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Ohio Supreme Court Rules Absconding Doctor Tolls Medical Malpractice Statute Of Repose

March 27, 2023

Ohio Doctor absconds and is protected by statue of repose: The Ohio Supreme Court stated in its December 6, 2022 opinion: “This discretionary appeal asks whether the four-year statute of repose cuts off a plaintiff’s time for filing a medical-malpractice claim when the defendant has fled the[...]

Ohio Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million In Prescription Drug Kickback Conspiracy

March 26, 2023

Neurologist Sentenced To 30 Months And Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million: Deepak Raheja, 66, of Hudson, Ohio, was sentenced on February 3, 2023 to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi after he pleaded guilty to his role in a pharmaceutical kickback conspiracy. In addition to the prison se[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $500,000 Pelvic Mesh Jury Verdict

March 25, 2023

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $500000 Pelvic Mesh Jury Verdict: After delivering four children, Raeann Bayless experienced symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. To try to treat these conditions, she underwent a surgical operation in which two polypropylene meshes—inc[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Resident Declared Dead Found Gasping For Air At Funeral Home

March 24, 2023

Nursing Home Resident Declared Dead Found Gasping For Air At Funeral Home: A 66-year-old resident of the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale, Iowa was declared dead by the nursing home on January 3, 2023. She was transported to a local funeral home where she was found alive and [...]

Widow Sues Wisconsin Veterans Home For Husband’s Dehydration Death

March 23, 2023

Widow Sues Veterans Home For Husband’s Dehydration Death: Luane Krall, the widow of 69-year-old Randy Krall, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove; the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, which oversees the home; Secretary Mary Kolar, head [...]

Two Florida Doctors Convicted In $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 22, 2023

Doctors Convicted In $31 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme: A federal jury convicted two Florida doctors on January 30, 2023 for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not need and[...]

$5.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Cancer By Pathologist

March 21, 2023

$5.5M Verdict For Cancer Misdiagnosis: On March 17, 2023, a California medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5,461,993 in favor of the 50-year-old emergency room nurse and mother of a severely disabled daughter, who alleged that the defendant pathologist negligently failed [...]

North Carolina Physician Found Guilty Of Re-Using Single-Use Medical Device During 1,400 Surgeries

March 20, 2023

Physician Found Guilty Of Re-Using Single-Use Medical Device 1400 times: After a three-week federal jury trial, and 5 hours of jury deliberation, Anita Louise Jackson, 59, was found guilty on charges of adulterating medical devices for use on patients with intent to defraud and mislead, fabricating [...]

Michigan Appellate Court Denies Loss Of Earning Capacity Wrongful Death Claim For 13-Day-Old Baby Who Allegedly Died Due To Hospital Malpractice

March 19, 2023

Background Facts Court Denies Wrongful Death Claim For 13-Day-Old Baby: Plaintiff gave birth to Maryjane on December 1, 2016, at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, preterm at 31 weeks. Maryjane weighed only two pounds, 5.1 ounces. Maryjane had hypoglycemia and difficulty feeding, so human milk fortifier ([...]

Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria Causing Serious Harm In The United States

March 18, 2023

Eye Drops Tainted With Bacteria: As of March 14, 2023, CDC, in partnership with state and local health departments, identified 68 patients in 16 states (CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, NC, NJ, NM, NY, NV, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI) with VIM-GES-CRPA, a rare strain of extensively drug-resistant P. aeruginosa.&[...]

Florida Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

March 17, 2023

Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement: The District Court of Appeal of Florida Second District (“Florida Appellate Court”) stated in an opinion dated November 18, 2022: “The narrow issue for our determination in this appeal is whether the “responsible pa[...]

Michigan AG Charges Nursing Home LPN With Altering Medication Records

March 16, 2023

AG Charges Nursing Home LPN With Altering Medication Records: The Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced on January 25, 2023 that a licensed practical nurse working at Medilodge of Gaylord has been charged with five counts of Intentionally Placing False Information in a Medical Record, a[...]

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