Rachel Dovel didn’t mean to become a crusader for transgender rights. But the library employee found herself cast in that role last year when the library’s health insurance refused to pay for her gender confirmation surgery – and the library’s board wouldn’t budge. She underwent surgery in December – and Monday she and her legal team announced she settled a lawsuit against the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. …
A jury awarded a Castle Rock couple the second largest medical negligence verdict in Colorado history on Thursday, the couple’s attorney said. Robbin and Ed Smith received $14.9 million from The Surgery Center at Lone Tree in the case after an injection caused her to be paralyzed from the waist down because of a spinal cord infarction. Robbin was 57-years-old when she …
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 …
Paterson, N.J. – A Catholic hospital faces an anti-discrimination lawsuit for cancelling a surgery to remove a uterus from a female who identifies as a man. The surgery was meant to treat gender dysphoria. “This case involves whether a Catholic hospital can be compelled to perform a procedure that violates its sincerely-held religious beliefs,” Matt Sharp, legal counsel with Alliance Defending …
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit involving Arthroscopic & Laser Surgery of San Diego and HealthSouth Corporation. The proposed settlement provides compensation to certain …
Vecchione signed a consent decree on July 7 with the state Board of Dentistry to use best practices in sanitation and to make immediate sanitation improvements. The consent decree says that Vecchione fully cooperated with the investigation and that the probe didn’t find that conditions at the clinic had caused the infections. During its investigation, the state Department of Health determined …