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Georgia Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs Pled Impermissible Wrongful Birth Claims Against Sperm Bank

April 5, 2026

Xytex Corporation sells human sperm for the purpose of aiding those seeking to have children using assisted reproductive technology. The plaintiffs purchased sperm that had been procured from one of three donors –Donor #3116, Donor #5444, and Donor #9623. The plaintiffs alleged that had Xytex cond[...]

New York Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendants In Stroke Malpractice Case

April 4, 2026

The plaintiff filed a New York medical malpractice action on behalf of the decedent seeking damages for his wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering allegedly caused by defendants’ delay in detecting and properly treating decedent’s stroke following his admission to defendant St. Elizabet[...]

New York Pediatric SNF Pays $1.3M To Resolve Neglect Claims

April 3, 2026

On February 12, 2026, the New York Attorney General announced a $1.3 million settlement with the Center for Disability Services Holding Corporation d/b/a St. Margaret’s Center (“St. Margaret’s), a not-for-profit pediatric skilled nursing facility in Albany, after an investigation r[...]

Federal Health Insurers Denied 1-In-5 In-Network Claims

April 2, 2026

A CBS News analysis of about 1.3 billion federal health insurance claims during a three-year period found that insurers denied 19% on in-network claims in 2024. In 2022, the largest health care insurer, United Healthcare, denied approximately one-third of federal health insurance claims. United Heal[...]

Study Found Obesity Linked To Severe And Fatal Infections In Adults

April 1, 2026

A recent study found that obesity was linked to a higher risk for infection-related hospitalizations and death: “Adult obesity is a risk factor for infection-related hospitalisations [sic] and mortality across diverse pathogen types, populations, and baseline clinical profiles, with evidence s[...]

Federal Court Orders Unsuccessful Plaintiffs In FTCA Birth Injury Case To Pay $44,000 To U.S. For Defense Costs

March 31, 2026

The United States Attorney’s Office District of Alaska announced on February 11, 2026 a complete defensive verdict in a medical malpractice claim brought against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). On November 6, 2025, a judgment was entered in favor of the U.S. following a thre[...]

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. Agrees To $30M Settlement Regarding Mental Health And Substance Abuse Disorder Services Failures

March 30, 2026

The U.S. Department of Labor announced on February 10, 2026 a settlement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. to resolve multiple investigations into the company’s failure to provide timely and appropriate access to mental health and substance use disorder services. The settlement between[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In MS Misdiagnosis Case

March 29, 2026

On July 6, 2020, the Keisters filed their Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit against Neurology Consultants and Dr. Kar, alleging that they had “negligently caused, or negligently allowed Plaintiff, Rebecca Ann Keister, to go without proper and necessary evaluation, analysis, testing, treatmen[...]

Safety Label Update For Capecitabine And Fluorouracil (5-FU)

March 28, 2026

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently provided a communication to increase awareness of recent updates to the product labeling of capecitabine (Xeloda) and fluorouracil (5-FU) related to risks associated with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency: all healthcare providers s[...]

Houston Transplant Doctor Indicted For Making False Statements In Patients’ Medical Records

March 27, 2026

The United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas announced on February 5, 2026 that 66-year-old Houston physician John Stevenson Bynon Jr. has been charged with falsifying medical records which made potential transplant recipients ineligible for organ donations. According to the [...]

Iowa Senate Committee Rejects Nursing Home Granny Cam Bill

March 26, 2026

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that an Iowa Senate committee rejected Senate Study Bill 3080, which would allow a nursing home resident or their representative to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident’s room through the use of video cameras (“granny cams”) placed inside the room wi[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Holds Claim That Inmate’s Organs Removed Without Authority Filed Too Late

March 25, 2026

As alleged by the family: Charles Edward Singleton died on November 2, 2021, at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was receiving medical treatment for quite some time. Prior to being transferred to Regional One Health, DecedentSingleton (AIS: 291370) was incarcerated by the ADOC and[...]

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