Nonprofit Hospital Entitled to Liability Cap But Not Immunity, Says NJ Supreme Court June 11, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on June 10 that a federally qualified nonprofit health center that provides healthcare...
NYU Hospital Subpoenaed for Information on Gender-Affirming Care for Children May 14, 2026 By Dave Collins and Kimberlee Kruesi A New York hospital system says it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking information about...
Florida Surgeon Faces Manslaughter Charge for Allegedly Removing Wrong Organ April 16, 2026 A grand jury indicted a Florida doctor on a manslaughter charge for allegedly removing a patient’s liver instead of his...
Wife Sues Hospital Over Husband’s Death From Legionnaires’ Disease August 28, 2025 The wife of a man who died from Legionnaires’ disease has filed a wrongful death and negligence suit against the...
Court Approves $750 Million Settlement for Survivors of Abuse by NY Gynecologist May 7, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian hospitals will pay $750 million to patients who sued over being sexually abused by a...
State Says Exiting Steward Health Lacks Required Insurance for Employees, Physicians October 16, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Thousands of Massachusetts medical professionals and other employees of troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care are at risk because Steward...
Civil Trial Begins Into Sexual Abuse Claims by Ex-Patients at Virginia Children’s Hospital September 17, 2024 Testimony has begun in a civil trial against a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children, its owner and its former...
Hospital to Pay $300K to Resolve Drug Recordkeeping Allegations July 8, 2024 A New Hampshire hospital has agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by failing to...
Four Tops Singer Sues Detroit-Area Hospital for Racial Discrimination June 13, 2024 WARREN, Mich. (AP) — The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a...
Hospital Not Liable in Nurse’s Sexual Battery Against Patient June 5, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Virginia hospital is not vicariously liable for a sexual molestation committed by one of its nurses against a patient...