Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendant—or accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.
After Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was extradited to New York, federal prosecutors unsealed a new set of murder charges.
The case dates to March 2020, when the University of South Florida Foundation filed suit against the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company, which later countersued.
The original inciting incident occurred in July 2014, when 58-year-old James Griswold visited the Connecticut provider group for a nuclear stress imaging test.
Findings are based on an analysis of 135 teleradiology malpractice cases and 3,474 more in regular radiology, conducted by Harvard Medical School and published in Radiology.
About 180 former employees settled a suit with the former managers and owners of their radiology practice, saying their retirement benefits were mismanaged.