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New York $4 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement For Birth Injuries

March 2, 2013

Last month it was announced that a New York medical malpractice case that had been filed in the Westchester County Supreme Court against the Westchester Medical Center had been settled for $4,098,273.00, for an infant who suffered severe spastic quadriplegia with severe microcephaly and profo[...]

Medicare Paid Nursing Homes $5.1 Billion For Poor Care In 2009

March 1, 2013

In a report issued on February 27, 2013 by the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it was reported that a study of a random sample of medical records from Skilled Nursing Facilities (“SNF,” which are commonly referred to [...]

Johns Hopkins Letter Regarding Dr. Nikita Levy

February 28, 2013

On January 26, 2013, the Dean of the Medical Faculty (CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine) and the President of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System (EVP, Johns Hopkins Medicine) sent a formal letter to the Executive Director of the Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center, Inc. and others reg[...]

Maryland Physicians Support Group Settles ADA Claim

February 27, 2013

A large Maryland physicians support group that employs over 1,000 non-physician staff who coordinate and support the clinical activities of the University of Maryland School of Medicine has agreed to pay $92,500 in settlement of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) claim of its former employe[...]

VA Hospital In Virginia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

February 26, 2013

As a follow-up to our blog on November 16, 2012 entitled, “Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide,” we are satisfied to report that on February 19, 2013, the U.S. government settled the medical malpractice case involving the Hampton (Virginia) Veteran[...]

What Did Johns Hopkins Know About Dr. Nikita Levy, And When?

February 25, 2013

What did Johns Hopkins know about its former employee, Dr. Nikita Levy, before he allegedly admitted to them that he had been secretly photographing and videotaping his patients without the patients’ permission or consent? The answer to this question may determine if John Hopkins may be held[...]

Dr. Nikita Levy, Johns Hopkins Gynecologist: Who Was He?

February 24, 2013

Dr. Nikita Levy, a former Johns Hopkins gynecologist who committed suicide earlier this month after reportedly admitting to his former employer that he photographed and videotaped his patients without their knowledge or consent, has been in the news this past week (and we expect will be in the new[...]

Narconon Of Georgia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

February 23, 2013

On February 8, 2013, Narconon of Georgia settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it almost three years earlier by the family of a former patient who died of a drug overdose while supposedly receiving court-ordered drug treatment that cost the patient’s parents $30,000 for what they w[...]

Virginia Psychologist Malpractice Claim For 15-Month-Old’s Death

February 22, 2013

A psychologist malpractice lawsuit was filed on February 19, 2013 in a Fairfax County, Virginia court by the mother of a 15-month-old boy against a psychologist and the psychological services company for which the psychologist worked, alleging that the psychologist’s professional negligence�[...]

Deer Ticks: Not Just Lyme Disease But A Newly Discovered Disease, Too

February 21, 2013

Deer ticks have a bad reputation for carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans (Borrelia burgdorferi) that is prevalent in the Northeast portion of the United States (as well as becoming increasingly prevalent in other parts of the U.S.) and deer ticks are now associated with a newl[...]

Former Johns Hopkins Gynecologist Kills Himself While Under Investigation For Photographing Patients

February 20, 2013

Baltimore City police reported that a former Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologist who was being investigated for allegedly taking inappropriate photographs and videotaping his patients without their knowledge or consent was found dead in his home on February 18, 2013, evidently due to a self-inflic[...]

Virginia $25 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Will Be Reduced To $2 Million

February 19, 2013

On February 14, 2013, a Virginia medical malpractice jury awarded $25 million to a man whose cardiologist treated his serious heart condition with an over-the-counter medication and three months later he suffered a massive heart attack. The 37-year-old man had gone to the hospital in January, 201[...]

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