Lawsuit targets adolescent center in Colorado that told teen he was sociopath "like Ted Bundy"
The day after 16-year-old Christopher Donabedian was admitted to a Wheat Ridge adolescent treatment center, an unlicensed psychotherapist took him off psychiatric medications, a new lawsuit claims.
Medical resident students file $120 million lawsuit againt U of O
Three medical resident students are suing the University of Ottawa and ten faculty members for $120 million, alleging a conspiracy against the students that included intimidation, defamation and discrimination.Khalid Aba-Alkhail and Manal Alsaigh are medical residents in the Cardiac Surgery Program of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Waleed AlGhaithy is a former medical ...
Medical center pays $20K to settle lawsuit over drowning
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Berkshire Medical Center has agreed to pay a $20,000 settlement to the family of a Darien, Conn., man who escaped medical custody during a 2009 transfer to North Adams Regional Hospital's Greylock Pavilion and later committed suicide.
Bunion Repair at $66,100 Spurs Aetna Lawsuit Against Clinics
Aetna Inc. is suing seven California surgery centers for a billing system that it claims “recklessly subverts” health care delivery with charges of as much as $66,100 for a bunion repair.
Cayuga Medical Center Settles Lawsuit
ITHACA (WENY) -- Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca is ordered to pay a three and a half million dollar settlement over doctor referral violations. The hospital settled a whistleblower lawsuit for submitting false claims regarding physician recruitment agreements.
Lawsuit Raises Issue of E-Mail Privacy at Work
Whistleblowers say their private e-mails were extensively monitored after complained about irregularities at the FDA; did they have a reasonable expectation of privacy?
Cancer Center, in Lawsuit, Says a Doctor Appropriated a Discovery
The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.
SE hospital district files malpractice suit over failed Bert Fish merger
A year after a judge threw out a merger for Bert Fish Medical Center, the Southeast Volusia Hospital District has filed a lawsuit claiming legal malpractice against their former attorney and his law firm.
Medical retirement approved for Henderson County Sheriff Davis
Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis. / Special to the Pisgah Mountain News HENDERSONVILLE — Embattled Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis has received a medical retirement that will go into effect March 1, Board of Commissioners Chairman Tommy Thompson announced Monday.