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Former Michigan Oncologist Settles 43 Medical Malpractice Claims For $8M

July 27, 2016

On July 20, 2016, a former oncologist from Michigan settled 43 medical malpractice claims filed by his former patients for a total of $8 million. The settlement takes into account Michigan’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, which is currently $440,000 (or nearly $800,00[...]

Idaho Plastic Surgeon Sued For Alleged Counterfeit Breast Implants And Counterfeit Botox

May 20, 2016

An Idaho medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed in federal court by four former patients of an Idaho plastic surgeon alleging that he injected counterfeit Botox from China and implanted counterfeit breast implants in them. The plastic surgeon’s cosmetic surgery website states that due to [...]

Former Maryland Stent Doctor Escapes Fraud And Medical Malpractice Claims

April 8, 2016

In its written opinion filed on March 29, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court, determined that the trial court did not commit error in entering summary judgment in favor of a former Maryland stent doc[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Wrong Rib Removed

March 31, 2016

A Connecticut medical malpractice lawsuit filed on March 14, 2016 alleges that the plaintiff’s surgeon removed a portion of the wrong rib during her surgery on May 18, 2015 that was supposed to remove a lesion on an adjacent rib. The plaintiff’s medical malpractice lawsuit further claims[...]

RICO Lawsuit Alleges Transvaginal Mesh Manufacturer Used Counterfeit Raw Materials

January 25, 2016

In a federal class action lawsuit filed on January 12, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, the plaintiff alleges that Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”) knowingly imported counterfeit raw materials from China that it used in its ma[...]

Indiana Cardiologist Faces 300 Claims Of Performing Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

January 23, 2016

An Indiana cardiologist who retired in 2015 and his medical practice are facing nearly 300 Indiana medical malpractice claims that allege that he performed unnecessary cardiac procedures, including implanting unnecessary cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators. On December 8, 2015, an Indiana medical[...]

Man Indicted For Allegedly Injecting Silicone Into Women’s Buttocks In Maryland

August 11, 2015

On August 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a nine-count indictment against a 44-year-old man, who was not a physician and was not otherwise licensed as a medical professional in Maryland, for allegedly obtaining and selling food grade liquid silicone from a company in Pennsylvan[...]

Washington Hospital Sued For Medical Battery

July 27, 2014

On July 18, 2014, a medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a physician, for alleged medical negligence and medical battery. The medical battery claim alleges that the defendant physician performed surgery on the medical malpractice plaintiff without his consent. The Washington [...]

Georgia Radiology Technician Guilty Of Falsifying More Than 1,200 Mammograms

April 20, 2014

A former Georgia radiology technician who worked in a local hospital pleaded guilty and received a 6-month jail sentence for allegedly entering the results from more than 1,200 mammograms as negative. Ten women whose mammogram results were entered by the technician as negative had breast cancer at [...]

Former New York Surgeon Sentenced To 4.5 Years In Federal Prison

March 22, 2014

A former New York orthopedic surgeon who admitted to defrauding the U.S. government and health insurance providers in a scheme that ran from 2007 and 2011, during which the surgeon and his medical practice filed claims in excess of $35 million that resulted in $13 million in payments, was sentence[...]

Kentucky Heart Hospital Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Filed

March 11, 2014

On March 4, 2014, two Kentucky medical malpractice lawsuits were filed on behalf of more than 500 plaintiffs against Kentucky’s King’s Daughters Medical Center (“KDMC”), a recently retired heart surgeon for whom the hospital’s heart institute was named, and other defendant[...]

Medical Device Manufacturer Agrees To Settle Illegal Kickbacks Claim

November 12, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 2, 2012 that Orthofix International NV (“Orthofix”), a spinal implant and other spinal products manufacturer headquartered in Curacao, has agreed to pay the United States $30 million to settle allegations that its subsidiary, Blacksto[...]

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