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Acid-Burned Uterus Suit; Patient Loses $438K Damages Award; $11M Kratom Death Suit

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, ľֱ

MedpageToday
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A woman is suing a Pennsylvania fertility clinic after her uterine lining was when trichloroacetic acid was substituted for saline. (PennLive)

An Ohio woman was against spine surgeon Abubakar Durrani, MD, over an allegedly unnecessary 2012 surgery, after an appeals court ruled that evidence had been improperly introduced. Durrani is by the HHS Office of Inspector General after allegedly fleeing to Pakistan. (Bloomberg Law)

The family of a woman who died after taking kratom was in a wrongful death suit. (NBC News)

An appeals court has ruled to against a health system and a surgeon who reportedly removed part of a patient's pancreas instead of her adrenal gland. (Topeka Capital-Journal)

Idaho who refer patients out-of-state for an abortion, a U.S. judge has ruled. (Reuters)

Personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan over claims that their drugs semaglutide (Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro), respectively, can cause gastroparesis. (CBS News)

The family of Henrietta Lacks -- the woman whose cells were unknowingly harvested then used worldwide in research -- has with Thermo Fisher Scientific. (AP)

Women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar, DO, have , alleging officials there made "secret decisions" about releasing documents in the case. (ABC News)

A New Jersey woman was and prescribing drugs by using the name of a family member with an active medical license. (CNN)

The family of Patrice Wilson, the Detroit nurse who was allegedly kidnapped after leaving her hospital and killed by her ex-boyfriend, for $200 million. (FOX 2 Detroit)

The U.S. Department of Labor is suing UnitedHealth, alleging one of its subsidiaries for emergency services and urine drug screens. (Fierce Healthcare)

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    Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.