An imprisoned Columbus native died of a perforated stomach ulcer after complaining for nearly two weeks of severe stomach pain — and only receiving antacids and apparently never being examined by a prison doctor, a lawsuit claims. The family of Robert Anthony “Boo” Wright is seeking damages in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in the Ohio Court of Claims against the Department of Rehabilitation …
Sarah Fuller’s doctor asked her to come in to discuss a new prescription for her chronic pain, but a drug company sales rep did most of the talking. “She didn’t say anything about risk,” said David Fuller, who accompanied his 32-year-old daughter to the Cherry Hill medical office. Sarah was given Subsys, a fast-acting opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.
Some Canadian hernia surgery patients have launched a class-action lawsuit against the maker of a now-recalled surgical mesh, claiming they weren’t warned of its dangers. Patients are speaking out about a surgical device called Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh, which was used in Canada up until last year, when it was recalled and pulled from the market over concerns about higher rates of …
he family of a New Jersey woman who died after using a prescription version of the potent opioid fentanyl filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the drug’s maker, her doctor, and a specialty pharmacy that provided the drug. The lawsuit, filed in a New Jersey state court, alleges 32-year-old Sarah Fuller was the victim of a nationwide push by Insys Therapeutics to entice doctors to …
Drug use in Hollywood is under a microscope again amid a new lawsuit that claims actor Jim Carrey used his “immense wealth and celebrity status” to illegally obtain and distribute potentially deadly substances to his girlfriend Cathriona White, who died of a suicidal overdose at age 30 last year. White’s estranged husband, Mark Burton, filed the suit Monday in Los Angeles. The suit also alleges …
Fallout from a state crackdown on the medical director of a chain of Washington pain clinics has expanded with new sanctions against more providers — and a lawsuit filed by the family of a patient who died. As many as 20 health-care providers who worked for Seattle Pain Centers have been suspended from the state Labor & Industries department network, which authorizes treatment for workers’ …
Updated: May 24, 2016 – 10:52 AM State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has announced a consumer protection lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson regarding its marketing of a surgical mesh used to treat pelvic floor conditions in women. The AG’s office says a result, thousands of Washington women face urinary and defecatory dysfunction, loss of sexual function, chronic inflammation, chronic pain and …