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NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by Amnesty International USA: In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Idaho vs. United States and Moyle vs. United [...]

Federal trial judges in Texas and Idaho came to opposite conclusions in a battle between conservative states and the U.S. government over limits on abortion access. In the weeks after [...]

ARLINGTON, VA -- The following information was released by the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF): Emma Hall | April 25, 2024 Physicians for Human Rights supporting EMTALA in front of the [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the American Hospital Association (AHA): The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit challenging an Idaho law restricting abortion. The complaint [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the office of the United States Attorney General: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit to protect the rights of patients [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Department of Health and Human Services: Without Injunctive Relief, Idaho Law Will Violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, Which [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over a memo that was sent out insisting that people can use a law that allows 'emergency abortions' over [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over a memo that was sent out insisting that people can use a law that allows 'emergency abortions' over [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over a memo that was sent out insisting that people can use a law that allows 'emergency abortions' over [...]

(JURIST) - Texas Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging President Joseph Bidens executive order which preempts states abortion laws with federal law when emergency care is required to save a mothers [...]

Byline: Katie Shepherd Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration over federal rules that require abortions be provided in medical emergencies to save the life of the [...]

Byline: Lindy Washburn, NorthJersey.com Three pediatric emergency room physicians at Hackensack University Medical Center, all in their 50s, have filed suit against the hospital and its parent company, Hackensack Meridian [...]

Byline: Gabrielle Saulsbery Three pediatric emergency room physicians with an average age of 55 filed an age discrimination suit on Oct. 28 against their former employer Hackensack Meridian Health. Doctors [...]

Mr. Karun Kittisataporn (3rd from right), Chairman of Krungsri Foundation, presented 1 million baht to the National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEMS) 1669 represented by Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime [...]

Hospital Seeks Injunction to Allow Paramount Health Plan Members Continued Access to Their Doctors and the Right to Choose Where They Receive Care MAUMEE, Ohio, Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- [...]

LEXINGTON, KY -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky: A Cynthiana, Kentucky, man, William Michael Fields, Jr., 37, was [...]

ATLANTA: Nexus Services, Inc. has issued the following press release: -Nexus Services Inc. announced today the funding of a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons for their failure to [...]

Lawsuit seeks injunctive relief after inmate was placed in solitary confinement, refused proper medical treatment and denied the use of a wheelchair ATLANTA -- Nexus Services Inc. announced today the [...]

Byline: Nikki Wentling WASHINGTON - A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Department of Veterans Affairs wrongly denied reimbursements for some veterans who received emergency medical treatment at non-VA facilities [...]

Bond has been denied to a man who was charged with murder after he allegedly shot to death his son in a Suffolk hospital's parking lot. The shooting which police [...]

Byline: Sara Nichol A 'nuisance' patient has been warned he could be jailed after he was found with a knife in an accident and emergency department. Ben Mckenna was already [...]

Byline: Heather Cobun An Upper Marlboro mans lawsuit under a federal anti-patient-dumping statute will proceed after a judge found claims that Prince Georges Hospital Centers failure to perform surgery in [...]

Aug. 12--KINGWOOD -- Dr. David M. Anderson is suing Dr. Robert W. Phares and the Bruceton Medical Center (BMC), saying he was not paid for work he performed. In a [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a narrow ruling upholding [...]

NYU is suing a Factory Mutual Insurance Company Global unit for $1.47 billion after being denied coverage of losses in 2012 caused by Hurricane Sandy. Langone Medical Center incurred much [...]

NAPA, CA , Apr 13, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Emergency medicine physicians are more prone to be sued for diagnosis-related issues than many other specialists because they treat patients [...]

Byline: NAPA, CA, Apr 13, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Emergency medicine physicians are more prone to be sued for diagnosis-related issues than many other specialists because they treat patients [...]

By its very nature, the emergency department (ED) is the hospital's melting pot for potential medical malpractice cases. The emergency physician (EP) must evaluate and deal with a great number [...]

Byline: Zack Budryk New details http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/hma-facing-flurry-whistleblower-suits/2013-12-31 allege the Naples, Fla.-based http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/tags/health-management-associates-0 (HMA) hospital chain used a combination of software, threats and monetary incentives to leverage higher Medicare and Medicaid payments [...]

Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Injuries alleged: Death Name of case: Withheld Court/case #: Withheld Tried before judge or jury: N/A (settled) Amount of settlement: $180,000 Date: March 9, 2001 [...]

Suit Charges Horizon with Systematic Attack on Emergency Care in Quest for Profit BAYONNE, N.J. -- Bayonne Hospital Center (BHC)--the only hospital in the medically underserved working class community of [...]

News: The victim of an armed robbery was taken to a emergency department (ED) after receiving two gunshot wounds--one to the thigh and one to the chest. The chest wound [...]

Pray with ED Patients? Don't Fear Lawsuits But Tread Carefully If highly religious nurses or physicians feel that it is appropriate to pray with patients and to share their faith, [...]

Does a Patient Callback System Prevent ED Suits? Experts say that an ED patient callback system can dramatically reduce liability risks, but very few EDs have this in place. Tom [...]

Failure to follow up can lead to lawsuits When patients leave the ED early, what your staff do afterward can make the difference between insulating yourself against a lawsuit and [...]

Lawsuits may arise from ED 'boarding' practice There's proof it harms patients (This story is Part 1 of a two-part series on liability risks of boarding admitted patients in the [...]

Older, controversial guidelines still play role in lawsuits Guidelines for the management of febrile children dating back to 1993 have complicated liability risks for EDs since they were published, and [...]