Pearls of Wisdom

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Legal Pearl
10/05/2024
A New York court recently affirmed a family court decision, finding that a father had neglected his child by twice administering tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oil to her while she was in the hospital...
10/05/2024
Legal Pearls
Legal Pearls
09/06/2024
A 58-year-old woman with severe colon inertia developed an anastomotic leak after surgery to remove a dead spot on her colon. After several unsuccessful surgeries, the patient underwent a 17-hour...
09/06/2024
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Legal Pearls
08/21/2024
A podiatrist had a former patient who began requesting a copy of his medical records in September 2018. After attempting numerous times to get a copy of the medical records to resubmit to his insurance...
08/21/2024
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
08/11/2024

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
A New York court makes the distinction between medical malpractice and ordinary negligence in a case involving a doctor who wrote an illegible prescription.
08/11/2024
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
08/08/2024

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
Although a gynecologist obtained their patient’s signed consent form, the court focused on the document’s generic language.
08/08/2024
Nutritional Pearl
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Nutritional Pearl
06/26/2024
Your patient is a 38-year-old woman who would like to become active again, but doesn’t know how to slowly introduce physical activity into her daily schedule and the amount of time she should spend each...
06/26/2024
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
05/07/2024
In two lower court trials, two physicians were accused and convicted of prescribing opioid pain medicine in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Were they at fault?
05/07/2024
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
04/23/2024

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
The patient was hospitalized in 2004 when a computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a mass on her right kidney, but neither the patient nor her family was notified of the mass. In 2006, she was again...
04/23/2024
Legal Pearl
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Legal Pearl
04/18/2024
A Florida Court of Appeals was asked to dismiss a case against a hospital because the hospital’s ED was operated by an independent contractor physician group, and the doctor who treated the patient was...
04/18/2024
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
04/14/2024

Ann W. Latner, JD

Ann W. Latner, JD
A California physician was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for conspiring with a pharmacist to illegally distribute controlled substances. Should the pharmacist receive a similar sentence?
04/14/2024