Legal and Malpractice Corner

Doctors Preyed on Homeless for Slip-and-Fall Schemes; More Physicians and lawyers together recruited homeless people and drug addicts to scam insurance companies. Do sales reps belong in the operating room? This high-risk specialty lowered its claim rates.
News, September 21, 2021
Whistle-blowers Lead to Multimillion Dollar Fraud Settlements Cleveland Clinic–owned facility to pay $21 million after fired employee raised issues with physician arrangements; contractor reports kickback arrangement against Florida clinics; more.
News, September 08, 2021
Discharged Snowboarder Dies of Internal Bleeding; Hospital Sued A hospital discharges an injured snowboarder who then dies of internal bleeding; a toddler dies when his rare disease is not diagnosed; actions against docs who lie about their vaccination status.
News, August 31, 2021
After Five Fatal Overdoses, Doctor Sentenced for Unlawful Prescriptions; More Doctor fled Tennessee to avoid state punishment, but faced federal charges; judge approves $15M settlement over rape of incapacitated patient; more.
News, August 26, 2021
Prime Healthcare, Two Docs Settle Referral Kickback Claims Hospital system, physicians to pay $37 million to settle federal allegations; pharmacist pleads guilty to $180+ million fraud scheme; more
News, August 17, 2021
Texas Doctor Stole Identities, Forged Records in Fraud Scheme Family physician falsely billed TRICARE for $6.7 million; "excited delirium" death lawsuit targets hospital, nursing staff; and more.
News, July 27, 2021
Wrong-Site Surgery Doc Says He Can't Be Sued A surgeon is attempting an unusual malpractice defense, which will be challenged; unconscious beliefs about people of color raise liability risks; father of impaired baby seeks mega damages.
News, June 30, 2021
Lawsuit: Family Claims Surgical Error Killed Patient Postsurgical complaints were not addressed, plaintiffs say; the promises (and pitfalls) of AI-assisted medicine; doctor with troubled history loses license
News, May 19, 2021
Veterinarian Helps Perform 'Unproven' Human Surgery University spends millions to resolve multiple knee surgery claims; a hospital is accused of creating false documents; fake plastic surgeon could face real jail time.
News, April 21, 2021
Wrong Daughter Told She Lacks Melanoma Mutation, Then Gets It Switched genetic tests lead to lawsuit; medical center is blamed for triple amputee's injuries; protecting healthcare workers from COVID-related lawsuits.
News, March 31, 2021
Do Frequent Malpractice Offenders Often Get Away With It? State boards asleep at the switch, report says; beauty doctor settles to save face; botched endoscopic procedure triggers big award.
News, February 23, 2021
Has This Fugitive Physician Evaded Justice?; More High court blocks plaintiffs from pursuing their claims; is binding arbitration a growing trend, and is it bad for doctor–patient relationships?; hearing loss surgery creates a lot of noise.
News, January 19, 2021
Famous Medical Researcher Dies After Receiving Wrong Drug; More A 'tragic circus of errors' led to an untimely death, says wife's attorney; will this ob/gyn be sentenced to life in prison?; suit settled in the death of a bone marrow donor.
News, December 22, 2020
Doc Who Used Hydroxychloroquine Met Standard of Care; More Doctor who treated COVID patients met standard of care, officials say; VA settles multiple wrongful-death suits; attorney charged with trying to scam hospital system.
News, November 03, 2020
Man Wins Big Award for Unauthorized Penis Surgery; More An appeals court upholds a multimillion dollar judgment in a case in which neither a patient nor his proxy agreed to a penis mass excision.
News, October 07, 2020
Telehealth Brings Malpractice Risks, Says Report; More Failure to diagnose is the biggest concern; court weighs in on 'privileged information'; fractured vertebra results in wrongful-death suit.
News, September 28, 2020
Prominent Medical Provider Offers Apology and Settlement; More Medical center vows to do better at preventing future occurrences; Fed's settlement brings injured-baby case to a close; MICRA ballot initiative, redux; parties still squabbling over liability shield.
News, September 02, 2020
Shield Physicians for Postponed Procedures, AMA Says; More Expanding immunity for delayed treatments; pushing back on COVID-related protections; suit should be tossed out on a technicality, hospital argues; late appeal costs ob/gyn group millions.
News, July 27, 2020
Insurers and States Move to Lower Malpractice Premiums; More The goal is to reduce med-mal premiums during the pandemic; nursing home disaster triggers a class action; pneumonia patient dies on hospital's watch, suit claims.
News, June 24, 2020
Gaps in Malpractice Insurance Risky for Frontline Physicians; More Limited coverage working outside specialty or state; 'no mercy' for noncompliant nursing homes; doctor successfully invokes 'alternative method' defense; state ballot initiative put on hold.
News, May 28, 2020

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