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Under the federal Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, the most Metrolink and Connex Railroad, which had been contracted to operate Metrolink’s trains, can be liable for in damages is $200 million — which, in fact, the two entities told a judge Wednesday they are willing to pay to settle the outstanding claims from the deadly crash.

New York Times investigative reporter Walt Bogdanich will be part of a special symposium on “Medical Radiation and Patient Safety” at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting in Philadelphia.

The Sacramento Bee’s website makes it possible to find sanctions from the Medical Board of California, as well as doctors’ felony convictions, malpractice judgments and malpractice settlements.

An Assembly committee approves Padilla measure on a bipartisan vote, but lobbyists for hospitals and radiologists warn that provisions could put scare in patients who can be helped.

The University of Michigan Medical School has decided that it will no longer accept cash from drug companies to underwrite courses designed to keep doctors’ medical licenses current.

In times like these, when job applications come in by the reams for single openings, forcing new hires to forgo legal rights for the sake of a paycheck is just plain coercive. And wrong.

Wall Street Journal Health Blog: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found at least one lapse in compliance with infection-control guidelines in 68% of the outpatient surgical centers it surveyed.