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$3.5 Million Texas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Misdiagnosis Of Blood Clot

January 15, 2023

$3.5 Million For Misdiagnosis Of Blood Clot: On September 28, 2022, a Texas medical malpractice jury in Houston returned its verdict in the amount of $3.5 million in favor of the plaintiff who alleged that the defendant failed to properly diagnose a large blood clot in his leg that left him with a s[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Case Erroneously Dismissed On Statute Of Limitations Grounds

January 14, 2023

Medical Malpractice Case Erroneously Dismissed: The State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) stated in its published opinion issued on September 22, 2022: “For more than 40 years, civil plaintiffs have relied on the tolling of applicable statutes of limitatio[...]

$308K Paid By Yale To Resolve Violations Of Controlled Substances Act Allegations

January 13, 2023

Yale Paid $308K after violating the Controlled Substances Act: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced on October 4, 2022 that Yale University, on behalf of Yale Medicine and the Yale Fertility Center, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal govern[...]

3M Beats 3M Bair Hugger Warming System Lawsuit

January 12, 2023

3M Beats 3M Bair Hugger Warming System Lawsuit: 3M states on one of its websites: “The Bair Hugger patient warming system is an effective way to control a patient’s body temperature during surgery. Keeping people warm reduces the risk of infections, surgical bleeding, heart attack following [...]

$15,500 Washington Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Remove Ovary

January 11, 2023

$15,500 Verdict For Failure To Remove Ovary: In September 2022, a 12-person Washington medical malpractice jury sitting in Asotin County Superior Court deliberated for six hours before returning its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for noneconomic damages in the amount of $15,500 for the alleged m[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After Kentucky Supreme Court Held Medical Review Panel Act Unconstitutional

January 10, 2023

Medical Review Panel Act in Kentucky ruled Unconstitutional: On July 28, 2017, Kendrick Bell, Jr. was admitted to Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Room (ER) for a drug overdose. The Hospital discharged Bell following treatment. However, Bell was returned to the ER later that day. After s[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Not Liable For Negligent Acts Of Nonemployee Physicians

January 9, 2023

Hospital Not Liable For Negligent Acts Of Nonemployee Physicians: The Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) removes immunity from liability when an injury is caused by the negligent actions of governmental employees acting within the scope of their employment. Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-205[...]

$165 Million Agreement Reached By Columbia University Irving Medical Center And New York-Presbyterian With 147 Past Patients Of Former Gynecologist Robert Hadden

January 8, 2023

$165 Million Agreement Reached With Patients Of Gynecologist Robert Hadden: On October 7, 2022, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (“CUIMC”) and NewYork-Presbyterian (“NYP”) announced that they have reached an agreement with a remaining group of 147 past patients of former gynecologis[...]

$1.3 Million Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Undiagnosed Carotid Artery Dissection

January 7, 2023

$1.3 Million Verdict For Undiagnosed Carotid Artery Dissection: On October 7, 2022, a Berks County Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury found that Reading Hospital was medically negligent in treating the plaintiff, Kathryn Dailey, when she arrived at the hospital in October 2016, complaining of sym[...]

North Carolina Healthcare Company CEO Pleads Guilty To $17 Million DME Medicare Fraud

January 6, 2023

CEO Pleads Guilty: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced on July 6, 2022 that Tanya Parrish Grant, 51, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pled guilty to health care fraud that she carried out between 2017 and 2021 through two companies she controlled – Carolina[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Rules Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable

January 5, 2023

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its July 5, 2022 opinion that the defendant nursing home’s arbitration agreement signed by a new resident was unconscionable after a nursing home wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the resident’s dau[...]

Federal Appellate Court Finds Pfizer’s Proposed Copay Assistance Program For Expensive Heart Drug Would Violate Anti-Kickback Statute

January 4, 2023

Pfizer’s Proposed Copay Assistance Program Violates Anti-Kickback Statute: Pfizer, Inc. produces and sells a drug called tafamidis that treats a rare, progressive heart condition known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Without treatment, patients have a median life expectancy of two to [...]

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