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Florida Brothers Receive Prison Sentences For $112M Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme

August 15, 2022

The United States Department of Justice announced on March 21, 2022 that two brothers from Florida who operated multiple South Florida addiction treatment facilities were sentenced to prison on March 18, 2022 for a $112 million addiction treatment fraud scheme that included paying kickbacks to patie[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Indiana Appellate Court Holds Collateral Estoppel Did Not Apply In Case Against Mental Health Providers

August 14, 2022

On several occasions in December 2016 and early January 2017, the defendant mental health providers (“Providers”) rendered care and treatment to Plaintiff Zachary Miller (“Miller”) regarding his mental health issues. On January 9, Miller killed his grandfather. As a result, t[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Allows Claim For Non-Use Of AED

August 13, 2022

The Illinois Supreme Court stated in its opinion dated May 19, 2022: “The main question presented in this case is whether a physical fitness facility has a duty under either the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act (Facility Preparedness Act) (210 ILCS 74/1 et seq. (201[...]

Federal Appellate Court Sends Medical Malpractice Insurance Coverage Issue To State Court

August 12, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its published opinion filed on May 23, 2022, “This appeal requires us to determine whether the district court properly declined to exercise jurisdiction. Because the district court was w[...]

Rhode Island Settles Opioid Claims Against Two Pharmaceutical Companies For Over $100 Million

August 11, 2022

The Rhode Island Attorney General Office announced on March 21, 2022 opioid settlements with drug manufacturers Teva and Allergan that includes $28.5 million in cash as well as one million life-saving Naloxone sprays to Rhode Island over the next 10 years, free of charge. Rhode Island will also rece[...]

False Claims Act Settlements And Judgments Exceeded $5.6 Billion In Fiscal Year 2021

August 10, 2022

The United States Department of Justice announced on February 1, 2022 that it obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, which is the second largest annual total i[...]

Georgia Appellate Court Revives Failure To Diagnose Lupus Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

August 9, 2022

The Court of Appeals of Georgia (“Georgia Appellate Court”), in its May 19, 2022 opinion, revived a medical malpractice case alleging that the failure to diagnose lupus in a young patient led to her death, stating: “Having reviewed the allegations of the complaint, Dr. Putterman’[...]

Ohio Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Claim, Finding Statute Of Repose Did Not Apply

August 8, 2022

Court Revives Wrongful Death Claim: In its opinion filed on May 19, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Ohio Tenth Appellate District (“Ohio Appellate Court”) revived an Ohio medical malpractice case in which the trial court had granted summary judgment to the defendant, stating, “on the[...]

Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds Claim Against Hospital Was For Medical Malpractice And Not Ordinary Negligence

August 7, 2022

Court Holds Claim Against Hospital For Malpractice And Not Negligence: In its opinion dated May 17, 2022, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that the plaintiff’s claims were for medical negligence and not ordinary negligence: “the gravamen of the complaint sufficiently identified this [...]

Connecticut Woman Sues Hospital For Malpractice After Amputations To All Four Limbs

August 6, 2022

Woman Sues Hospital After Amputations To All Four Limbs: A Connecticut woman has filed a Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that medical negligence in treating her sepsis in the hospital resulted in her having all four of her limbs amputated. The plaintiff alleges that she was in good [...]

Texas Appellate Court Holds Failure To File Proper Medical Authorization Wipes Out Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 5, 2022

Court Holds Failure To File Proper Authorization Wipes Out Malpractice Verdict: In its Memorandum Opinion filed on March 17, 2022, the Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont (“Texas Appellate Court”) held in a Texas medical malpractice case: “We conclude Hampton’s a[...]

$13.3M Maryland Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 4, 2022

$13.3M Birth Injury Verdict: A Maryland medical malpractice birth injury jury in a conservative Maryland jurisdiction (Harford County, Maryland) returned its verdict in favor of a now 18-year-old who suffered serious bleeding in his brain during his delivery in 2004. The Maryland medical malpractice[...]

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