February 1, 2025 Recent Legal News
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US v Otellin
Sentenced
Dr. Alexander Otellin of the Charleston, West Virginia, area was arrested and then fled to Russia. He was located eventuallia in Armenia and arrested there and then deported back to the US for trial. At trial he was convicted of illegally prescribing oxycodone. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Connecticut v Das
Sentenced
Dr. Debasish Das, of Fairfield, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for a hit and run killing a school nurse. The plea deal let him off on the hit and run but not on negligent homicide.
Great Britain v Siddiqui
Sentenced
Former physician Mohammad Siddiqui of Birmingham was sentenced to 5 years and 7 months in prison for harming boys. He did circumcisions on them causing bodily harm. He had lost his license and continued legally to do circs but with rusty instruments and not a lot of anesthesia.
Virginia v Abbasi
Arrested
Dr. Gohar Abbasi of Colonial Heights was the latest arrestee in the Colonial Heights nursing home scandal. It is alleged that he allowed a man to sign himself out of the nursing home. He had recently been declared non competent and unable to make his own medical decisions. He was found stumbling through the town dumping waste out of his colostomy bag.
Texas v Elfallal
Indicted
Dr. Samar Elfallal has been arrested and indicted on aggravated assault charges. He is accused of overdosing a patient with lidocaine two years earlier. The neurosurgeon is now out on bail. This seems to be a case of possible medical malpractice not criminality.
States v Purdue Pharma
Settlement Again
The states and the company settled earlier but it was overturned by the US Supreme Court. The court did not allow the Sackler family civil immunity since the did not file for bankruptcy along with the company. The new settlements say nothing about bankruptcy and have the family paying $6.5 Billion and the company $900 million.
Watts v Warren Ohio
Filed
Brittany Watts deserves a bunch of money for the terrible things the Ohio city employees and the hospital and their employees did to her. She had a placental abruption and after waiting hours at the hospital on several occasions she eventually had a miscarriage at home. The hospital reported her and she was subjected to questioning by the police for possible criminal conduct. Let the money flow!
US v Young
Sentenced
Dr. David Young of Fredericksburg, Texas, was previously convicted of fraudulently signing prescriptions for othotics without a good faith exam. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay over $22 million.
US v Lempiainen, Barmert
Settlement
Dr, Paul Baument and his nurse practitioner Cori Lempiainen have settle a False Claim allegation. They were accused of billing for non-existent office visits and signing orders for unnecessary DME. The physician reeds to pay $14,000 and the NP $150,000.
Kerlin-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic v Cedar-Sinai
Filed
The orthopedic practice is suing the hospital for taking their assets without compensation. They accuse Cedars of after their contract had expired demanding that their patients continue through Cedar facilities, refusing to allow patients to make appointments with the physicians and using their assets.
US v Pfizer
Settlement
Pfizer has agreed to pay $ 59.7 million to settle allegations that they billed for meds after giving kickbacks to physicians to prescribe the meds. Pfizer acquired Biohaven Pharmaceuticals that allegedly paid for physicians to to to bogus dinners to induce them to prescribe Nurtec.
Bryan v Shaknovsky, Ascension
Filed
The widow of William Bryan is suing the physician and hospital over the death of her husband. He died after the surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen. The reason for the hospital is that not only was Dr. Shaknovsky employed by them but they allegedly lied to the patient's family and the coroner about the cause of the death.
DISCLAIMER: Although this article is updated periodically, it reflects the author's point of view at the time of publication. Nothing in this article constitutes legal advice. Readers should consult with their own legal counsel before acting on any of the information presented.
February 1, 2025 Recent Legal News
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US v Otellin
Sentenced
Dr. Alexander Otellin of the Charleston, West Virginia, area was arrested and then fled to Russia. He was located eventuallia in Armenia and arrested there and then deported back to the US for trial. At trial he was convicted of illegally prescribing oxycodone. He was sentenced to three years in prison.
Connecticut v Das
Sentenced
Dr. Debasish Das, of Fairfield, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for a hit and run killing a school nurse. The plea deal let him off on the hit and run but not on negligent homicide.
Great Britain v Siddiqui
Sentenced
Former physician Mohammad Siddiqui of Birmingham was sentenced to 5 years and 7 months in prison for harming boys. He did circumcisions on them causing bodily harm. He had lost his license and continued legally to do circs but with rusty instruments and not a lot of anesthesia.
Virginia v Abbasi
Arrested
Dr. Gohar Abbasi of Colonial Heights was the latest arrestee in the Colonial Heights nursing home scandal. It is alleged that he allowed a man to sign himself out of the nursing home. He had recently been declared non competent and unable to make his own medical decisions. He was found stumbling through the town dumping waste out of his colostomy bag.
Texas v Elfallal
Indicted
Dr. Samar Elfallal has been arrested and indicted on aggravated assault charges. He is accused of overdosing a patient with lidocaine two years earlier. The neurosurgeon is now out on bail. This seems to be a case of possible medical malpractice not criminality.
States v Purdue Pharma
Settlement Again
The states and the company settled earlier but it was overturned by the US Supreme Court. The court did not allow the Sackler family civil immunity since the did not file for bankruptcy along with the company. The new settlements say nothing about bankruptcy and have the family paying $6.5 Billion and the company $900 million.
Watts v Warren Ohio
Filed
Brittany Watts deserves a bunch of money for the terrible things the Ohio city employees and the hospital and their employees did to her. She had a placental abruption and after waiting hours at the hospital on several occasions she eventually had a miscarriage at home. The hospital reported her and she was subjected to questioning by the police for possible criminal conduct. Let the money flow!
US v Young
Sentenced
Dr. David Young of Fredericksburg, Texas, was previously convicted of fraudulently signing prescriptions for othotics without a good faith exam. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay over $22 million.
US v Lempiainen, Barmert
Settlement
Dr, Paul Baument and his nurse practitioner Cori Lempiainen have settle a False Claim allegation. They were accused of billing for non-existent office visits and signing orders for unnecessary DME. The physician reeds to pay $14,000 and the NP $150,000.
Kerlin-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic v Cedar-Sinai
Filed
The orthopedic practice is suing the hospital for taking their assets without compensation. They accuse Cedars of after their contract had expired demanding that their patients continue through Cedar facilities, refusing to allow patients to make appointments with the physicians and using their assets.
US v Pfizer
Settlement
Pfizer has agreed to pay $ 59.7 million to settle allegations that they billed for meds after giving kickbacks to physicians to prescribe the meds. Pfizer acquired Biohaven Pharmaceuticals that allegedly paid for physicians to to to bogus dinners to induce them to prescribe Nurtec.
Bryan v Shaknovsky, Ascension
Filed
The widow of William Bryan is suing the physician and hospital over the death of her husband. He died after the surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen. The reason for the hospital is that not only was Dr. Shaknovsky employed by them but they allegedly lied to the patient's family and the coroner about the cause of the death.
DISCLAIMER: Although this article is updated periodically, it reflects the author's point of view at the time of publication. Nothing in this article constitutes legal advice. Readers should consult with their own legal counsel before acting on any of the information presented.