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Georgia Appellate Court Rules Nurse And Nurse Practitioner Are Members Of The Same Profession

June 30, 2023

Nurse And Nurse Practitioner Are Members Of The Same Profession: Christopher Bryant filed a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit in which he alleged that on February 26, 2019, he went to the emergency department at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital for pain he was experiencing after being involved [...]

$800,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Botched Rotator Cuff Repair

June 29, 2023

$800,000 For Botched Rotator Cuff Repair: A Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that an orthopedic surgeon failed to properly perform a rotator cuff repair, acromioplasty, and distal clavicle excision and failed to properly provide post-operative management was settled before trial in Janu[...]

Nebraska Supreme Court Says Plaintiffs’ Experts In Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case Not Qualified To Offer Opinions

June 28, 2023

Experts In Birth Injury Case Not Qualified To Offer Opinions: The Nebraska Supreme Court stated in its opinion filed on May 5, 2023 in a birth injury medical malpractice case, “the burden is on the proponent of standard-of-care testimony to demonstrate that the expert is familiar with the cust[...]

Cancer Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeons

June 27, 2023

Cancer Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeons: A study published on May 2, 2023 entitled “Critical Review of Oncologic Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopaedic Surgeons” was designed to determine the most common allegations for malpractice litigation brought against[...]

Man Committed To Psychiatric Hospital Died From Cancer Due To Neglect

June 26, 2023

Man Committed To Psychiatric Hospital Died From Cancer: The Disability Law Center (Massachusetts Protection and Advocacy) issued its Investigation Report dated May 8, 2023 in which its stated: Mr. Harris died on August 22, 2020 after a battle with cancer during his involuntary psychiatric commitment[...]

Former Sarasota Pain Doctor Sentenced In Health Care Fraud Kickback Conspiracy

June 25, 2023

Doctor Sentenced In Health Care Fraud: On December 7, 2022, U.S. District Judge William H. Jung sentenced Dr. Steven Chun (59, Sarasota) for conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and bribes. Chun was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $278,900, the pro[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Affirms Claim For Unauthorized Access To Medical Records Not Medical Malpractice Claim

June 24, 2023

Unauthorized Access To Medical Records Not Medical Malpractice: A lawsuit filed by patients who claimed that a nurse who was provided access to patient medical records by a hospital as part of her job accessed their medical records without their consent alleged, in part: CRH gave Johnson-Heck clinic[...]

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Severe Deficiencies In Medical Care In DC Jails

June 23, 2023

Severe Deficiencies In Medical Care In DC Jails: A federal District Court lawsuit filed on April 24, 2023 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleges, in part: The District of Columbia Department of Corrections fails to provide constitutionally adequate health care in it[...]

Colorado Supreme Court Holds Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act Unconstitutional

June 22, 2023

Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act Unconstitutional: In 2021, the Colorado General Assembly passed the Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act (“CSAAA” or “the Act”), which created a statutory cause of action for a victim of sexual misconduct that occurred while the victim was a minor parti[...]

New York Lyme Disease Lawsuit

June 21, 2023

A Verified Complaint filed on March 29, 2021 in the Superior Court of the State of New York County of Bronx alleged, in part: On or about May of 2013 infant plaintiff J.B. was under the medical care, diagnoses and treatment of defendants VERONICA SANTILLI, M.D., BELA REYNGOLD, M.D., and GALINA SLOOT[...]

Contaminated Sandwich Caused Nursing Home Resident’s Death

June 20, 2023

Contaminated Sandwich Caused Death: A lawsuit filed against a California nursing home on April 18, 2023 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara alleges, in part: Richard Van Truong (“Decedent”) was an adult person and resident of San Jose, CA. He was born o[...]

$7M Settlement Reached With Private Texas Jail For Woman’s Death

June 19, 2023

$7M Settlement Reached With Private Texas Jail: A $7 million settlement was recently reached by the family of a 46-year-old woman who died while in the custody of a private Texas jail operated by LaSalle Corrections LLC. The family’s lawsuit alleged that the woman was arrested on April 5, 2019[...]

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