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Fired NP Sues CVS; $77M Wrongful Death Award; Fertility Doc's Fraud Payout Reduced

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

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A nurse practitioner is after allegedly being fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at the company's MinuteClinic facilities. (CBS News)

In Georgia, a family who brought a wrongful death suit against an addiction treatment center was by a jury. (AP)

A man who convinced 30 women he was a doctor and subsequently defrauded them of a total of $1.3 million was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison. (ֱ)

In Oregon, a grand jury on criminal charges of sexual misconduct and abuse of patients, but David Farley, MD, still faces a civil suit filed by dozens of patients who allege he sexually abused them. (KGW8)

An orthopedic surgeon got 7 years in prison for administering unnecessary x-rays on healthy patients. (ֱ)

A Michigan nurse has been charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult for that were given to a patient, the state's attorney general announced.

In West Virginia, an ophthalmologist will pay $900,000 to settle claims that he allegedly that weren't medically necessary. (CBS13 News)

A $5.25 million award granted to a Florida woman who alleged her former fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate her will be . (Bloomberg Law)

In Texas, a physician assistant was charged with for more than a year after his license was suspended in July 2020. (KRGV)

Psychiatrist Bandy Lee, MD, lost her attempt to get her Yale job back when a federal judge that alleged she was fired for making public statements about the mental health of former President Trump and his associates. (New Haven Register)

A former employee is on behalf of herself and some 600 other former employees who were reportedly let go from ShorePoint Health Venice in Florida in August without the 60-day advance written notice required by the WARN Act. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Novo Nordisk will to settle claims that it violated the Trade Agreements Act by selling certain NovoFine needles in the U.S. that were made in "non-designated" countries, the Department of Justice announced.

Texas Child Protective Services is "" due to investigations into parents of transgender children, 16 current and former staffers alleged in an amicus brief to an Austin appeals court. (Dallas Morning News)

A federal judge has declined to block a California stem cell clinic from continuing to perform what the FDA has called unproven treatments, delivering a potential setback to the agency. (ֱ)

A years-long investigation into Dallas-based hospice agency Novus Healthcare has resulted in 13 defendants being sentenced to a combined , including its CEO and doctors and nurses who worked for the company, the Department of Justice said.

Oregon State Hospital -- the setting of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- , at 3 months for people charged with a misdemeanor, 6 months for felony charges, and a year for violent felonies, a federal judge ruled. (San Francisco Examiner)

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    Kristina Fiore leads ֱ’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.