The largest health insurance company in Idaho is fighting one federal lawsuit and recently lost a second after refusing to pay medical bills for two men who were seriously injured in motorcycle crashes. Blue Cross of Idaho denied those claims based on a little-known exception: Insurers may refuse coverage when a patient is found to have committed “illegal acts.” Idaho law says health insurers …
An inmate who gave birth inside a cell at the Tennessee Prison for Women has filed suit, alleging nurses and a doctor “alternately ignored and only occasionally checked on” the pregnant woman during four hours of labor. (Photo: Getty Images ) The family of a man who died after falling ill in a West Tennessee prison has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Centurion, the private …
Yasser Awaad Depositions are underway for a potential jury trial next year for Yasser Awaad, M.D., a pediatric neurologist formerly with Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn who is accused in a class action lawsuit of falsely diagnosing epilepsy in hundreds of children in Southeast Michigan in the mid-2000s. Awaad has been compared by the attorneys of the children and their families …
The UC Board of Regents filed a lawsuit against St. Jude Medical and Boston Scientific Corporation for patent infringement last week , alleging that the two companies used various medical technologies without authorization from the regents, who own the patent. Michael Lesh , a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco , invented a device and method for preventing atrial fibrillation , which …
An $80 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by two former Jackson County employees exposed to asbestos during renovation of the Jackson County Courthouse three decades ago. The settlement includes up to $25 million in attorney’s fees and costs to litigate the case. The rest will go into a medical monitoring fund, thought to be the largest ever established in a …
The collapse of the plan to build a hotel and conference center next to St. Joseph’s hospital has resulted in the filing of a lawsuit on Thursday in which the would-be developer is seeking $400 million in damages from the medical center. An artist’s rendering of a hotel proposed for Paterson. The 51-page complaint by the nonprofit group that proposed building hotel alleges that St. …
Tatyana Phillips never imagined she would have to talk about her baby boy’s death. “I have nightmares regularly so I don’t get any sleep, sometimes I stay awake for days at a time,” said the young woman through tears. On Friday, Phillips sat in the office of her attorney, and recounted that how last fall, her baby boy lived for just minutes after being born.
Three companies have been selected to grow or process medical marijuana on the Lower Shore. (Photo: AP file image)
At first, Shore Naturals Rx didn’t make the cut. The Ocean Pines-based company initially placed 21st out of 145 applicants seeking preliminary approval to grow medical marijuana in Maryland.
Incarcerated As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis filed a $35 million lawsuit against a California medical team earlier this year. The suit stems from accusations of medical negligence, which claim Lambesis was not given a prescribed medication for nearly two months, allegedly resulting in the metal vocalist developing gynecomastia (enlarged breasts). In 2014, Lambesis was sentenced to six …
The brother of a man who was strangled while being restrained by staff at the Caddo County Detention Center has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit alleging jailers used excessive force and failed to provide the man with adequate medical care. Video of an incident that authorities say led to the death of a Caddo County inmate was released on Monday. The state medical examiner said the inmate …