A California jury has determined that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million to a patient who blamed the company's talcum baby powder for causing mesothelioma, the Los Angeles Times reported July 18.
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A call center owner and employee pleaded guilty to their roles in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme.
From HCA facing a lawsuit for a data theft incident that affected 171 hospitals and health systems, to Johnson & Johnson suing four physicians over published research, here are 12 healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported since July…
The family of a woman with dementia who was killed by a train is suing NYC Health + Hospitals, alleging the health system donated her organs to LiveOnNY without consent, ABC7 reported July 18.
U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks issued a ruling putting an end to a longstanding issue in Florida where Medicaid-reliant children with complex health needs requiring constant care are placed in nursing homes, the Miami Herald reported July 18.
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A second patient filed a lawsuit against Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi St. Francis for negligence after she was allegedly raped by a man who sneaked into the hospital, ABC affiliate KAKE reported July 17.
A Maryland mental health clinic owner pleaded guilty to a scheme to defraud Medicaid by paying Medicaid recipients to visit her clinic.
Boston-based Harvard Medical School is now facing at least three lawsuits related to allegations that a former employee at the school's morgue stole and sold human remains from bodies donated for medical research, the Boston Herald reported July 15.
Hospitals are adopting additional security measures after the shooting and death of an orthopedic surgeon at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Collierville, Tenn., the Commercial Appeal reported July 16.
A woman was arrested July 14 after the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said she stabbed three workers at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee.