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• Delirium: Under Diagnosed Life Threat, Malpractice Potential
  on Dec 7, 2015 in Featured Medical Malpractice Medicine confusion delusions elderly general anesthesia hospital ICU infection malpractice nursing home symptoms urinary tract infection uti
  It was nearly two years ago that I received a telephone call one morning at around 10 am from my father, concerned that my 87 y/o mother was ill and, since my parents had developed an unbreakable habit of keeping such things to themselves for a while...
• Lawsuit: Catholic Hospitals Ignore, Violate Standard of Care, Law
  on Oct 13, 2015 in Featured Law Standard of Care abortion aclu american civil liberties union Church conference of bishops Ectopic pregnancy Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act emtala Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services informed consent lawsuit medical standard of care operation pregnancy Pregnant rehabilitation act termination of pregnancy
  The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Trinity Health Corporation, which operates 80 hospitals nationwide, for refusing to provide pregnant women suffering from life-threatening emergency complications with abortions, which are the standard of c...
• Man Dies In Lobby Of Dallas Co Jail During Arrest, Why?
  on Sep 1, 2015 in Bad Behavior Featured Law Medical Malpractice Video Wrongful Death cardiac arrest dallas county dallas county jail dalls Dead deputies deputy Hutcheson Jail jail lobby joseph hutcheson joseph sheldon hutcheson sheriff
  On the morning of August 1, 2015, Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson, 48.  abandoned his pickup truck on Commerce Street at a cross walk and ran towards the nearby Dallas County Jail. Deputies say he ran first to the jail’s south tower yelling that his wife...
• Many Medical Charities Line Pockets With Most Of Donations
  on Aug 26, 2015 in Bad Behavior Featured cancer charity charity children disabled firefighter fraud Kids kids wish network police scam worst charity
  Kids Wish Network, Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, Cancer Fund of America, Children’s Wish Foundation, Breast Cancer Relief Foundation….they all sound like worthwhile causes working hard to benefit victims of terrible diseases. But none...
• AZ Woman Gets 7 Years For Performing Surgery Without License
  on Aug 11, 2015 in Bad Behavior
  Tuscon AZ – Ilda Garcia pled guilty in July to practicing medicine without a license, fraudulent schemes and artifices and aggravated assault causing serious physical injury, and has now been sentenced to 7 years in prison. Garcia and co-defend...
• Dr. Norberg Loses Defamation Suit Against His Wife
  on Jul 29, 2015 in Norberg alonna norberg defamation Dr. Norberg Fargo husband Jon Norberg jury malpractice malpractice case Medical Malpractice physician propofol rape sued wife
  FARGO ND — A Fargo district court jury has found that Fargo surgeon Jon Norberg was not defamed by his ex-wife. Dr. Norberg had sued Alonna Norberg, also a physician, claiming that she made false claims and acted maliciously in having criminal...
• Jailed NV Hep C Outbreak Doc Sentenced To More Time
  on Jul 14, 2015 in Featured Nevada Hep C Desai dipak desai dr desai endoscopy center Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada fraud hep c hepatitis hepatitis c insurance fraud las vegas nevada Nevada Hepatitis C sentenced southern nevada Tonya Rushing
  Dr. Dipak Desai, the subject of a number of our articles which can be seen on out dedicated Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak page, has been sentenced to more time in jail on federal medicare and insurance fraud charges. Desai is currently serving 18 years...
• Legal Lesson: Ostensible Agent Liability In Medical Malpractice
  on Jun 29, 2015 in Featured Vicarious Liability appeal brain California emergency room headache hemorrhage lawsuit malpractice Medical Malpractice Negligence ostensible agent rideout memorial sandy whitlow Summary judgment vicarious liability
  Hospitals can be held liable for the negligent acts of physicians, nurses, and others when they are employed by the facility. However they can also be held liable when it only APPEARS these individuals are hospital employees. We are going to explore...
• Lawsuit: Piece Of Catheter Left In Heart In 1986, Found 2008
  on Jun 12, 2015 in Medical Malpractice adam walton foreign object lawsuit New York rochester strong memorial hospital surgery
  Adam Walton was just 3 years old when he underwent open heart surgery to correct congenital defects on May 27, 1986 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester New York. The operative note states that a “[p]olyvinyl catheter was placed within [Wal...
• Two Arrested In Separate Incidents For Impersonating Physicians
  on Jun 7, 2015 in Bad Behavior Featured ambulance arrested Dallas doctors hospitals Impersonating medical center memorial hospital physician Ryan Epperson Tennessee Terrance King texas
  From Campus Safety Magazine. Two men, one in Texas and one in Tennessee, were arrested after posing as doctors in hospitals last week in unrelated incidents. 23-year-old Terrance King was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and evading arrest...

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