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Reporter Carolyn Johnson of KGO-TV in San Francisco takes a look at the problems involved with excessive exposure to medical radiation, just before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming hearings on the subject in Washington.

What’s taking the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) so long to implement a program to prevent hospital acquired infections? That’s what Consumers Union has been trying to find out since December, but the watchdog group isn’t getting answers.

Attorneys Scott Sumner and Christopher Dolan say the Court should uphold a decision that lets injured Californians recover the entire amount of their medical expense and not just the portion paid by the insurance company.

CoxHealth officials say 76 patients who had received type of treatment using its BrainLAB stereotactic radiation therapy system exposed to radiation in amounts that were, on average, 50 percent above the prescribed dose.

“Limiting the recovery for pain and suffering for someone who is entitled — entitled because they’re innocent victims — to be paid isn’t eliminating junk lawsuits.”

From a Wall Street Journal commentary: “Litigation has not only advanced public safety, but has encouraged improvement in products almost too numerous to mention.”

One insurance company changes its mind on covering treatment for a man with terminal cancer, while another man takes his insurer to court because it wouldn’t pay for his liver transplant outside its network.