Posts Tagged ‘prescription malpractice’
Doctor Receives Jail Sentence for Prescription Malpractice
A Virginian doctor is in hot water over a dangerous case of medical malpractice in which he pled guilty of writing prescriptions to people over the internet that he never met nor examined. Dr. Torrino Jennings received a year and one day in prison for issuing an estimated 100,000 invalid prescriptions of the muscle relaxant…
Read MoreKansas Physician Surrenders Medical License
A somewhat surprising update to a case first discussed here in July, involving two Kansas doctors who were facing multiple charges of prescription malpractice following the death of one of their patients from an overdose. One of the two physicians, Dr. Lawrence Simons, has voluntarily surrendered his medical license to the state Medical Board in…
Read MoreLawsuit Filed in Shocking Case of Prescription Malpractice
The parents of a baby girl who was severely brain damaged by a hospital prescription error have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit. The exact amount they are suing for has not been specified but it’s reported that they are seeking hundreds of millions to compensate them for past and future medical bills. Tesome Sampson and…
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