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The lawsuit conjectures that inadequate hospital staffing contributed to Hoppes' death. More: Mission Hospital doctors oppose silencing governing documents in nail-biting vote
Marion County asked a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge Wednesday to allow a lawsuit against the Oregon State Hospital and Oregon Health Authority to proceed for allegedly failing to fund ...
The Baby Doe Law mandates that states receiving federal money for child abuse programs develop procedures to report medical neglect, which the law defines as the withholding of treatment unless a baby is irreversibly comatose or the treatment for the newborn's survival is "virtually futile." Assessments of a child's quality of life are not ...
February 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM. The advocacy group Disability Rights New Jersey filed a lawsuit against state officials on Tuesday, alleging harrowing conditions and systematic violations of patient ...
Jury Verdict Research, a database of plaintiff and defense verdicts, says awards in medical liability cases increased 43 percent in 1999, from $700,000 to $1,000,000. However, more recent research from the U.S. Department of Justice has found that median medical malpractice awards in states range from $109,000 to $195,000.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ( DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, elderly adults and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
Montana's state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity and respect, which combined with a pattern of understaffing, lack of ...
The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) of 1980 is a United States federal law [1] intended to protect the rights of people in state or local correctional facilities, nursing homes, mental health facilities, group homes and institutions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities .