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Sham peer review or malicious peer review is a name given to the abuse of a medical peer review process to attack a doctor for personal or other non-medical reasons. [1] The American Medical Association conducted an investigation of medical peer review in 2007 and concluded that while it is easy to allege misconduct and 15% of surveyed physicians indicated that they were aware of peer review ...
A medical malpractice lawsuit against Todd was also filed on Sept. 29 in Middlesex Superior Court, Boston.com reported. Martin, Todd’s lawyer, told the outlet he had not seen the allegations ...
Winkler County, Texas. The Winkler County nurse whistleblower case was a series of legal proceedings in West Texas concerning the retaliation against two nurses who submitted an anonymous state medical board complaint against a physician in 2009.
The complaints come two years after nurses and hospital management reached an agreement to end the longest nurses' strike in state history, one that extended for more than 300 days.
Nurse sued Tri-State Pain Institute, claiming owner Dr. Joseph M. Thomas "created sexually charged" hostile work environment. Clinic denied claims.
The hospital later stated, "it is false to suggest Dr. Thomson was suspended for his views." [ 53 ] Thomson has since filed a $1.5 million lawsuit, alleging defamation and procedural flaws. [ 54 ] A media investigation reported that screenshots from a Facebook group called "Canadian Jewish Physicians" allegedly show doctors discussing filing ...
Two Texas women have filed federal complaints against hospitals that reportedly denied them lifesaving treatments for ectopic pregnancies, causing them both to lose one of their fallopian tubes.
Massachusetts v. Purdue is a lawsuit filed on August 14, 2018, suing the Stamford, Connecticut-based company Purdue Pharma LP, which created and manufactures OxyContin, "one of the most widely used and prescribed opioid drugs on the market", and Purdue's owners, the Sacklers [1] accusing them of "widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to the opioid crisis ...