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MSU Physician Allegedly Sexually Abused Numerous Female Athletes

January 15, 2017

A Michigan osteopathic physician who was also certified as an athletic trainer and was employed by Michigan State University (MSU) until his employment was terminated in September 2016 is alleged to have sexually abused and sexually molested many female MSU athletes during his employment, including [...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Hospital Sexual Assault Claim

December 11, 2016

On November 23, 2016, an Indiana medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant hospital after an eight-day trial, finding that the hospital was not responsible for the two sexual assaults of a woman in its psychiatric unit that occurred in 2008 that were perpetrated by anot[...]

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[...]

California Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Rape

August 7, 2016

On July 22, 2016, the son of a 78-year-old nursing home resident filed a nursing home rape case against his mother’s California nursing home, claiming that an employee of the defendant nursing home raped his mother in September 2015 while she was recovering from knee surgery. The elderly woman[...]

Oklahoma Nursing Home Sued For Alleged Sexual Assault On Resident

July 26, 2016

On July 20, 2016, a former resident of an Oklahoma nursing home filed a lawsuit against the nursing home seeking monetary damages for sexual assault that she suffered at the hands of its former employee. The plaintiff is one of four nursing home residents who were allegedly sexually assaulted by the[...]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations

July 5, 2016

In its opinion filed on June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin (“Wisconsin Supreme Court”) held that in a medical malpractice claim based on unnecessary and improper treatment of inappropriate touching, the “physical injurious change” occurs at the time of the touching[...]

Convicted Ohio Orthopedic Surgeon Being Sued For Sexual Misconduct By Former Patient

March 27, 2016

An orthopedic surgeon from Ohio is facing a medical malpractice suit following a conviction related to sexual misconduct and tampering with medical records. The 41-year-old Ohio orthopedic surgeon was convicted on February 24, 2016 of two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of tamper[...]

Rhode Island Supreme Court Requires Insurance Defense For Nursing Home Resident’s Sexual Assault Claim

October 30, 2015

In its opinion filed on June 5, 2015, the Rhode Island Supreme Court (“the Court”) held that the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association of Rhode Island (“JUA”) had a duty to defend its insured (a nursing home, two of its general partners, and two of its employ[...]

Arizona Doctor Accused Of Sexual Abuse Of Patients, Improperly Prescribing Pain Medications

August 30, 2015

An Arizona physician finds himself defending against numerous claims of improper professional conduct, including multiple claims that he sexually abused patients and many claims that he improperly prescribed large doses of powerful pain medications for patients who were not properly examined before [...]

Pennsylvania Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Employee Sexually Assaulted 85-Year-Old Patient

August 22, 2015

On August 17, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against a Pittsburgh hospital alleging that a hospital employee sexually assaulted an 85-year-old female patient in her hospital room on July 3, 2015. According to reports, the woman was the fourth of seven female patients in the defendant [...]

Connecticut Physician Denied Maine Medical License Due To Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Patients

June 12, 2015

A Connecticut physician who had applied for a permanent Maine medical license has been denied his request due to four claims of alleged sexual misconduct with former patients in Maine who have filed lawsuits against the physician. The physician, who is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabil[...]

Husband Acquitted Of Sexually Abusing His Wife In Nursing Home

April 26, 2015

In a criminal case closely followed by the nursing home industry, nursing home residents, and their spouses and families, an elderly Iowa man was acquitted on April 22, 2015 of criminal charges that he sexually abused his wife while she was a resident of a nursing home. The alleged sexual conta[...]

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