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$507K Missouri Medical Malpractice Verdict For Needle Left In Patient During Trigger Point Injection

September 17, 2016

A Missouri medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $507,000 after a four-day trial. The defendants were a physician and her medical practice that operated a pain management clinic where the 62-year-old plaintiff sought pain management treatment due to[...]

Florida Pain Management Clinic Agrees To Pay $7.4M Fine For Unnecessary Drug Screening

September 13, 2016

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced on August 31, 2016 that a Florida pain management clinic has agreed to pay $7.4 million to the government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary drug screening pro[...]

FDA Now Requires Black Box Warnings For Combined Use Of Opioids And Benzodiazepines

September 6, 2016

On August 31, 2016, the FDA announced new warning requirements regarding the combined use (same time use) of opioids and benzodiazepines, including black box warnings (the highest level of warning) for the serious risks that include extreme sleepiness, respiratory depression, coma, and death. The [...]

Maryland Pain Management Physician Agrees To Surrender His Medical License In Prescriptions-For-Sex Scheme

September 4, 2016

On July 13, 2016, a Maryland internal medicine physician who practiced pain management agreed to surrender his medical license “to avoid further prosecution of the disciplinary charges now pending,” following the Maryland Board of Physicians’ investigation into complaints against[...]

Wisconsin VA Medical Center Sued For Veteran’s Death

September 3, 2016

The family of a Marine veteran filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. in federal court on August 29, 2016, alleging that the Tomah, Wisconsin VA Medical Center’s treatment of the 35-year-old veteran of the Marine Corps was negligent, that the veteran’s mental[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Win

July 15, 2016

In its opinion filed on June 30, 2016, the New York Court of Appeals (“Appellate Court”) reversed a New York medical malpractice jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, finding that the trial judge had erroneously admitted evidence concerning the defendant’s negligent tre[...]

Kansas Appellate Court Affirms $1.67M Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Judgment Against Pain Clinic

June 9, 2016

On May 27, 2016, the Kansas Court of Appeals (“Kansas Appellate Court”) affirmed the judgments entered in favor of the parents of a man who had committed suicide, and in favor of their son’s estate, against a physician and against a pain clinic, stating, “We hold that in wron[...]

New Jersey Pain Management Doctor Loses Medical License

May 18, 2016

An anesthesiologist who practiced as a pain management doctor in New Jersey and is currently under indictment for health care fraud had his New Jersey medical license revoked by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners, for gross and repeated medical malpractice in New Jersey that includes giving [...]

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