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Connecticut Hospital Sued For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Hospitalized Patient

January 23, 2015

On January 15, 2015, a man who was an inpatient in a Connecticut hospital sued the hospital for substantial damages for what he alleges was sexual abuse he suffered by a nursing assistant employed by the hospital. The plaintiff alleges that he had been hospitalized for over a month for treatment of[...]

Did California Doctor Treating The Uninsured Take Inappropriate Photographs Of Patients?

November 2, 2014

A California medical clinic serving uninsured and indigent patients announced on October 23, 2014 that it had suspended a doctor’s privilege to practice at the clinic after allegations arose that the doctor had taken sexually inappropriate photographs of patients at the clinic. The allegati[...]

Florida Doctor Allowed To Surrender Medical License To Avoid Criminal Prosecution For Alleged Sexual Misconduct With Patients

November 1, 2014

On October 20, 2014, Florida officials announced that a Daytona, Florida doctor had agreed to surrender his Florida medical license pursuant to an agreement that will avoid his criminal prosecution for alleged sexual misconduct with his patients. The doctor had been charged with two counts of misd[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Refuses to Hold Hospital Responsible For Former Employee’s Future Conduct

October 6, 2014

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued its written opinion on October 1, 2014 in a case where it had to decide whether a Massachusetts hospital owes a legally cognizable duty of care to future patients of a doctor who was previously employed at the Massachusetts hospital and later [...]

Suspended Maryland Physician Surrenders Medical License In Wake Of Sexual Misconduct Charges

September 7, 2014

On August 20, 2014, a Maryland physician who had his Maryland medical license summarily suspended on June 5, 2014 after the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) determined that “the public health, safety or welfare imperatively require emergency action in this case,” volunt[...]

Who Will Pay The $190M Johns Hopkins Settlement?

July 31, 2014

Last week, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (“Hopkins”) announced that it had reached a $190 million settlement (which had received preliminary court approval but still needed final court approval) with over 8,000 patients of the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Medical Center who were se[...]

Recently Suspended Maryland Physician Had Prior Rape Conviction

June 11, 2014

The Maryland Board of Physicians summarily suspended the medical license of a Maryland physician on June 5, 2014 due to the physician’s May 23, 2014 criminal indictment for sexual assault that allegedly occurred in his Maryland office. The criminal indictment charges the physician with Unnatur[...]

Unlicensed Health Provider Operated Colorado Clinic For Nearly 30 Years

May 14, 2014

Despite at least 15 civil lawsuits and dozens of complaints to Colorado state regulators regarding a Colorado inpatient treatment center for adolescents with mental illness issues and drug abuse problems, the owner of the center was allowed to operate the facility for almost thirty years despite not[...]

Nursing Home Rape

May 10, 2014

On May 7, 2014, a 24-year-old certified nursing assistant (“CNA”) employed at a Massachusetts nursing home was arraigned on four felony counts – two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of battery – with regard to the alleged rape of a 69-year-old fema[...]

California Medical Malpractice/Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital

April 15, 2014

A 43-year-old woman who had just undergone nine hours of surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor in April 2013 alleges that she was sexually assaulted by a hospital employee shortly after her surgery. The lawsuit was filed on April 7, 2014 against the Los Angeles hospital where she had her surge[...]

Massachusetts $2M Nursing Home Verdict For Sexual Assault

December 19, 2013

On December 17, 2013, a Middlesex Superior Court (Massachusetts) jury returned its $2,014,000 verdict in favor of an 87-year-old nursing home resident, who suffers from dementia and Huntington’s disease, for her alleged sexual assault that occurred in July 2011. The verdict was against the[...]

Maryland Physician’s Loss Of License For Drugs-For-Sex Upheld

September 24, 2013

On September 5, 2013, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Special Appeals”), Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, upheld the revocation of a Maryland physician’s medical license by the Maryland Board of Physicians (“Board”) for the physician&[...]

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