OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma doctor has been convicted of second-degree murder in the opioid overdose death of a patient, according to state Attorney General Mike Hunter. Former Midwest City Dr. Regan Nichols was convicted Friday on one …
A Charleston nursing home is challenging a $91 million damage award in a lawsuit stemming from the death of an elderly woman hours after she left the facility. Lawyers for Heartland of Charleston claim in a recent court filing that …
A $10 million lawsuit alleges a patient at the Oregon State Hospital was overmedicated, mistreated and as a result suffered permanent damage from two heart attacks in one week. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the suit says doctors gave 32-year-old …
In an ad on Facebook, a company seeking stand-ins for nurses planning a walkout encouraged applicants to what it termed “join us for all the fun on this strike.” Days later, a patient at Oakland’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, …