A couple is suing a Torrance doctor who allegedly terminated the pregnancy of a woman without her consent because of an embryo mix-up during an in-vitro fertilization process. According to court documents, David and Melissa Pineda have named Dr. Rifaat Salem in a malpractice lawsuit after an IVF treatment that…
A jury has found that a Basalt doctor is not guilty in a lawsuit connected to the death of a man in Carbondale following the patient’s knee surgery. Court documents indicate that Dr. Thomas Moore was named in a malpractice lawsuit along with Ursula Ayers, mother of Hans Ayers, alleging…
A malpractice lawsuit has been settled against an orthopedic surgeon who is now also facing criminal charges in two counties. The lawsuit filed against Dr. Jake Heinkey, 40, and his former practice, Cutting Edge Orthopaedics LLC was filed in Lucas County Common Pleas Court by Ruth and Phillip Anderson of…
In the field of medical malpractice, there can be perceived a culture of secrecy. While hospitals may keep detailed information on specific incidents, most of the time these mistakes are kept hidden from the eyes of both the patient and from the public at large. “People who are injured as a…
Four people in Texas have been charged with allegedly paying Medicare beneficiaries with funds from illegal kickbacks. According to court documents, Ebong Tilong and Marie Neba of Sugar Land, Texas were both arrested for their alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud conspiracy scheme. The home-health agency that Tilong…
Sometimes the medical outcome for a patient can cause them to seek damages for the treatment they received. That is what happened when Lisa Menschik brought a malpractice suit against her doctors, Jose Alvarez, M.D., Brent Peterson, D.O., and David Kropf, M.D. after a surgery that left her an invalid. In…
Medical malpractice lawsuits can be especially complicated. Because of legal precedent in some medical malpractice lawsuits, the courts have tended to be more deferential to the exercise of individual physician judgment in cases where judgment has been cited as a defense. The use of the “best judgement” defense began in…
Doctors in the State of New York are required to attend a 4 hour continuing medical education (CME) if they want to recommend marijuana to their patients. New York state’s Compassionate Care Act was signed into law in June 2014, thus legalizing the medical use of marijuana. Physician training was…
Two families with wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuits filed against Ohio State University will be receiving payments of $1.7 million in settlement to their cases filed the Ohio Court of Claims. A judge approved the settlement agreements on Friday, though Ohio State University admitted no wrongdoing. The family and…
A jury in Minnesota has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic after he suffered spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery. Attorneys for Joseph Lakoskey said that the actions of an anesthesiologist left him dangerously dehydrated before surgery at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale to repair…