Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Dianna Teresi Demry with abuse by caretaker in violation of 21 O.S. 843.1, which provides:



A. 1. No caretaker or other person shall abuse, commit financial neglect, neglect, commit sexual abuse, or exploit any person entrusted to the care of such caretaker or other person in a nursing facility or other setting, or knowingly cause, secure... More...   $0 (11-19-2019 - OK)

Zulma Unzueta appeals from a judgment entered after a
jury trial in favor of defendant Asmik Akopyan, M.D., on
Unzueta’s action for medical malpractice. Dr. Akopyan served as
the anesthesiologist during the birth of Unzueta’s child, after
which Unzueta’s right leg was permanently paralyzed. The jury
found Dr. Akopyan breached the duty of care she owed Unzueta,
but the breac... More...   $0 (11-19-2019 - CA)

Baton Rouge, LA - The Louisiana Department of Health has agreed to resolve allegations that it submitted false and inflated Medicaid claims for long-term nursing home and hospice care, the Department of Justice announced today. Under the settlement agreement, the state agency has agreed to pay $13,422,550.

“Today’s settlement demonstrates that we will take whatever steps are appropriate... More...   $0 (11-14-2019 - LA)

This appeal raises one fundamental issue: whether Insurance Code sections
10113.71 and 10113.721 ("the statutes"), which came into effect on January 1, 2013,
apply to term life insurance policies issued before the statutes' effective date. In 2005,
Protective Life Insurance Company (Protective Life) issued William Patrick McHugh a
60-year term life policy (the policy) that provided... More...   $0 (10-13-2019 - CA)

Business and Professions Code section 809.11 requires a
hospital peer review board to give a physician notice and the
right to request a hearing when the hospital revokes or
terminates the physician’s membership, staff privileges, or
employment for a “medical disciplinary cause or reason.” In 2016
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Inc., doing business as
PIH Health Hosp... More...   $0 (09-19-2019 - CA)

Irene Lopez (Irene),a dependent adult within the meaning of Welfare and
Institutions Code section 15610.23, was admitted to defendant Bartlett Care Center,
doing business as French Park Care Center (the Facility), on October 5, 2016, with a
medical history of diabetes, dementia, end-stage renal disease, generalized muscle
weakness, and other debilitating conditions. At the end of O... More...   $0 (09-01-2019 - CA)

A. Signing the arbitration agreements
Defendants Plum Healthcare Group, LLC, and White Fir Holdings, LLC, own and
operate Midtown Oaks Post-Acute (Midtown), a skilled nursing facility. On January 13,
2014, Lila Valentine was admitted to Midtown for “rehab” after she fell and broke her
right shoulder. The admission records identified Lila’s daughter, Darleen Valentine, as
Lila’s... More...   $0 (07-25-2019 - CA)

Health and Safety Code section 1418.8 (section 1418.8) sets forth procedures to be
followed for nursing home residents who lack capacity to make their own health care
decisions. Most of the affected residents are elderly, many are poor, and all may be
described as “unbefriended” in the sense they are without family members, friends or
other legal surrogates to make health care deci... More...   $0 (07-23-2019 - CA)