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Family of Toddler Who Overdosed at Transitional Housing Facility File $15M Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Citing 'Rampant Drug Use' Onsite

"The defendants failed to do their part in keeping my sweet Ariel safe," the grandmother said in a statement. "They did nothing to stop the flow of drugs into and out of the facility. No child should have to live in those conditions, and now my granddaughter is dead."
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Law.com

20 State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Challenging Idaho's 'Abortion Travel Ban,' Urging Court to Block Law

The complaint claims that Idaho has some of the most "oppressive criminal abortion statutes in the United States," and brings claims under the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment due process clause, and the right to travel within and between states.
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Daily Report Online

Southern Regional Sues Cigna, Claiming It Wasn't Reimbursed for Services

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Federal Judge Refuses to Lift Asset Freezes in Counterfeit HIV Drug Lawsuit

Gilead's attorneys Geoffrey Potter and Timothy Waters of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler advocated for the continued asset freeze.
4 minute read

Law.com

Aetna, MLB Benefit Plan Hit With ERISA Suit Over Denied Mental Health Coverage

"Health insurance is meant to help people when they are the most vulnerable, and Aetna violated this most basic, and most important trust. The company's use of boilerplate denials based on illegal technicalities isn't just wrong, it's unconscionable," said Chris C.'s attorney, David Lilienstein of DL Law Group, in San Francisco.
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Law.com

Reproductive Health Agencies Sue Alabama AG Over State's 'Abortion Travel Ban'

"Attorney General Marshall's threats require healthcare providers in Alabama to choose between their own liberty and freedom, and their ethical responsibility to fully inform pregnant patients of their healthcare options out of state. Over the last year, these threats have prevented pregnant Alabamians from accessing comprehensive information about their legal healthcare options, and the support they may depend on to access those options," Alison Mollman, senior counsel with the ACLU of Alabama, said in a statement. "The consequences are not theoretical, they are real and can be deadly. It's time for Attorney General Marshall's threats to be recognized for what they are: unconstitutional and contrary to Alabama law."
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The Legal Intelligencer

High Court Clarifies Subjective Intent as Standard for False Claims Act Violations

This holding leaves relators uncertain about what facts, and how many, are necessary to establish that a defendant "knew" its claims were false.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

AG: Takeover of Augusta University Hospitals May Proceed

Marietta-based Wellstar Health System would take over the 478-bed Augusta University Medical Center and 154-bed Children's Hospital of Georgia, as well as the rights to build a 100-bed hospital in Grovetown, in the growing Columbia County suburbs of Augusta.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Miami Lawyer John Ruiz's LifeWallet Loses $3.1B in Value After Accounting Errors Fixed

The assets of the Medicare recovery firm-turned-health care data company are worth half as much as the company previously reported due to accounting errors in the May 2022 de-SPAC, a Thursday financial statement indicated.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bad Bedside Manner or Breach of Standard of Care? Trial Begins in Case Against Atlanta Viral 'Dancing Doctor'

The plaintiff alleges the video of the surgeon and anesthesiologist dancing while performing her surgery left her emotionally scarred after it went viral online.
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