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In this third and final post, I'd like to share a few more items illustrating the riches that can be found in civil war pension records.
I was surprised at the number of former slaveowners (and whites in general) that supplied testimony to assist their former slaves to gain a pension. I would have thought there'd be more widespread anger at slaves who enlisted in the war. I'm not sure exactly what conclusion to draw from this; perhaps after the war was over, they decided to eventually "let bygones be bygones".
- For the pension of Henry Davy, a request to find his birthdate was sent to the daughter of his former owner, who was now married and living in Atlanta, GA. In trying to confirm his age, Mrs. Smith responded that "the family bible has no record of the colored people." However, another local white man named G.W. Bryant submitted: "I have seen several men that knowed the pensioner all the way from boyhood. One man is now ninety some odd years and one collard man that was raised with him is now 100 years old. These men will all testify that he is over 80 years old. I will ask you to further consider the old darkies case."
- David G. Taylor, of Roane County, Tenn., testified for his former slave Frances Sevier. "I bought her at Kingston, Tenn., about 1862, can't give the date, I bought her from Paul and McGuinn Traders. She had a former husband named Marsh Sevier, a slave on the Sevier farm just outside of Kingston…He asked me to let him have her for his wife and after talking with him on the subject I consented." [Frances was 13 years old].
- Three children of the former owner of Martha Harbour testified as to her marriage and children with soldier Isaac Harbour. James G. and Elisha Harbour testified they were "sons of Elisha Harbour [her former owner] , who died in the year 1863…" They "do not know what record of birth was kept, but their sister Mrs. Gant was present at the births." Mrs. Gant testified that she "was living at home with her father [and present] when the children were born and the dates of birth [provided] are correct."
Finding details about family relationships among enslaved people is difficult to obtain. Civil war pensions do not disappoint in this area:
- Eleanor Waters testified during her pension application for husband Harrison Waters' service. Her cousin Tom was living in her home & an accusation had been made that she had broken up Tom's marriage and was having a love relationship with him. That claim could have derailed her application, so she tried to clarify the relationship. "My owner in slavery was Mr. James Lucas of Annapolis Pike…and my mother Maria Johnson was a sister of Tom's mother, Emily Johnson and we are about all of the Johnson family left and we don't like to separate." Tom himself reiterated that both their "mothers are dead now. Eleanor and I…are from a family which is mighty nigh extinct as I have only one living brother, Nicholas Johnson and no sisters."
- Martha Davy, during her deposition for her husband Henry's service, revealed details of her family: "My maiden name was Martha Ann Doran. All my fellow slaves are dead or gone. I have no brothers or sisters living. I have a half sister Ellen Benton living here.
- Lucinda Jones, testifying for a pension for her father Alfred Suggs stated: "[My] parents were Sallie Ann and Alfred Suggs. [They were] married before the war when no record of any kind was kept of the marriages of the colored people."
- Henny Rideout of Talbot County, MD, testified for a pension under her son John's service. During her testimony, she provided names and birth dates of her husband, their 4 children, as well as her husband's mother. She stated: "…these dates are taken from my bible. In 1864 my husband and I were both free. I was freed about 1850 and my husband in 1848. Our old master leaving in his will that we were to be freed at the age of 31 years."
- Carpenter Eskridge, testifying on behalf of Frances Brown, stated: "The present husband[Winston Brown] of claimant is my nephew. His father was my brother, he was named Jesse Eskridge. The mother of Winston Brown was Malinda Brown."
And finally, Carpenter Eskridge's testimony also tells a story too good to leave out: "I was formerly a slave to Sam Eskridge who lived 4 miles below Kingston, Tenn. I was hired to James Sevier when the war broke out and continued to live on the Sevier Place…until General [Nathan Bedford] Forest came in here about Aug. or Sep. 1863 and carried me and some others off with him…we were put in the Confederate service. I cooked for a Capt. Higgins, Marsh drove a baggage wagon and Frank drove a forge wagon. We remained with the Confederates 2 or 3 months…we got a chance to run away together and did so. I got back to Kingston by Christmas in cold weather; said Marsh and I went back to the Sevier Place."
I hope these three posts on civil war pensions have suggested new ways to use the information they hold. Whether you find an ancestor who served or not, pulling these records for enslaved people from a specific county or community can open a door into lives of all the slaves living there. These records shed light on everything from post-civil war work, migrations, slaveowners, migrations, family relationships, births and deaths, marriages and children, military service and injuries, as well as the relationship with former owners and other whites after the war.
If you have amazing information you discovered inside a pension file, I'd love to hear about it in the comments.


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Reports claim the U.S. and Chinese armed forces have begun to wage an escalating, silent war on the internet
Surveillance and subterfuge are timeless traditions. In ancient Japan, daimyo ninjas carried out dangerous spy missions to the highest bidder. Their surveillance missions and assasinations created fear and chaos within their enemies.
More recently in the days of the Cold War, espionage expanded to an unprecedented scale as the CIA and Britain's MI6 waged silent war against the Soviet Union's KGB agents. Telephoto cameras, spy planes and phone bugs were the most high-tech tools employed for monitoring.
Today a new war of intelligence has begun, this time online. China, the world's most populus nation, began to exert its digital will. The U.S. military reported numerous successful attacks on Defense Department computers originating from China. While the U.S. military has not put it in these exact words, it indicates that the U.S. is on the verge of entering into a digital war with the Chinese government, much akin to the war of surveillance which occurred against Russia during the Cold War era.
The Defense department reported multiple attacks over the course of the last year. Among them was a successful June 2007 system
penetration which shutdown Homeland Security networks and potentially compromised sensitive data
. The Department of Homeland security traced the attacks back to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and blamed the breach on
lax security standards at the government contractor Unisys
. Unisys was not alone though -- in Fall 2006 hackers gained access to the Naval War College's computer network and temporarily crippled it. And also in June of last year, another attack gained access to the unclassified Pentagon email system used by the offices of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The email system had to be taken offline and reworked.
Some of these attacks likely were launched by China's burgeoning free lance hacker community.
, in a meeting with high profile Chinese hackers, recently discussed the attacks. Several of the hackers claimed knowledge of friends in the Chinese underground hacking community who launched successful assaults on the Pentagon. More interestingly, the hackers reported the
Chinese government subsidized them for successful attacks
. While the Chinese government ardently denies such claims it appears, much like Japanese warlords used the ninjas of old, the Chinese government is employing these legions of hackers to create chaos and steal information on U.S. networks -- for a price.
Meanwhile, according to U.S. intelligence, the PLA is building up its own force of elite hackers to wage cyberwarfare. A Pentagon report,
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notes that China is expanding its military presence in "the land, air and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains." Further, it notes, "The PLA has established information-warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, and tactics and measures to protect friendly computer systems and network."
The Chinese foreign ministry and its spokesman Gang Qin dismissed these intelligence assessments, calling them paranoid and misleading. Gang stated in recent public comments that the U.S. needs "to drop its Cold War mentality."
However, few familiar with China's military efforts can deny that its cyber-warfare efforts seem particularly active. General Kevin Chilton, who heads U.S. Strategic Command in Bellevue, Nebraska, stated, "The thing about China that gives you pause is that they've written openly about their emphasis in particular areas -- space and cyberspace ... you can kind of connect the dots."
The government is also very concerned about possible attacks on vulnerable civilian infrastructure such as power and water treatment plants. In October 2006, according to U.S. Government Accountability Office reports, a Harrisburg, Pa., computer was hacked and software was planted that could affect the plant's water processing. It has not been officially stated whether the attack originated from inside or outside the country.
In a statement to reporters Chilton indicated that despite China's dismissive attitude, the country is entering into a Cold War-esque digital intelligence campaign against the U.S. He says its efforts focus on breaching U.S. military networks and mining data which can be used to steal weapons designs, monitor command decisions, and monitor the U.S. armed forces' state of combat readiness. He states, "Twenty years ago you'd have hired somebody to go in the middle of the night with a flashlight in their teeth to open the drawer and do a bunch of photography of files. [Today] you can do it from your home country, wherever it might be."
General Chilton also fears that future attacks may focus on crippling entire military systems, leaving entire armed forces branches without communications. He points to such an attack against Estonia's government in the Spring of 2007, effectively shutting down the majority of Estonia's government networks. General Chilton stated, "You don't shut the system down completely, but you slow it down. I would consider that an attack."
The U.S. is not alone in its belief that China is flexing its cyber-spy muscle. The United Kingdom has accused the Chinese Army of directly trying to
infiltrate British networks and steal information
, including personal financial information. It has distributed letters of warning to various financial institutions.
It will likely be virtually impossible for civilians to determine when exactly the cyberwar between China and the U.S. begins. It appears, however, the first shots have already been fired and with reports of attacks and buildup mounting, it is clear that we are heading towards a silent cyberwar with China, if we are not engaged in one already.
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You're the one turning this into a racist, singling out or whatever issue. I pointed to Chinese history as an example of why they behave the way they do. I did not make comparisons to any other country or culture, and if memory serves without reading up the article was about Chinese activities. However I'll point out some additional items. China removed a child emperor and established a democratic gov't in 1908. Ten yrs later that gov't was overthrown by a provincial warlord and the warlords of china began the campaign of bloodshed again from 1918 til the beginning of WW2 when Japan invaded Manchuria re-installing Henry P'u Yi the ousted emperor. Post WW2 the nation went communism which gave the warlords that still exist to this day the chance to rule the whole nation without warring amongst themselves. I'm sure there are numerous examples of events where people were put down in the name of preserving said communism, the one that comes to mind most recently is Tiananmen Square where nearly 100 people were killed like dogs in the street because OMG they protested against the gov't. So, my question to you is, how many leaders have we revolted against in the US in the last 100 yrs? How many people were slaughtered in the streets because they protested here in America in the last 100 yrs? And finally, how many times has the form of gov't changed in the good ole US in the last 100 yrs? Now, after you answer those questions, you can dry your tears, take your whining somewhere else and swallow the bitter pill proving that China is a race or predominantly militant people.
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Open to everyone who has not yet qualified, eligible players can earn an invitation to Pro Tour Return to Ravnica in Seattle and an invitation to compete in the Pro Tour Return to Ravnica in Seattle Challenge…all from the comfort of their own homes! Pro Tour Return to Ravnica in Seattle takes place October 19-21, 2012.
Magic Online will host 16 Pro Tour Qualifier events between April 14, 2012 and August 12, 2012. These tournaments will be Standard Constructed. See the complete schedule* and event rules below.
START TIME: See above schedule*. LOCATION: Scheduled Events room. ENTRY OPTION(S): 30 Event Tickets. PRODUCT: Players must provide a Standard format legal deck. SIZE: 33 players minimum, 768 players maximum. DURATION: A number of 50-minute Swiss Pairing rounds determined by attendance. The "Top 8" will be 3 rounds, single elimination.PRIZES: Prizes are based on final standings at the end of the tournament. The booster pack prizes for each Pro Tour Qualifier will be selected by Wizards of the Coast from a current Magic: The Gathering set or expansion available in Magic Online at the time of the event.
Pro Tour Qualifier Eligibility Invitations to the Pro Tour (including those awarded by participation in tournaments) are governed by the Magic: The Gathering Premier Event Invitation Policy. The latest version can be viewed here.
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On March 24, the ASPCA assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Attorney's Office and local law enforcement agencies in a federal dog fighting raid that resulted in the seizure of nearly 100 dogs from multiple properties in Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
Yesterday, at a federal court in Kansas, justice was served. Two individuals connected with last March's raid learned that they would serve time in prison, pay large fines and perform community service for their roles in the illegal enterprise.
Pete Davis Jr., 38, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and Melvin Robinson, 42, was sentenced to 10 months after pleading guilty to charges related to dog fighting. Davis and Robinson were also ordered to perform 50 hours of community service and pay $430,919 to the ASPCA for the care of the dogs seized. Both Davis and Robinson are also banned from owning dogs for three years following their sentences.
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10 months, 16 months. Is that all? They'll both be out of jail in less than half that time, if that. For torturing and killing animals, you get a slap on the wrist. The laws need changing.
Also...they ONLY get 3 years for not owning dogs? Is that joke? At least they should be banned for life. People like this should not have have animals NEVER.
Completely agreed. No more animals for LIFE. They cannot be trusted with them.
Are these people joking? 3 years of no dogs? GROW UP PEOPLE! This was a 100 dog, dog fighting crisis! And your just going to sit back and let it go? What if those dogs were your children? Would you just watch it happen and let them do it again?! I agree! These laws need to be changed, NOW
I absolutely agree I wonder just how many of those dogs were stolen out of the yards of loving homes and made to fight for their lives or became bait for other dogs who really didn't want to fight but were made to?
You so very right. This was NOT justice to all of those poor suffering animals. How many years have these A**holes done this? How many days of torture did they all suffer? ONE day of starvation feels like an eternity, they did that to over 100 dogs! I am DISGUSTED at our justice system!! NEVER, they should NEVEEERRRRR be allowed to own dogs. Do sex offenders get to have kids around them after 3 years?? Yet animal cruelty offender get to have them in their possession again at some point!?!?!? GGGGRRRRRRAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!!!!
Why would any Judge allow these animal abuser (abusers in one the worst ways of poor helpless animals in this case dogs) ever to own any animals what so ever, once they do their to, to short jail/prison time, and the 3 yrs of not permitted (lawfully) owning animals, their kind will b back to abusing dogs for dog fighting. As these kind of people (guess they r human?) are just cowards an low life in worst kind of way.


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An Australian term meaning a shady character who buys up all the dogboxes (rental property) in his suburb, then rents then out for a packet to loser renters, then sits back on a beach in Thailand living off his profits. He might boast about his achievements on property forums like the Zetaboards Australian Property Forum and then he'll get called a troll by all the other bitter loser renters there.
Damn! Frank is such a fucking specufestor. That parasite is out in Thailand drinking and shagging all day while all my hard earned wages pay the rent that pays for his lifestyle! Wish I'd bought a house before the boom like Shady advised me to do, then I wouldn't be stuck living in this shithole with Sean and Wulfie paying rent to Frank.
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Your mum buys a house, rents it out to Sean, waits until the market triples, sells it, then buys another one, rents it out to Sean etc.
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"It's kind of a niche market," Hawekotte told the governor. "But right now, we're the world's largest manufacturer of these products. And we've quickly outgrown this building we're in. "
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Apr 14, 2008at 7:19 am
And here we sit in the luxury of our homes many times oblivious to the poverty out in the real world…
Keep up the great work guys!
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Apr 14, 2008at 7:35 am
The most amazing thing for me is that the children are simling and, unbelievable as it may seem, they look really happy.
Who can explain this? Why are they so happy? What's the story behind the photo? Could the author say something?
Apr 14, 2008at 9:45 am
Apr 14, 2008at 10:53 am
The photo was taken in Indonesia in 2007.
In the developing world, garbage dumps are often a favorite playground for children – sometimes the only playground. There's always the hope of finding someone else's discarded toy or finding something(s) that can be used to create a toy. A child's imagination doesn't flee at the smell of the environment.
Of course, dumps are often the way people provide for themselves.
I didn't include any of that in the post, although I debated doing so, because I wanted your gut reactions. I didn't want to influence them.
I was struck by the depth of their joy. Some of the kids are smiling shyly, but most have smiles that extend to their whole body. Personally, I haven't smiled that big or laughed that deeply in a while, and I felt my mood lift because of them, and despite their environment. I felt amazed.
Apr 14, 2008at 1:45 pm
My first thought when I examined the picture was, "Man, I wish I could be there right now."
Apr 14, 2008at 5:41 pm
Children provide color to a drab world.
Apr 15, 2008at 6:49 am
Beauty and miracles truly can be found anywhere, even in the worst poverty. This is the true difference between joy and happiness. These children obviously live with joy in their hearts every day, no matter what their surroundings may be. Can I come and play??!!
Apr 15, 2008at 9:40 am
Place a dirty-bomb-of-garbage in the middle of a city, detonate all hope, and top-it- off with children smiling above the rubble. This is the love of God shining over the so-called impossible – this is Christ in tiny hands and feet. love it.
Apr 15, 2008at 1:07 pm
What causes this joy in the children?
Knowing this, I think I would be closer to understanding the words of Jesus about our need of becoming like children…
Apr 15, 2008at 10:10 pm
As Wess Stafford has said, joy is one of the "pearls of poverty." I don't think it can be explained, apart from our Father.
Apr 16, 2008at 5:40 am
The picture draws me back here like a magnet.
I wonder, are the children believers? Does their joy result from their faith in Jesus, or is it just an expression of their childless nature?
Apr 16, 2008at 8:26 am
This picture was taken by Tonny Tunya, our talented Indonesia Communication Specialist, in an area called Kampung Sawah outside of Jakarta.
This area is predominantly Muslim – the Compassion-assisted church that ministers here is surrounded by 4 mosques! At first the church wasn't welcomed, but once the community realized the church was there to help, they began to accept them.
Some of the children in this picture are sponsored by Compassion and have had the opportunity to hear about Jesus, but the others are Muslim.
They enjoy playing and laughing on the garbage dump despite the smell and the health risks. Many of their parents make their living from the dump – when a dump truck pulls up, they quickly come in behind, scavenging anything that could be used or sold.
The church that Compassion partners with here ministers to the people through a free health clinic, sewing classes, and through child sponsorship. The church has become a safe haven and light in this community.
Apr 17, 2008at 2:23 am
They look so happy because they don't have any choice about where will they live. For children, they never think about enviroment. The important think is I am HAPPY and ENJOY my life. So, who must responsible for this if not us?
Apr 17, 2008at 10:52 am
Hi Chris,
I show this photo on Monday, and showed it to one of my friends, and do you know what he said; the picture is a perfect example of peace.. and couldn't agree more.
Apr 19, 2008at 1:29 am
The children's faces shows just the opposite of what the background portrays. That's amazing! The hope these children have is outstanding. Traveling to projects in Peru has opened my eyes some to what children and their families face day in and day out. It's very, very humbling–and I believe with all heart and soul, I'm underestimating when I say that. I go on these Compassion trips to help these projects, besides visiting my sponsored child. It makes me want to help these people, even if it's just a little.
May 24, 2008at 1:16 pm
This picture was in my current issue of Discipleship Journal and I purchased Amber's book, "Hope Lives" because of it.
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Nov 18, 2008at 3:00 pm
What's really sad is that one of my acquaintances was convinced it was 2 photos that someone combined in Photoshop. They didn't want to believe that it's real.
May 30, 2010at 10:54 am
how would I get permission to use this photo for a self-produced cd cover?
Jun 1, 2010at 5:57 am
I will look into it for you
Jun 1, 2010at 10:57 am
I regret to say that you can't use the photo as part of your CD cover. Compassion photos can only be used for the purposes of generating awareness of our ministry.
Dec 7, 2010at 7:35 am
Dear Chris, I'd really LOVE to use this photo for a book I'm writing on the human storytelling impulse for Houghton Mifflin. The book is tentatively called The Story Mind and it will be published in 2012. I want to use the photo to illustrate the persistence of the impulse to play in childhood–even under the most trying conditions.
I see that photos from this site must be used to promote the mission of Compassion. If you can arrange use of this photo, I would be happy to acknowledge you as the photographer and that it was taken as part of the work of Compassion. This would provide some exposure for the ministry. Can you get back to me by email?
Anyway, hope you can help. This is such an achingly lovely image.
Dec 7, 2010at 2:19 pm
I did receive permission for you to use the photo. I sent the details to you via e-mail.
May 30, 2010at 9:25 pm
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Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain
Thursday - 12/13/2012, 5:47pm EST
By KRISTIN M. HALL
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and trouble with his speech and attention.
He estimates the disease has cost him and his wife thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses and her lost wages, including time spent on 6-hour round trip weekly visits to the hospital. They've filed a lawsuit seeking $4 million in damages from the Massachusetts pharmacy that supplied the steroid injections, but it could take years for them to get any money back and they may never get enough to cover their expenses. The same is true for dozens of others who have sued the now-shuttered New England Compounding Center.
"I don't have a life anymore. My life is a meningitis life," said the 59-year-old former school teacher who got the shots after having a series of neck and back surgeries, adding that he's grateful he survived.
His is one of at least 50 federal lawsuits in nine states that have been filed against NECC, and more are being filed in state courts every day. More than 500 people have gotten sick after receiving injections prepared by the pharmacy, including about 370 cases of a rare fungal form of meningitis.
The lawsuits allege that NECC negligently produced a defective and dangerous product and seek millions to repay families for the death of spouses, physically painful recoveries, lost wages and mental and emotional suffering. Thirty-seven people have died in the outbreak.
"The truth is the chance of recovering damages from NECC is extremely low," said John Day, a Nashville attorney who represents several patients who have been sickened by fungal meningitis.
To streamline the process, attorneys on both sides are asking to have a single judge preside over the pretrial and discovery phases for all of the federal lawsuits.
This approach, called multidistrict litigation, would prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings and conserve resources of all parties. But unlike a class-action case, those lawsuits would eventually be returned to judges in their original district for trial, according to Brian Fitzpatrick, a law professor at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville.
Even with this approach, Fitzpatrick noted that federal litigation is very slow, and gathering all the evidence, records and depositions during the discovery phase could take months or years.
"Most of the time what happens is once they are consolidated for pretrial proceedings, there is a settlement, a global settlement between all the lawyers and the defendants before anything is shipped back for trial," he said.
A lawyer representing NECC, Frederick H. Fern, described the consolidation process as an important step.
"A Boston venue is probably the best scenario," Fern said in an email. "That's where the parties, witnesses and documents are located, and where the acts subject to these complaints occurred."
Complicating efforts to recover damages, attorneys for the patients said, NECC is a small private company that has now recalled all its products and laid off its workers. The company's pharmacy licenses have been surrendered, and it's unclear whether NECC had adequate liability insurance.
Fern said NECC has insurance, but they were still determining what the policy covers.
But Day says, "It's clear to me that at the end of the day, NECC is not going to have sufficient assets to compensate any of these people, not even 1 percent."
As a result, many attorneys are seeking compensation from other parties. Among the additional defendants named in lawsuits are NECC pharmacist and co-founder Barry Cadden; co-founder Greg Conigliaro; sister company Ameridose and its marketing and support arm, Medical Sales Management.
Founded in 2006 by Cadden and Conigliaro, Ameridose would eventually report annual revenue of $100 million. An NECC spokesman didn't respond to a request for the pharmacy's revenue.
While Federal Drug Administration regulators have also found contamination issues at Westborough, Mass.-based Ameridose, the FDA has said it has not connected Ameridose drugs to infection or illness.
Under tort law, a lawsuit has to prove a defendant has a potential liability, which in this case could be anyone involved in the medical procedure. However, any such suit could take years and ultimately may not be successful.
"I would not be surprised if doctors, hospitals, people that actually injected the drugs, the people that bought the drugs from the compounding company, many of those people will also be sued," said Fitzpatrick.
Plaintiffs' attorneys said they're considering that option but want more information on the relationships between the compounding pharmacy and the hundreds of hospitals and clinics that received its products.


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