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.
South Carolinian Shannon James is suing Roper St. Francis Hospital and her primary care doc after they allegedly failed for three years to order a CT scan to assess an incidental finding.
A federal jury has found the individual guilty of conspiring to steal the imaging manufacturer's proprietary information in a bid to share details with a Chinese competitor.
"Understanding the scope and characteristics of malpractice claims is essential for guiding policy decisions and risk mitigation efforts," experts write in RSNA's Radiology.
The case dates to April 11, 2021, when 41-year-old Ruchi Sharma, living in Iowa City at the time, visited the University of Iowa Health Care ER following a head-on car collision.
Sean Clifford and his legal representatives first filed the lawsuit Sept. 24, 2024, in the New York State Supreme Court, contending a radiologist failed to spot signs of an impending stroke.
Robert C. O’Laughlin, MD, and attorneys first took Radiation Therapy Services and its physicians to court in late 2016, citing qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.
Rad Partners "firmly" denied the allegations, which mirror a similar complaint from Aetna, contending it plans to "vigorously defend against these claims" in court.
After losing a court battle with the Fortune 500 company last year, Jeffrey C. Allard, MD, and attorneys are homing in on an attorney's faulty credentials, claiming she "poisoned" the proceedings.
