Medical Malpractice Law
 
United States of America et al. ex rel Kevin G. Murphy, New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital

New York, New York commercial litigation lawyer represented the plaintiff on a qui tam claim. NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL (“NYPHV”), which, prior to 2015, was known as Hudson Valley Hospital Center (“Hudson Valley”). The settlement resolves allegations that NYPHV improperly paid millions of dollars to a Westchester-based oncology practice (the “Oncology Practice”

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State of Connecticut v. Frankie Dejesus

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with murder. Frankie DeJesus, age 28, of Waterbury, with murder for killing William Beltran in Waterbury in 2022. The evidence presented at trial consisted of an eyewitness who placed DeJesus at the scene of the murder with a motive, as well as surveillance cameras, cell phone evidence, and ballistic comp

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The People of the State of California v. Osvaldo Deleon

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with animal abuse. Osvaldo Deleon, 61, was accused of animal abuse for failing to seek medical attention for his dog’s severely injured leg. The dog’s hind leg had an open wound with exposed bone when officials with the county’s Department of Animal Services (DAS) encountered it. The dog was taken into a ve

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United States of America v. Patrick Carl Timberlake, Jr., a/k/a “King”

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Distribution of Heroin and Fentanyl. Patrick Carl Timberlake, Jr., a/k/a “King,” age 29, is a drug dealer and a felon who is prohibited from possessing weapons. In 2019 and 2020, Timberlake sold poison—heroin containing deadly fentanyl—to two drug users who took Timberlake’s poison,

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United States of America v. Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. In the Autism fraud scheme, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, age 27, has been charged by federal information with one count of wire fraud. As set forth in the information, Yussuf and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention benefit, a

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United States of America v. Gary Cox

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion by operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders used to support fraudulent claims for various medical items.

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United States of America v. Edward L. Stief

East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions in criminal derived property. Edward L. Stief, Jr., age 42, met the victim in May 2023 after becoming acquainted with him while offering lawn care and landscaping services. Shortly thereafter, Stief used severa

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United States of America v. Dr. Mark Malone, et al.

Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will

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United States of America v. Kamel Hay

Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. On February 5, 2022, Kamel Hay, 26, of Houston, Texas, was driving his vehicle northbound on the BW Parkway at a high rate of speed as he wove through traffic. Eventually, Hay lost control of his car, striking two other vehicles, before his car left the roadway and struck a tree. His

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Rita Escobar v. LYFT, Inc.

Alexandria, Virginia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. A.I. Google: Virginia auto negligence law is defined by a strict contributory negligence rule, meaning if you're even 1% at fault for an accident, you're barred from recovering any damages, making it crucial to avoid admitting fault and gather extensive evidence to prove the other driver's

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United States of America v. Jeremy Pauley

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property (Human Remains). Jeremy Pauley, age 43, of Thompson, Pennsylvania, admitted to his role in a nationwide network of individuals who bought and sold human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary. Pauley purchased human

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United States of America v. Jesse Foote

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud and kickback scheme. From December 2017 to March 2021, Jesse Foote, 60, of Fairfield, Connecticut, conspired with overseas telemarking call centers, DME suppliers, telemedicine companies, and doctors to submit fraudulent claims to health care b

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United States of America v. Neil John Aaron Williamsky

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Medicare of $172 million, commit money laundering, and pay kickbacks and bribes in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Neil John Aaron Williamsky, 65, of Marlboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit

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United States of America v. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with adulterating and misbranding medical devices with the intent to defraud or mislead. In June 2021, Philips Respironics initiated a recall for certain CPAP and BiPAP devices due to potential health risks associated with the foam used in the devices for sound abatement. The potential health risks identified at the

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United States of America v. Peter Karasev

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wittwo counts of willful destruction of an energy facility related to two separate bombings of PG&E electrical transformers in late 2022 and early 2023. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed down the sentence. “Peter Karasev’s attacks on critical infrastructure were direct threats to public safety and n

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United States of America v. Jeremiah Manuyag Flores

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the civil rights of a man in pretrial custody at the San Diego Central Courthouse by using excessive force that caused serious injuries and then writing a false report to cover up his illegal actions. San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremiah Manuyag Flores was assigned to the Court Services Bureau at

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State of Louisiana v. Kylan Green

Hammond, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Kylan Green, age 19, accused of shooting and killing Jermaine Stevenson Jr., 18, who was driven to North Oaks Medical Center before officers arrived, but he later died at the hospital.

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United States of America v. Milder Escobar-Temal

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), Milder Escobar-Temal is a citizen of Guatemala who came to America unlawfully over a decade ago and resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In October 2022, police found three firearms in Escobar-Temal’s residence. Escobar-Temal was born in Guat

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United States of America v. Troy H. Williams

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug offenses, possessing a firearm as a felon, and money laundering. The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 196 months in prison. Williams moved the district court for compassionate release, claiming that the prison officials were inadequately treating his serious medical condition.

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Rhonda Hehrer v. County of Clinton, Michigan, et al.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation wrongful death theory. This case’s tragic facts took place during Joseph Hehrer’s detention at a county jail. After Hehrer showed signs of illness (including vomiting), medical staff repeatedly evaluated him. Yet they failed to uncover that he suffered f

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United States of America v. Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, aka Abu Trica

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding elderly victims out of over $8 million. Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, aka Abu Trica, 31, of Swedru, Ghana was part of a criminal network that targeted elderly victims in romance scams across the United States since 2023. Kumi was arrested in Ghana on December 11, 2025. According to the

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nited States of America v. Christopher Allan Johnson

Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using the Kik social media app to send three videos containing child sexual exploitation material. On October 10, 2024, after leaving the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia, Christopher Allan Johnson, 54, logged into Kik and joined a public group dedicated to incest. There, an undercover FBI task f

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United States of America v. Saikeen Dixon

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed carjacking of a FedEx truck in August of 2022. Saikeen Dixon, age 33, and co-defendant Ronald Byrd, 37, also of Philadelphia, were charged by superseding indictment in September 2023. In June of this year, both were convicted at trial of carjacking and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm duri

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United States of America v. Katrina Maclean

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transport of stolen human remains. From 2018 through 2022, Katrina Maclean, age 46, of Bradford, Massachusetts, bought human remains that she knew to have been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Maclean also sold stolen human remains to

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United States of America v. David Holbrook

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with for unlawfully prescribing Adderall, a Schedule II controlled substance, and Xanax, a Schedule IV controlled substance. David Holbrook, 70, of Bloomsbury, New Jersey was charged by Indictment with nine counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances, each in violation of Title 21, United Sta

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