The Cherokee Nation is suing top drug distributors and pharmacies — including Wal-Mart — alleging they profited greatly by “flooding” communities in Oklahoma with prescription painkillers, leading to the deaths of hundreds of tribal members
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Lawsuit Accuses Drug Makers of Conspiring to Hike Insulin PricesFebruary 23, 2017 |
Between 2002 and 2013, the price of insulin more than tripled, to more than $700 per patient. A federal lawsuit accuses the three insulin manufacturers of conspiring to raise their prices. The drug makers deny the allegations
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A Supplement Maker Tried to Silence This Harvard DoctorJanuary 10, 2017 |
— and put academic freedom on trial. When a Harvard researcher dared to point that out, in a scientific, peer-reviewed study and in media interviews, the supplement maker sued him for libel and slander.
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Sofia Vergara: US Actress Faces Lawsuit ‘From Own Embryos’December 8, 2016 |
Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is being, in effect, sued by two frozen embryos she conceived with the partner she split from, US media report
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Breakthrough Gene Technology Attracts Investors Amid Patent DisputeSeptember 23, 2016 |
Deals continue to be signed for gene-editing tool called Crispr-Cas9
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A story by ProPublica and NPR and a Senate investigation prompt a Missouri nonprofit hospital to change its policies and forgive thousands of patients’ debts. But without similar scrutiny, it’s unclear if other hospitals that sue the poor will change
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For Nebraska’s Poor, Get Sick and Get SuedApril 28, 2016 |
Cheap court fees and looser rules make suing over medical debts as small as $60 easy. Every year Nebraska collection agencies file lawsuits by the tens of thousands
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Mark Chanko’s family sued NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and one of its doctors for allowing a TV crew to film his death without permission. A lower court had thrown the case out, but the New York Court of Appeals revived it
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