— A weekly roundup of healthcare’s encounters with the courts
“I snapped.” Massachusetts urologist Ingolf Tuerk, MD, wept during his murder trial as he described killing his wife. (Boston 25)
A British plastic surgeon was found guilty of trying to kill his colleague. (BBC News)
Gerhardt Konig, MD, the doctor accused of trying to murder his wife on a hiking trail in Hawaii, has pleaded not guilty. (AP)
Iowa physician Parijat Joy, MD, has accused the University of Iowa of disability discrimination and retaliation, alleging he was forced to take a 9-month leave to take care of his disabled child. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Georgia ob/gyn Mahendra Amin, MD, has settled his $30 million defamation case against NBCUniversal Media over its reporting of allegations that he performed unnecessary hysterectomies on women without consent. The terms of the settlement weren’t publicly disclosed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Winston-Salem physician Richard Dean Jordan, MD, was charged with sexual exploitation and secret peeping. (FOX 8)
A North Carolina nurse anesthetist, Paul Pellini, has been accused of forcible rape and a child sex crime. (FOX 8)
Police shot and killed an armed man inside a North Carolina emergency department. (WBTV)
A former travel nurse was sentenced to three months in prison for tampering with morphine at a local rehabilitation facility, according to federal prosecutors.
Kansas physician Scott Taggart Roethle, MD, has admitted to ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment, pain creams, and genetic tests for thousands of patients in exchange for kickbacks, federal prosecutors said.
The Department of Justice said it’s suing Vohra Wound Physicians for allegedly charging Medicare for unnecessary wound care services.