Personal Injury Law

Major Cancer Care Provider to Pay $34.7 Million False Claims Settlement

Posted on May 20, 2016
Cancer is difficult enough to endure, with many uncomfortable procedures, without you or a loved one having to worry about undergoing unnecessary ones. But that?s exactly what it is alleged that 21st Century Oncology Inc., headquartered in Florida and the US?s biggest physician-led integrated cancer care provider, did in many cases...

$34.8 Million Recovery for Alleged Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE Fraud

Posted on May 18, 2016
A sleep therapy products supplier, Respironics Inc., based in Pennsylvania, agreed to resolve charges of False Claims Act violations by paying $34.8 million because of a qui tam suit brought by a whistleblower. The agreement, announced in March 2016 by the U...

Cleaning Up the Environment?or Just Cleaning Up?

Posted on April 25, 2016
Environmental regulations are part of our lives, and rightly so. We need to keep from trashing our home, this planet, for ourselves and for future generations. A lot of time, effort, and money have gone into cleaning up old messes and preventing new ones, from the fossil fuels industry to nuclear plants...

The Latest Government Trends in Whistleblower Actions

Posted on April 20, 2016
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that, for all of fiscal year (FY) 2015, over $3.5 billion in settlements and judgments were obtained because of fraud cases against the government brought under the False Claims Act (FCA). This marks the fourth consecutive year that recoveries exceeded $3...

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Multi-Millions Medicare Fraud Takedown

Posted on April 18, 2016
In the largest series of arrests for Medicare fraud to date, 243 health care workers?including 46 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals?were nabbed in a nationwide sweep. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which includes personnel from the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and local law […]

SC Student Loan Whistleblower Case Judgment of Over $9 Million

Posted on March 28, 2016
Educational loan abuse and fraud are starting to see their share of whistleblowers bringing cases under the False Claims Act (FCA). Student loans taken under dubious circumstances have become multi-million-dollar moneymakers at for-profit schools like ITT and the University of Phoenix...

Medicare Whistleblowers Split $3.5 Million

Posted on March 24, 2016
Two whistleblowers?a cardiac nurse and a healthcare consultant?are sharing more than $3.5 million, which is their portion of a $23 million qui tam False Claims Act settlement. The case, which was resolved mid-February of 2016, involved 51 hospitals that allegedly disobeyed Medicare rules regarding coverage of implanting heart defibrillation devices...

Recent False Claims Act Wins in South Carolina

Posted on March 02, 2016
On December 3, 2015, the District of South Carolina?s U.S. Attorney?s Office announced that it had collected over $7 million during fiscal year 2015 for U.S. taxpayers in various criminal and civil cases. In criminal actions, roughly $4.4 million was received, while for civil actions, the amount was almost $2...

A Dramatic Upswing of Whistleblower Disclosures by VA Employees

Posted on February 08, 2016
Whistleblower cases involving the Veterans Administration (VA) took a significant upturn in fiscal year 2015, according to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Although it is small?with only 140 employees?and independent, the agency?s job is to protect whistleblowers and other federal employees from prohibited personnel actions...

Getting Taken for a Ride

Posted on February 05, 2016
When you think of Medicare fraud, ambulance services might not come to mind. After all, in a life-threatening situation, you?re going to call 911 for an ambulance. You?re not going to think about kickbacks, unnecessary procedures, upcoding, and other deceitful practices happening in the ambulance industry...

Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Indiana School System

Posted on March 31, 2011
A Shenandoah High School student who lost the tip of his right ring finger in an accident in 2009 has filed a lawsuit against the northwestern Henry County school corporation, reports thestarpress.com. The then 16-year-old was performing a task in an agriculture shop class when his finger was pinched between a bale cattle feeder and a trailer, resulting in the loss of his fingertip...

Malpractice Alleged in Death of Lap-Band Surgery Patient

Posted on March 29, 2011
The husband of a woman who is the fourth Southern California patient to die following a Lap-Band surgical procedure has filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit, reports the LA Times. The 50-year-old Simi Valley woman died on July 26th following weight loss surgery at Valley Surgical Center in West Hills, a clinic connected to 1-800-GET-THIN...

Lawsuit Filed in Young Woman?s Death

Posted on March 24, 2011
The parents of a 22-year-old woman have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Dodge County Circuit Court (Wisconsin), reports the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen. The woman died of blunt force trauma after being hit by a car in front of Beaver Dam Middle School at 1:36 a...

Florida Family Awarded $19.2 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on March 22, 2011
A three-and-a-half-year-old girl is blind and has cerebral palsy after she was given 100 times the dose of nutrients 15 days after she was born in 2007, claimed the lawsuit filed in Lee County by her parents. The family has been awarded $19.2 million in the suit that could be the first of its kind for Lee County, reports station 2RSWFlorida...

Woman Run Over By Mentally Ill Patient, Sues Psychiatrist

Posted on March 17, 2011
In June 2008, a Tacoma woman who suffered brain damage after being run over by a 31-year-old mentally ill felon has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the psychiatrist who treated her, reports the News Tribune. The lawsuit alleges the doctor did not do enough to treat the woman and did not notify the state corrections officials when her mental health deteriorated...

Utility Company Sued In Woman?s Death

Posted on March 15, 2011
National Grid is being sued by the family of a 54-year-old Salem, New Hampshire woman who died after her power was shut off in June, reports the Eagle-Tribune. When the power was shut off due to the $900 due on the bill, the electrical powered oxygen machine she needed to breathe went off...

Family Threatens Lawsuit Against Ole Miss in Son?s Death

Posted on March 10, 2011
Claiming Ole Miss was negligent in the death of their 20-year-old football player son last year, the family has sent a letter to the University of Mississippi as a 90-day notice they are planning to file a wrongful death lawsuit, reports wmctv.com. ?Buster? Abram was a high school football star who collapsed and died unexpectedly on the first day of practice last year...

Glen Falls, NY Doctor to Pay $3 Million for Birth Defects Suffered 18 Years Ago

Posted on March 08, 2011
PostStar.com reports a Warren County state Supreme Court has found a doctor should pay $3 million for injuries a now 18-year-old girl suffered during her birth. The jury found Dr. Stephen Serlin, an OB/GYN should pay the girl who suffers from cerebral palsy and other health issues she suffers because of a brain injury at birth...

Sponge Left in Abdomen, Patient Sues New Orleans Clinic

Posted on March 03, 2011
The Louisiana Record reports a lawsuit has been filed in federal court in New Orleans against Ochsner Clinic Foundation by a former patient over a surgical sponge left in his abdomen following surgery for rectal cancer. In February 2010, the man had surgery to help treat rectal cancer and shortly after being discharged he began to have abdominal pain and anorexia...

East Ohio Gas Sued In Fatal House Explosion

Posted on March 01, 2011
The husband of a woman who died as the result of their house exploding and burning in Eastlake on January 28, 2009, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against East Ohio Gas Company (EOG), according to wkyc.com. The lawsuit alleges the company was negligent in the pipe installation which led to the gas explosion by using plastic pipe instead of steel pipe to connect the EOG gas line into the home...

Crib Retailer Sued in Child?s Death ? Called One Of ?Deadliest Products?

Posted on February 24, 2011
An Omaha retailer, Hayneedle, Inc., is being sued by the parents of a 1-year-old boy who was allegedly asphyxiated in a crib accident, reports BostonHerald.com. Hayneedle operated as Netshops Inc. at the time of the child?s death in 2008. The child was in a Simplicity Ellis Deluxe 4-in-1 Convertible Sleep System crib when he got trapped between the crib?s mattress and the frame...

Widow Sues Pennsylvania Attorney in Husband?s Hunting Death

Posted on February 22, 2011
The Beaver County Times reports a Philadelphia widow is suing attorney David Manilla for the hunting death of her husband. The 52-year-old man was fatally shot after he killed a deer in Quakertown on November 29, 2010. Mr. Manilla reportedly told authorities he shot after he mistook the man for a deer...

Negligence Alleged in Lawsuit against City in Teen?s Death

Posted on February 17, 2011
In November 2009, a student was killed crossing the dangerous Luten Avenue outside Tottenville High School in Staten Island, New York, reports silive.com. Following the death of the straight-A student, the city installed traffic lights, concrete medians, and other safety devices along the street...

Cancer Misdiagnosed As Lyme Disease

Posted on February 15, 2011
Florida?s Sun Sentinel reports a 45-year-old man who was diagnosed in 2004 with Lyme disease later learned he was suffering from a rare form of non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma and that the cancer had spread. His intravenous antibiotic treatments for Lyme disease made him so sick he had to leave work for three months...

Mother Sues Driver in Deadly Off-Road Desert Race

Posted on February 10, 2011
The Daily Press reports a mother of a spectator killed when an off-road truck crashed into the crowd at a desert race on August 14 near Lucerne Valley, California is suing the driver and the race?s organizer on behalf of her son?s estate and his 3-year-old daughter...

Kentucky Nursing Home to Pay $43 Million Settlement

Posted on February 08, 2011
A 92-year-old man died at what was previously known as Harborside of Madisonville Nursing Home after being a resident for only nine days. His family alleged he died of complications from dehydration and pressure ulcers which were caused by neglect. According to McKnight?s Long-Term Care News, a Hopkins County Circuit Court jury agreed, finding the victim was not given enough water to survive, and awarded the family $40 million in punitive damages, $1 million for pain and suffering, and $1...

Woman Ejected From Golf Cart Files Suit

Posted on February 03, 2011
Barron News-Shield of Wisconsin reports a woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a golf course following an injury accident in June 2009. The lawsuit which was filed against Pine Crest Golf of Dallas, alleges the woman was a passenger in a golf cart when she was ejected ?due to the operation and maintenance of the cart and hazardous conditions? on the grounds...

Family Awarded $1.68 Million Following Auto Accident

Posted on February 01, 2011
NewsandSentinel.com reports a Parkersburg, West Virginia family has been awarded $1.68 million by a jury for injuries suffered in a 2009 auto accident. The accident happened on January 8, 2009, on West Virginia 47 at Interstate 77 when the 2000 Subaru Outback collided with a 2000 Chevy Blazer owned by Dual Air Refrigeration and driven by Karen Johnson...

Lawsuit Filed Following Auto Accident Which Killed Teen

Posted on January 27, 2011
The family of a 17-year-old who died in a vehicle accident in Enfield, Connecticut last year has filed a lawsuit against the driver, and the driver?s father, Democratic State Rep. Matthew Conway, reports CTnow.com. The lawsuit accuses the daughter and her father, the owner of the SUV, of negligence...

South Carolina Mother Files Lawsuit Over Fire That Killed Her Son

Posted on January 25, 2011
SCnow.com reports a Lamar, South Carolina mother has filed a lawsuit against several parties, including her landlord and an electric company, over her 11-year-old?s death in a fire two years ago when the family lived in a manufactured home. The lawsuit claims the home was ?sloppily, recklessly and dangerously electrically wired and uninhabitable? as the suit cites several electrical wiring errors...

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