MedPage Today April 4, 2024
— A weekly roundup of healthcare’s encounters with the courts
Yue “Emily” Yu, MD, the California doctor charged with poisoning her husband with Drano, faces new allegations that she coached her kids to lie about their dad. (Los Angeles Times)
Universal Health Services is contesting a $535 million verdict in a negligence case involving one of its behavioral health services subsidiaries. The jury ruled that the company was at fault in the rape of a 13-year-old patient by another patient. (Becker’s Behavioral Health)
A Detroit jury awarded $120 million to the family of a boy who was severely injured during birth at a hospital in the Henry Ford Health System. (Click On Detroit)
The trial of anesthesiologist Raynaldo Ortiz, MD,...