A Mount Sinai EMT was stabbed inside an ambulance July 19 while taking a patient to Mount Sinai West, CBS News reported.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Missouri hospital sues state over trauma center designation
Kirksville, Mo.-based Northeast Regional Medical Center is suing the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services after the department stripped the hospital of its level three trauma center designation, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported July 19.
Jury rules J&J must pay nearly $19M to cancer patient
A California jury has determined that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million to a patient who blamed the company’s talcum baby powder for causing mesothelioma, the Los Angeles Times reported July 18.
12 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
From HCA facing a lawsuit for a data theft incident that affected 171 hospitals and health systems, to Johnson & Johnson suing four physicians over published research, here are 12 healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has reported since…
Lawsuit alleges NYC Health + Hospitals harvested patient's organs without consent
The family of a woman with dementia who was killed by a train is suing NYC Health + Hospitals, alleging the health system donated her organs to LiveOnNY without consent, ABC7 reported July 18.
Judge orders Florida to stop putting children with complex medical needs in nursing homes
U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks issued a ruling putting an end to a longstanding issue in Florida where Medicaid-reliant children with complex health needs requiring constant care are placed in nursing homes, the Miami Herald reported July 18.&…
2nd patient sues Kansas Ascension hospital
A second patient filed a lawsuit against Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi St. Francis for negligence after she was allegedly raped by a man who sneaked into the hospital, ABC affiliate KAKE reported July 17.
Former Harvard morgue worker likened himself to 'Grim Reaper,' new lawsuit claims
Boston-based Harvard Medical School is now facing at least three lawsuits related to allegations that a former employee at the school’s morgue stole and sold human remains from bodies donated for medical research, the Boston Herald reported July 15.&nb…
Tennessee hospitals ramp up security after fatal shooting
Hospitals are adopting additional security measures after the shooting and death of an orthopedic surgeon at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Collierville, Tenn., the Commercial Appeal reported July 16.
Mother stabbed 3 HCA Florida hospital workers, took baby: Sheriff
A woman was arrested July 14 after the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said she stabbed three workers at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee.
