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Doc Sentenced to 24 Years; $17M Jury Award; Ectopic Pregnancy Lawsuits

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, 鶹ý

MedpageToday
Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

Maryland physician Ishtiaq Malik, MD, was sentenced to after being found guilty of sexually assaulting patients at an urgent care clinic. (Patch)

A Connecticut woman who blamed doctors for her stillbirth 9 years ago won a . (Connecticut Post)

Alabama physician Jean-Francois Pittet, MD, has been arrested and charged with . (AL.com)

The family of a 31-year-old woman who died at a California hospital has alleging the hospital misplaced her body, leaving the family to think she was alive and missing for a year. (Chicago Tribune via AOL)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s group, Children's Health Defense, claiming Facebook parent company Meta censored its posts, which contained misinformation about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. (Reuters)

The Arkansas medical board of gastroenterologist Alonzo Williams, MD, who had been accused of sexual abuse and improper prescribing. (Arkansas Advocate)

A woman who pretended to be a nurse was sentenced to for medical child abuse. (CBS Texas)

Two women have filed complaints against Texas hospitals that they claim their ectopic pregnancies. (The Hill)

Michigan doctor Stephen Mason, MD, has been accused of to a 76-year-old woman. (CBS Detroit)

Colorado cardiologist Stephen Matthews, MD, was of drugging and sexually assaulting women he met on dating apps. (FOX 31)

A convicted murderer as he was arriving at a North Carolina hospital to receive medical care. (USA Today)

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    Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.