children's lives were in danger. "Our kids could have been dying," the actor says, "and we wouldn't have been able to come down to the hospital to say...

Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD
Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD

Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD

Actor alleges packaging led to infants' nearly fatal overdose

(Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife filed a lawsuit against Baxter International, maker of the blood thinner Heparin, after their newborn twins nearly died of an overdose, the Chicago Tribune reports. The couple said Baxter was negligent because it packaged two different strengths of the drug, one a thousand times...

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