2922 ABA Journal Health Law articles.
An Illinois judge has ordered a tuberculosis patient to undergo treatment while confined to his residence and to wear a global positioning device to ensure compliance.
Judge John Kennedy of…
Jan 23, 2009 1:06 PM CST
Two registered nurses who blew the whistle on an alleged Medicare fraud by a major hospice provider have sparked a record $24.7 million settlement with the U.S. government by their…
Jan 17, 2009 12:28 AM CST
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has announced it will pay $1.42 billion in a settlement and fines to resolve state and federal allegations that it illegally marketed its anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa.
…Jan 15, 2009 2:11 PM CST
In what the 2nd Circuit describes in a written opinion as a close case, the appeals court has upheld a lower court decision to award no attorney fee to a…
Jan 7, 2009 9:03 PM CST
Some doctors are better than others at treating certain conditions, as other physicians and sophisticated patients know. Likewise, some hospitals do better than others at treating difficult cases, studies show.
…Jan 7, 2009 6:13 PM CST
There ought to be a law against using human fat to fuel automobiles, many might feel–and in fact, at least in California, there is.
Hence, the public health department there…
Dec 24, 2008 5:48 PM CST
Finding that a one-year-old Amish boy will die if he doesn’t have heart surgery, a New York judge has ordered that it be performed despite his parents’ refusal to consent,…
Dec 24, 2008 5:18 PM CST
Not every death of a young child from an overdose of an over-the-counter cold or cough medicine is accidental, a study has determined.
“Some of the 103 children who died…
Dec 19, 2008 5:20 PM CST
Most individuals convicted of Medicare fraud get about 2½ years in prison, on average. But a Florida physician who aggravated a judge by lying on the stand got a lot…
Dec 18, 2008 5:34 PM CST
Catherine Skol had already had four other children. But delivering the fifth was the most painful experience she has ever had, she contends–and she’s hired a high-profile Illinois personal injury…
Dec 16, 2008 10:07 PM CST
Representing injured coal miners has proven to be a lucrative practice area for Jim Beresford, 58, and his three-partner law firm.
At one point, the head office of the United…
Nov 14, 2008 12:31 AM CST
A West Virginia man has taken his fight over a $40 medical bill to the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and won.
Sam Juniper said the case…
Nov 13, 2008 7:36 PM CST
Richard Brown never seemed like a great candidate for a physician’s license. A lackluster student in high school and college, he attended several foreign institutions before getting a medical degree.
…Nov 11, 2008 8:08 PM CST
Barack Obama’s lawyer-laden transition team has prepared a list of 200 possible regulatory and policy changes he could quickly adopt using his executive authority. They include hot-button issues such as…
Nov 10, 2008 12:34 PM CST
Experimental bone cancer treatment cured a 40-year-old Massachusetts woman, as an autopsy determined after she died of side effects from the treatment.
So a Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded $13.5…
Nov 6, 2008 9:35 PM CST
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