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Doc Indicted in Old Rape Case; Telehealth Death Suit; $66M Plastic Surgery Award

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

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today

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Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

Ohio doctor Frederick Tanzer, MD, has been indicted on federal charges related to a . (KCTV)

A family sued Amazon One Medical alleging a 45-year-old patient . He reported being short of breath, coughing up blood, and having his feet turn blue, but was reportedly prescribed an inhaler. He allegedly collapsed and died later that day. (Washington Post)

A court awarded to the family of a woman who died due to complications of plastic surgery. (CBS Chicago)

California oncologist Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD, was awarded nearly $4 million in attorney fees in a discrimination and wrongful termination case against the Regents of the University of California, according to a . In May, a jury had awarded her $14 million in the case.

New Hampshire physician Thomas Marks, MD, pleaded guilty to and will spend 8 months in jail. (WMUR)

A Kansas nurse practitioner is suing her employer after allegedly for taking maternity leave. (The Mercury)

A county jail nurse in California has been convicted in a . (The Press Democrat)

More than a dozen cardiology practices will pay more than $17 million to settle claims that they overbilled Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, .

California is a Medi-Cal program following whistleblower reports of patient harm and deaths. (NBC Bay Area)

Massachusetts physician Stephen Holuk, MD, will pay to settle allegations that he prescribed controlled substances without legitimate medical purpose. (WWLP)

A traveling nurse has been accused of from a patient in New York. (Syracuse.com)

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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.