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Tennessee Nursing Home Company Agrees To Pay $2M To Resolve Grossly Substandard Care Allegations

July 28, 2026

The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee announced on March 30, 2026 that American Health Companies, LLC (“AHC”), doing business as American Health Partners (“AHP”), has agreed to pay $2,090,309 to the United States and Tennessee to resolve False Claims Act allegations[...]

Federal Appellate Court Vacates Loss Of Homemaker Services Award In FTCA Medical Malpractice Case

July 27, 2026

Lucia Urizar-Mota (“Urizar-Mota”), a homemaker and mother of four, filed a medical negligence claim pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671–80, alleging that her doctors and nurse practitioner atProvidence Community Health Center (R[...]

Iowa Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Appeal Should Not Have Been Dismissed Because Non-Attorney Signed the Notice of Appeal, But Affirms Dismissal Of Lawsuit For Another Reason

July 26, 2026

In July 2016, Margaret Willhoite was injured in a motor vehicle accident. She sought treatment at Genesis MedicalCenter. She received an X-ray to determine whether there were any broken ribs. Although the X-ray was negative for fractures, it indicated a nodule in her left lung. And her medical recor[...]

Maine Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Radiologist Failed To Diagnose Impending Sign Of Stroke

July 25, 2026

A Maine medical malpractice lawsuit filed on May 15, 2026 in federal court alleges, in part: This is a medical malpractice action that arises out of a radiologist’s failure to diagnose critical findings on a patient’s May 29, 2023 brain imaging at the MaineHealth hospital previously-known as “[...]

U.S. Supreme Court Protects First Amendment Rights Of Therapist Providing Talk Therapy Conversion Counseling

July 24, 2026

Kaley Chiles holds a master’s degree in clinical mental health and a state counseling license in Colorado. Ms. Chiles does not begin counseling with any predetermined goals; instead, she sits down with clients, discusses their goals, and then formulates methods of counseling that will most benefit[...]

Texas Pediatric Dentist Arrested In Death Of 4-Year-Old Patient

July 23, 2026

Texas dentist Chrishelle Hemphill, 48, reportedly was arrested on July 15, 2026 on a warrant for a charge of serious bodily injury to a child in connection with the death of her 4-year-old patient, Aithana Rodriguez Arriaga, during a tongue-tie procedure in her office. The authorities alleged that d[...]

New York Appellate Court Orders New Trial Because Medical Malpractice Jury Erroneously Given Error In Judgment Charge

July 22, 2026

Plaintiffs commenced their New York medical malpractice action seeking damages for injuries sustained by Eric C. Burns (plaintiff) as the result of the alleged malpractice of defendant Voytek W. Sobieraj, M.D. At trial, plaintiffs’ expert testified that Sobieraj deviated from medically acceptable [...]

Hip Fracture Statistics In The United States

July 21, 2026

More than 14.2 million people worldwide and 280 ,000 people in the US experience a hip fracture each year. The median 1-year mortality rate after a hip fracture is 22%; approximately 42% to 71% of hip fracture patients regain their prefracture level of basic activities of daily living within 6 mon[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Rules Dental Malpractice Expert’s Affidavit Sufficient

July 20, 2026

Edward Gerrety sought dental treatment from Dr. Luke Bogdanowicz in October 2019 to replace a dental bridge. Between November 2019 and January 2020, Gerrety saw Dr. Bogdanowicz five times for dental work. Dr. Bogdanowicz determined that Gerrety’s tooth number 31 was fractured and could not be salv[...]

Weight Gain In Adulthood Raises Cancer Risk Up To Five Times

July 19, 2026

A Swedish study of more than 600,000 patients (250,000 men and just under 380,000 women) found that gaining weight as an adult increases the risk of cancer by up to five times: increased cancer risk – both overall and for many specific cancer types – was associated with heavier initial weight in[...]

Takeda Agrees To $13.6M Settlement Of False Claims Allegations Of Improper Payments To Physicians

July 18, 2026

The United States Department of Justice announced on May 14, 2026 that Takeda Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A. Inc. has agreed to pay $13,670,921 to resolve allegations that it knowingly caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to healthcare[...]

Federal Appellate Court Orders Dismissal Of Deliberate Indifference To Serious Medical Need Case

July 17, 2026

At 11:09 p.m. on August 28, 2020, Cynthia Rice was booked at the Cecil County Detention Center in Elkton, Maryland. She told unidentified officers that she was a heroin addict suffering from opioid withdrawal. As part of the booking process, medical staff from PrimeCare also learned that Rice was an[...]

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