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An Oregon gastroenterology group was hit with a $25M wrongful death verdict after a 43-year-old patient with obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension died during a routine outpatient colonoscopy, with liability centered on the decision to perform the procedure in a lower-acuity setting despite a risk profile that plaintiffs argued warranted a hospital environment.

A jury assigned 35% of liability to a second-opinion physician and health center after a patient underwent an unnecessary hysterectomy based on a contaminated biopsy specimen, finding that discordant pathology results were not reconciled and informed consent was not obtained.

A Rhode Island court denied summary judgment in an informed consent suit after a patient developed permanent tardive dyskinesia following an intra-class antipsychotic switch.

A $4.5 million stroke verdict shows how a missing ‘stat’ designation and one unfollowed order can end a patient’s life and a neurologist’s career.

“The pharmacist should have realized that the prescription was incorrectly written and should have communicated with the provider, who would have then understood that the titration schedule was incorrect, and all this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Pharmacies exist to heal the sick, not to fuel addiction and line the pockets of drug traffickers.” – DEA Administrator Terrance Cole