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St. Croix Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Podiatrist

October 18, 2025

In early August 2025, a St. Croix woman filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a podiatrist and the podiatry practice where he worked. She alleges that her bunion surgery that was performed on January 21, 2022 resulted in permanent injury, ongoing pain, and misalignment and dislocation of her t[...]

$2,865,495 Medical Malpractice Judgment Against Podiatrist Upheld By Illinois Appellate Court

July 22, 2025

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division upheld an Illinois medical malpractice judgment against a podiatrist in the amount of $2,865,495, in its Order dated May 19, 2025. Background One December 13, 2016, plaintiff, who had been previously diagnosed with osteoporosis and Type 1[...]

Pennsylvania Internist Sues His Podiatrist For Medical Malpractice Leading To Amputation

March 19, 2022

An internal medicine doctor in Pennsylvania has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against his former podiatrist and two medical facilities for the loss of his right lower leg due to the alleged medical negligence of the podiatrist who treated him with a contact cast that was inappropriate due to t[...]

Mississippi Podiatrist Charged For Alleged Foot Bath Scheme

December 3, 2021

A federal grand jury in Oxford, Mississippi returned an indictment on October 27, 2021 charging a Mississippi podiatrist with a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including Medicare, by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary medications and ordering medically unnecessary testi[...]

New York Appellate Court Affirms Triable Issue In Medical Malpractice Claim Against Podiatrist

November 16, 2021

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department (“New York Appellate Court”) held in its October 21, 2021 opinion: “Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiffs, as the nonmoving parties, their expert affirmation is sufficient to raise a triable issu[...]

VA Agrees To Pay $2.75M To Settle Botched Ankle Surgery Leading To Leg Amputation

June 14, 2021

The U. S. Government has agreed to settle the medical malpractice claim of a 58-year-old Ohio man involving the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. The federal medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that in February 2015 the man was experiencing left ankle pain that caused instability in the ankle and pro[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Affirms Podiatrist’s Win In Medical Malpractice Case

April 27, 2021

In its non-precedential decision filed on April 9, 2021, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held: “the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Appellant’s weight of the evidence claim. Appellant has waived her challenge to Dr. Boberg�[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Podiatrist’s Conviction For His Involvement In Illegal Kickback Scheme

December 15, 2020

On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Georgia podiatrist’s conviction and sentence for his alleged role in an illegal kickback scheme involving TRICARE, a federal program for members of the military and their families. The Defendant, Dr. Alap Sha[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Podiatrist On Inadequate Records Claim

June 20, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on May 30, 2018 that the plaintiff failed to produce any evidence that would establish that the defendant podiatrist’s treatment of her fell below the applicable standard of care, and if the defen[...]

Connecticut Appellate Court Rules Dismissed Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Containing Informed Consent Claim Wrongfully Revived

October 6, 2017

A Connecticut Appellate Court ruled in its decision filed on September 5, 2017 that the trial court erred when it improperly opened the judgment more than four months after it was rendered when no exception to the timeliness requirement existed. The Underlying Facts The plaintiff filed his complaint[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Defense Ex Parte Communication With Treating Physician – Sort Of

January 4, 2017

In its opinion filed on December 22, 2016, an Illinois Appellate Court held that defense counsel was prohibited from having any ex parte communication with the plaintiff’s subsequent treating physician, who is the managing partner and therefore part of the control group of the podiatry group t[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Orthopedic Surgeon To Testify In Medical Malpractice Case Against Podiatrist

April 15, 2016

In its opinion filed on March 30, 2016, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Appellate Court”) reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a Pennsylvania medical malpractice case filed against a podiatrist, holding that the plaintiff’s orthopedic expert was qualified to testify a[...]

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