A Las Vegas judge ordered the medical insurance group UnitedHealth to pay $500 million in punitive damages after failing to oversee Dr Dipak Desai.
Desai was implicated in infecting patients with hepatitis C through bad colonoscopy practices.
Read more on the Hepatitis C News website: http://hepatitiscnews.com/blog/2013/04/10/a-message-thats-loud-enough-to-hear-from-las-vegas-to-wall-street/
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