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.
Senior Airman Tamera Moniq Bolden-Cleckley, of Boerne, Texas, was assigned to the 96th Surgical Operations Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base and had served as a radiologic technologist there since 2021.
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.
UPDATED: The alert pertains to the BioZorb and BioZorb LP radiographic markers, implanted in soft tissue to indicate the site for radiation therapy or other medical procedures.
The commission sued Welsh Carson in September, claiming the New York investment outfit and US Anesthesia Partners have perpetrated an “anticompetive scheme” to drive up prices.
The case dates to March 2020, when the University of South Florida Foundation filed suit against the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company, which later countersued.
