Medical Malpractice Law
 
The People v. Jason Barns

Eureka, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly a deadly weapon.

Jason Ryan Barnes, age 48, was charged with second degree murder.

The case arose from an incident at the Burre Center Laundromat in Eureka on December 22, 2018. An employee of the laundromat intervened when she s

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United States of America v. Elizabeth Korcz, M.D. and Matthew Korcz

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with prescribing and dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional practice.

Elizabeth Korcz, M.D., 48, and Matthew Korcz, 47, both of Hoover, were charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense a controlled substance on Dec. 16, 2020. The defendan

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JANICE COUCH, et al. v. DAYTON PAIN CENTER, LLC, et al.

Dayton, OH - Medical Mlpractice attorney represented Janice Couch with malpractice claim.



On November 5, 2011, Dr. Reddy implanted a dorsal column stimulator in
Couch’s spine to treat her chronic back pain. Trial Transcript 347:24-348:8; Appellees’
Brief 7; see Appellant’s Brief 1. The device consisted of a batt

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STATE OF OHIO v. TRACY K. MCNEAL

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Tracy K. McNeal with two counts of rape.



In October 2014, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted McNeal for two
counts of rape (substantially impaired victim) in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(c), a firstdegree felony, with a repeat violent offender specification attache

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United States of America v. Brenda Rodriguez

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting health care fraud.

Brenda Rodriguez was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Brenda Rodriguez owned and operated the QC Medical Clinic in Richmond.

At trial, the jury heard Rodriguez paid doctors to approve patients for home health care regardless

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United States of America v. Deana Martin

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with tax evasion, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and money laundering.

Deana Martin, 53, of Milton, owned and managed Northern Herb, an illegal marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. While Northern Herb purported to sell

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SOPHIA WHITE and ANTONIO WHITE vs. ABUBAKAR ATIQ DURRANI, M.D. and CENTER FOR ADVANCED SPINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Cincinnati, Ohio - Medical Malpractice attorney represented SOPHIA WHITE and ANTONIO WHITE with a Medical Malpractice claim



{¶2} After injuring her back at work, Sophia White sought treatment with
Dr. Shanti in January 2012. Dr. Shanti was employed by CAST, a corporation owned
by Dr. Durrani. Initially, Dr. Shanti reco

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Bobby L. Keown v. Neuropathy Treatment Clinic of Oklahoma, Jennifer Martin, DNP APRN-CNP and Liphard D'souza, M.D.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Neuropathy Treatment Clinic of Oklahoma, Jennifer Martin, DNP APRN-CNP and Liphard Dsouz, M.D. on medical malpractice (negligence) theories claiming that on February 14, 2019, he was seen by Defendant Martin for "Chronic paid to BLE x since 1996. Martin recommended and Dr. D'Souza documented an addendum to note signed by Martin

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Cierra Wilson v. St. Johns Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a St. John Medical Center and Bryan Swan, M.D.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represent Plaintiff, who sued St. Johns Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a St. John Medical Center and Bryan Swan, M.D. on negligence and respondeat superior theories claiming Dr. Swan lacerated the cheek on C.S. during a cesarean section procedure performed on Ms. Wilson on September 27, 2018.

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United States, ex rel. Rebecca Kovalich v. Preferred Pain Management & Spine Care, P.A. (PPM) and Dr. David Spivey

Greensboro, North Carolina civil litigation business law lawyers represented defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.

Preferred Pain Management & Spine Care, P.A. (PPM) and its owner, Dr. David Spivey, have agreed to pay $789,292.95 to resolve civil allegations that PPM violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs for m

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United States of America v. Wilson Asfora, M.D.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota health care fraud lawyer represented defendant charged with taking kickbacks.

Neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain

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United States of America v. James Patteson

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegally importing and manufacturing firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).

James Patterson, age 40, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

The matter was investigated by the Harrisburg Police Department’s

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Shane Lewis v. Savage O'Donnell Affeldt Weintraub & Johnson, P.L.L.C.

Tulsa, Oklahoma legal malpractice lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendants on a legal negligence theory claiming that attorney Thomas M. Affeldt failed to properly amend the Joe L. Norton Revocable Living Trust so that the property Mr. Norton would be distributed in accordance with his wishes upon death.

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Paz Meffley and Jason Meffley v. Ajay Bhargava, M.D., Chukwukadibia J. Odunukwe, M.D., Eric Paulson, D.O.,Nathan D. Elfrink, M.D., Supratik Moulik, M.D., Southwestern Medical Center, LLC,d/b/a Southwestern Medical Center

Lawton, Oklahoma medical malpractice personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants claiming to have been injured and/or damaged as a direct result of substandard care.

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United States of America v. Benjamin Rivera

Buffalo, criminal lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs.

Benjamin Rivera, 42, of Buffalo, NY, was charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone and amphetamine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who handled the case, stated that between January 2014, and February 2018,

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United States of America v. John Jeremy Adams, et al.

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented defendants who were charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

John Jeremy Adams, 40, of Panama City Beach, Florida, the president and CEO of Global Compounding Pharmacy (Global), who directed the fraud and made millions from it, was sentenced to 170 months in prison on one count of conspiring to commit heal

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United States of America v. CareCloud Health, Inc.

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud for paying kickbacks.



The United States alleged that CareCloud Health, Inc. f/k/a CareCloud Corporation (CareCloud), a Miami-based developer of electronic health records (EHR) software products and related services, violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute through its

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STATE OF OHIO vs. DAMONTE COLE-WALKER

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Damonte Cole-Walker with a sexual imposition charge



{¶2} Defendant-appellant Damonte Cole-Walker was involved in a romantic
relationship with the victim, Jalin Spencer, for roughly a year before she cut ties in
July of 2019. Post-breakup communications between th

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Rickie Huitt and Judy Huitt v. Joy Trueblood and Iowa Clinic

Des Moines, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Rickie Huitt and Judy Huitt, who sued Joy Trueblood and Iowa Clinic on medical malpractice (negligence) and respondeat superior theories claiming that Mr. Huitt underwent a debilitating prostate surgical procedure because of a mix up in the handling for pathology slides by the defendants.

Plaintiff agreed to the surgery based

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Steven and Margaret Rosenberg v. Dr. Fredeick Muhletaler-Maggiolo, 21st Century Oncolology, Inc. and Palm Beach Urology Associates, P.A.

Palm Beach, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, Steven and Margaret Rosenberg, who sued Dr. Fredeick Muhletaler-Maggiolo, 21st Century Oncolology, Inc. and Palm Beach Urology Associates, P.A. on medical malpractice theories claiming that the prostate surgery procedure performed on Mr. Rosenburg fell below the standard of care and caused him harm. Mr. Rosenburg was left with lit

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Deiby H Revilla Guerrero v. Correctional Healthcare Companies, Inc.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Bridget Nicole Revilla, deceased, who sued Defendant on a medical malpractice theory claiming to have been damaged and/or injured as a direct result of substandard health care provided by Defendant's employees at the David L. Moss Correctional Center.

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United States of America v. Mark Anthony Hill

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.

Mark Anthony Hill, 33, of Smith Lake, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. Hill pleaded guilty to the crime on Dec. 14, 2020.

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State of Tennessee v. Braxton Levar Taylor

Jackson, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Braxton Levar Taylor with second-degree
murder and unlawful possession of a firearm charges



On January 28, 2018, the defendant fired numerous shots at the victim, Daithan
Cobb, in Madison County, Tennessee. Several law enforcement officers and paramedics
responded

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State of Tennesse v. Jonathan Michael Bass

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathan Michael Bass with asserting that the trial court erred by ordering partial consecutive sentences.



This case arises from the Defendant’s participation in thefts at Macy’s and Walmart,
fraudulently obtaining prescriptions for controlled substances from numerou

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State of Tennessee v. Javarius DeShawn Baugh

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Javarius Deshawn Baugh with appealing whether the evidence was sufficient to establish his identity as the perpetrator of the crimes



This case arises out of a December 27, 2015 early morning shooting at a Nashville
apartment complex that resulted in the death of Terry St

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