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Recently Suspended Maryland Physician Had Prior Rape Conviction

June 11, 2014

The Maryland Board of Physicians summarily suspended the medical license of a Maryland physician on June 5, 2014 due to the physician’s May 23, 2014 criminal indictment for sexual assault that allegedly occurred in his Maryland office. The criminal indictment charges the physician with Unnatur[...]

South Dakota Lawsuit Alleges Money Improperly Motivated Physician-Owned Hospital

June 10, 2014

A recently filed lawsuit by the former CEO of a physician-owned South Dakota hospital alleges what many people firmly believe about physician-owned hospitals: money motivates medical decisions, even if the decisions are not in the best interests of patients. The South Dakota lawsuit filed by the CEO[...]

More Than 2,500 Georgia Doctors Do Not Have Medical Malpractice Insurance

June 9, 2014

More than 2,500 doctors in Georgia do not have medical malpractice insurance, representing just under 8% of the total number of doctors licensed in Georgia. Some of the Georgia uninsured doctors have histories of illegal drug use, sexual misconduct, patient deaths, and other serious misconduct. A la[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Case Dismissed For Repeated Discovery Abuses

June 8, 2014

The lawyer representing the medical malpractice plaintiff in a Maryland medical malpractice case was so dilatory in responding to the Defendants’ numerous discovery requests, including failures to abide by court orders requiring compliance with the discovery requests, that the trial judge dism[...]

$9.9M False Claims Settlement To Be Paid By Medtronic

June 7, 2014

On May 28, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Medtronic, Inc., the large medical device manufacturer based in Fridley, Minnesota, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.9 million to settle claims that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians to induce them to implant Medtronic̵[...]

$2.3M Liposuction Malpractice Settlement

June 6, 2014

A New York plastic surgeon has reached a settlement with the surviving spouse and children of a 32-year-old woman who had undergone a liposuction procedure in the Manhattan plastic surgeon’s office that allegedly resulted in her death. Two days after the June 25, 2009 liposuction procedure, th[...]

$12M Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict After Botched Hernia Surgery

June 5, 2014

After deliberating for three and a half hours, a Connecticut medical malpractice jury returned its verdict on May 30, 2014 in the amount of $12 million in favor of a 65-year-old woman who alleged that she suffered major injuries as a result of her surgeons negligently puncturing her colon during her[...]

VA Health Care Scandal: What Other Issues Plague The VA?

June 4, 2014

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has come under recent but prolonged fire for the manner in which the VA handles the scheduling of veterans’ medical appointments and how the VA falsely reported the amount of time it took for veterans to receive medical services through the VA healt[...]

$650M Pradaxa Settlement Announced Two Weeks After FDA Drug Safety Communication

June 3, 2014

On May 28, 2014, the large German pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim, announced that it had reached a settlement of all pending state and federal claims in the United States involving its blood-thinner drug, Pradaxa. The comprehensive settlement will involve the payment of $650 million to [...]

$5M Michigan Medical Malpractice Judgment For Midwife Malpractice

June 2, 2014

In what may be a hollow victory due to the lack of malpractice insurance to pay the judgment, a Michigan judge entered a default judgment in the amount of $5 million in favor of the parents of a newborn who died shortly after his birth in 2011, allegedly due to the medical negligence of the [&hellip[...]

Doctors Practicing Medicine Not Highest Paid In Medical Industry

June 1, 2014

If you thought that physicians providing health care to patients were at or near the top of the list of the highest earners in the medical industry, you would be wrong — they are in the middle of the pack. An analysis undertaken on behalf of The New York Times found that the base pay […[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

May 31, 2014

A New Mexico woman was pro-active and attentive to protecting her own health when she arranged to have a screening mammogram in 2007 at a local radiology practice. She was surprised when she was told by the radiologist that a spot the size of a nickel was found in her right breast but she felt [&hel[...]

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