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Doctor's Family Sues Disney Over Food Allergy Death; Doctor Skipped Payroll Taxes?

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

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, 51˶

MedpageToday
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The family of New York doctor Kanokporn Tangsuan, DO, is following her death, allegedly from eating a meal that wasn't allergen-free. Tangsuan was highly allergic to nuts and dairy and reportedly died from anaphylaxis after eating at Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant in Disney Springs. (FOX 35)

West Virginia gastroenterologist Nitesh Ratnakar, MD, has been after allegedly failing to pay $2.5 million in payroll taxes. (WDTV)

Two hospitals in New York and Florida have over its non-compete clauses. (Reuters)

The suspect who allegedly killed a University of Georgia nursing student has been ." (CBS News)

A Texas man was sentenced to and 3 years of supervised release after threatening a Boston Children's Hospital doctor over transgender healthcare. (Boston.com)

Army doctor Michael Stockin, MD, made his last week. He has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of male patients. (CBS News)

An Oregon nurse accused of replacing a patient's fentanyl with tap water that resulted in a deadly infection brought by the victim's family. The hospital was also named in the lawsuit. (KOIN)

Florida doctor Mary Watson, MD, has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle claims that she wrongfully prescribed a diet pill called phendimetrazine and failed to maintain patient records for those prescriptions. Watson previously surrendered her DEA registration, .

Children in South Carolina were allegedly during child abuse investigations, even when there were no allegations of sexual abuse, according to three federal lawsuits. (KFF Health News)

UnitedHealth is by the U.S. Department of Justice, at least in part over its acquisitions of doctor groups. (Wall Street Journal)

U.S. attorneys are in at least five states to determine whether the groups have been defrauding the government, including by overcharging. The probe also involves investigators from HHS and the inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Washington Post)

A judge has ruled that after two former employees sued the network for reportedly being fired for refusing to get COVID vaccines. (FOX News)

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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.