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Federal Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Involving VA

August 21, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its unreported Memorandum opinion dated June 9, 2020, affirmed a federal medical malpractice verdict in favor of the United States involving alleged negligent medical care provided by the VA. The fed[...]

Former Chief Of Pathology At Arkansas VA Indicted, Including Three Counts Of Involuntary Manslaughter

September 19, 2019

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Arkansas (“U.S. Attorney”) announced on August 20, 2019 that 53-year-old Robert Morris Levy (“Levy”), who served as the Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medical Services at the Veterans Health Care System[...]

VA Settles Overdose Medical Malpractice Death Claim For $2.3M

December 5, 2017

A federal judge has approved the $2.3 million medical malpractice wrongful death settlement involving the Tomah VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin. The victim, a Marine Corps veteran, died on August 30, 2014 after he was administered sixteen different opiates in addition to other sedating medicat[...]

Report Faults Baltimore VA Medical Center’s Opioid Treatment Program

November 12, 2017

The October 19, 2017 report from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections, entitled, “Healthcare Inspection Opioid Agonist Treatment Program Concerns VA Maryland Health Care System Baltimore, Maryland” (Report No. 16-01091-06) state[...]

$2.5M Phoenix VA Medical Center Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer

March 16, 2017

On March 6, 2017, a federal judge awarded an 18-year Army veteran $2.5 million for the harm he suffered because the Phoenix VA Medical Center had failed to schedule an appointment for him for one year, and then when he was finally seen, it was a physician assistant who examined him and found that he[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules Veteran Injured At VA Medical Center Not Required To Obtain Future Care From The VA

April 20, 2016

In its decision filed on March 4, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Appellate Court”) ruled that an injured veteran who was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of medical negligence at a VA Medical Center should not be required to obtain future medical car[...]

Did 307,000 Veterans Die While Waiting For Enrollment In VA Health Care Benefits?

September 10, 2015

In a scathing report released on September 2, 2015 by the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) entitled, “Veterans Health Administration Review of Alleged Mismanagement at the Health Eligibility Center,” the OIG reported that, “As of September 2014, more than 307,000 pending ES [...]

VA Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges ORIF On Wrong Bone In Foot

June 8, 2015

Imagine going to the hospital for surgery on a particular bone in your foot, and when you awake from surgery, the surgeon performed surgery on the wrong bone. That is what a Navy veteran is claiming that happened to him, in his VA medical malpractice lawsuit filed under the provisions of the Federa[...]

Federal Judge Orders $21.4M Judgment In Favor Of The Plaintiff In VA Medical Malpractice Case

April 12, 2015

A federal judge in New Hampshire entered an order on April 3, 2015, finding in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff in his Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States for the negligent medical care he received at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Manchester, New Ham[...]

Former Maryland VA Official Sentenced For Fraud

January 24, 2015

In December 2014, the 68-year-old former Deputy Chief of Veterans Claims in the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs was sentenced in federal court to a year and a day in prison, followed by two years of supervised probation, for extortion in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain ov[...]

Minneapolis VA Medical Center Under Fire For Alleged Medical Records Fraud

September 15, 2014

Two former employees of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center have alleged that they were pressured by supervisors to falsify medical records and appointment dates to hide evidence of delays in medical treatment that may have harmed VA patients. The former employees allege that were instructed to docum[...]

Pittsburgh VA Hospital Settles Legionnaires’ Disease Medical Malpractice Death Case

July 1, 2014

On June 3, 2014, a federal judge approved the settlement of a medical malpractice/wrongful death claim filed by the survivors of a man who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while a patient at the Pittsburgh VA hospital. The 83-year-old Navy veteran was being treated for a urinary tract infectio[...]

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