A nurse practitioner is accused of writing fake prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills while unemployed, TribLive reported March. 4.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
6 patients accuse Sutter Health technician of sexual assault
Six women who received ultrasounds between 2020 and 2022 at Sutter Health’s Memorial Hospital in Los Banos, Calif., allege an ultrasound technician sexually assaulted them. Despite complaints and two police investigations, the technician remained emplo…
Connecticut awarded $5M prejudgment remedy from defunct nursing school
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced March 4 that the state has been granted a $5 million prejudgment remedy in its lawsuit against the owners of Stone Academy, after its abrupt closure without warning in February 2023.
Steward Florida hospitals hit with lawsuits
As Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s financial troubles rage on at its hospitals in states like Massachusetts and Utah, the health system is now facing lawsuits pertaining to some of its Florida hospitals, Florida Today reported March 3.
6 workers assaulted at New York hospital: Police
Police said they have arrested a man following the assault of six workers at New York City-based Richmond University Medical Center.
Boston federal hearing set over for-profit companies in healthcare
A federal hearing is being held in Boston on April 3 to look into for-profit companies’ roles in the U.S. healthcare system amid Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s ongoing financial troubles in states like Massachusetts.
TikTokers stealing clinicians' identities to promote supplements
Dozens of TikTok accounts are using social media photos from real physicians, nurses and dental clinicians to promote a range of supplements and unchecked health claims — with few people policing them, Forbes reported March 4.
Judge dismisses NYU Langone's trademark lawsuit against Northwell
A federal judge on March 1 dismissed a trademark lawsuit brought by New York City-based NYU Langone Health System and NYU Langone Hospitals against New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health regarding the use of the color purple and other elements in N…
Delayed ED care led to Mercy patient's death, lawsuit claims
The family of a man who died at Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.) filed a lawsuit against the hospital Feb. 29, claiming delayed care and negligence contributed to his death, NBC affiliate KYTV reported.
10 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From a Wisconsin judge denying a temporary injunction to delay the close of two Hospital Sisters Health System-owned hospitals to a Waterbury Hospital alleging she was fired for her age, here are 10 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s…
