The New Mexico Attorney General’s office is investigating 36 deaths which may all be the fault of a single psychiatrist. Investigators say Dr. Edwin Hall has a history of over-prescribing potent medications. Records pulled from his Girard, New Mexico office show that Hall didn’t just push pills on patients—he combined them in dangerous ways, potentially
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National dental chain Kool Smiles will pay $24 million to settle allegations that it and an affiliate routinely billed Medicaid for root canals and other unnecessary work performed on impoverished children. As reported in the Hartford Courant, the case against Kool Smiles came into being by way of whistleblowers. A Connecticut dentist was among a
Lawsuits Filed After Donated Eggs Caused Fragile X Syndrome
A five-day hearing led jurors to award $48 million to the family of Gizzell Ford. The 8-year old girl was found strangled in grandmother Helen Ford’s West Side apartment in 2013. Although county officials had received reports of ongoing abuse, investigations never reached any conclusive end. Pediatrician Norell Rosado, then employed by Cook County, was
Imagine visiting your doctor for a routine procedure and leaving marred or disabled. Unfortunately for one woman in Columbus, Georgia, something like this happened when she visited St. Francis Hospital for a “common neck surgery that ended up leaving her disabled.” As a result of the botched surgery, the woman, Sandra Williams, “filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against St. Francis Hospital for the end result of her neck surgery.” Fortunately for her, a jury ruled in her favor and decided that “St. Francis and its surgeons were 100 percent at fault.” As a result, St. Francis must now pay Williams $26 million dollars. So what happened?