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.
Filed in a Texas federal court, the complaint names Prime Imaging Partners and Memorial MRI & Diagnostic among numerous defendants, with the alleged auto-injury scheme occurring from 2019-2023.
The agency is accused of failing to respond to a records request related to its upcoming review of the legality of abortion pills and interstate prescribing practices. The ACLU is asking a federal judge to enforce FOIA law.
In a report, News Center Maine spoke to a personal injury attorney who said she often receives numerous copies of medical records for her clients, each with its own fee. She said she is glad someone decided to sue over the issue, which may violate state law capping patient record-sharing costs.
According to a lawsuit, Jasmine Vincent, 15, was diagnosed by providers at MainHealth’s Mid Coast Medical Group with gynecomastia—a condition that typically affects males. She later died of leukemia-related cardiac arrest. Her mother was awarded $25 million in damages.
The academic medical center is accused of deploying lax security protocols that allowed an employee to access internet-connected cameras and private emails in acts of privacy invasion that lasted a decade.
Among the agencies impacted is the Department of Veterans Affairs, which released thousands of probationary workers as part of a staffing purge conducted by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Thomas J. Bryce, MD, purportedly only spent five minutes reading head and spine images of a 74-year-old who had experienced a fall, a fact harped on by winning plaintiff attorneys.
In issuing an injunction, a federal district court in Rhode Island ruled that states and their populations would suffer irreparable harm if the funds allocated by Congress were not granted to them.
Fairfax Radiological Consultants, located in the D.C. metro area, had employed over 500 individuals as of 2019, but by April 2020, its roster was down to fewer than 100, the DOJ note.
The world's richest man is expected to return to his duties in the private sector. However, a source told Politico he will likely continue to have an informal role in the administration.