Federal Malpractice Claims Archives - Page 9 of 12

VA Medical Malpractice Claim For Failure To Advise Patient Of Melanoma Diagnosis

January 24, 2014

A federal medical malpractice lawsuit involving the Bath VA Medical Center in New York was filed on January 8, 2014 on behalf of a 70-year-old man whose malignant melanoma was diagnosed after a biopsy of a skin lesion but he was not advised of the diagnosis of melanoma until two years later. Th[...]

CBO’s Faulty Reasoning Regarding Nationwide Medical Malpractice Reform

January 7, 2014

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its November 13, 2013 report entitled “Options For Reducing The Deficit 2014 to 2023: Health – Option 4,” acknowledges that medical malpractice laws have two objectives: deterring medical providers’ negligent behavior and compensatin[...]

Federal Medical Malpractice Cases (Part One)

December 18, 2013

Medical malpractice cases may be filed in the federal courts in the United States if there is diversity of citizenship between the parties and the amount in controversy is greater than $75,000.00, or if the case gives rise to a federal question (which depends upon who provided the medical care at[...]

An Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Cases Filed Against Georgia’s Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

December 17, 2013

The Augusta Chronicle recently published the results of its investigation into medical malpractice cases filed in the U.S. District Court in Augusta, Georgia, involving the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta. Its analysis of court records revealed that at least nine medical malpractice[...]

India Drug Company Settles Massive False Claims Act Case

December 1, 2013

A large generic drug manufacturer based in India has agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit by paying $350 million to resolve federal and state claims plus $150 million in criminal penalties. The federal lawsuit had alleged that Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (“Ranbaxy”) had viola[...]

New Mexico Traffic Stop Results In Two Anal Cavity Searches, Three Enemas, And A Colonoscopy By Hospital Physicians

November 10, 2013

On January 2, 2013, a New Mexico man left a local Walmart in his vehicle and was stopped by the police when he allegedly failed to make a full stop at a stop sign when leaving the parking lot. The police claim that the man was standing erect with his legs together after he exited his vehicle, whi[...]

Pennsylvania Hospital Patient Care Whistleblower Fired, Then Sues

October 28, 2013

A 13-year employee of a regional hospital in Pennsylvania, who at times worked as director of acute care services and quality project coordinator, filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer on October 22, 2013, alleging that she was told to leave the hospital premises on October 26, 2012 a[...]

Georgia Pharmacy Malpractice Case Filed

October 24, 2013

A federal lawsuit seeking damages in the amount of $750,000 has been filed in Georgia on behalf of a now 9-year-old girl who allegedly suffered injuries as a result of a Georgia pharmacy’s labeling mistake regarding the dosage of the child’s medication, leading to the child being given [...]

Medical Malpractice Payments To Veterans Hit 12-Year High

September 16, 2013

Medical malpractice payments to veterans made on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) totaled $91.7 million in 2012 (an increase of 28% from 2011, when the VA paid approximately $72 million in medical malpractice payments), which was the highest amount in 12 years. F[...]

Medical Firm Agrees To Pay $14.5 Million To Settle Medicare Overbilling Allegations

September 7, 2013

On July 3, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Tacoma, Washington-based Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. (“Sound Inpatient”), a provider of hospitalists and other physicians to 70 hospitals and post-acute facilities in 22 U.S. states, has agreed to pay $14.5 million to s[...]

$2 Million Vaginal Mesh Verdict

August 21, 2013

A federal jury in Charleston, West Virginia returned a $2 million verdict on August 15, 2013 in favor of the female plaintiff and against C.R. Bard Inc. (“Bard”), which had manufactured and sold the transvaginal mesh product called Avaulta Plus that had been implanted in the 55-year-old[...]

D.C. Cardiologist Ordered To Pay More Than $17 Million For Fraudulent Claims

August 3, 2013

Earlier this week, a nuclear cardiologist who has practiced in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) since 2002, and two of his companies, had a judgment entered against them in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in excess of $17 million for submitting false nucle[...]

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