Legal Issues: Page 10

Court sides with orthodontist, tosses malpractice case

By Melissa Busch

A U.S. judge denied a new trial, upholding a verdict to have a malpractice case thrown out against an orthodontist accused of treatment that permanently altered a patient's teeth and jaw.

January 29, 2025

Dentist whose career affected by crash awarded $1.4M

By Melissa Busch

A dentist was awarded $1.4 million in damages after a court heard testimony that his car crash injuries could reduce his projected lifetime earnings by $6 million if he worked until age 65.

January 27, 2025

New information revealed about hygienist found dead

By Melissa Busch

Police continue to investigate the death of a 47-year-old dental hygienist who was found decomposing in her home in New York.

January 23, 2025

Dentist accused of trying to meet up with child

By Melissa Busch

A dentist was arrested on January 15 as part of a trafficking sting after allegedly attempting to meet up with someone he believed to be a minor for sexual purposes.

January 21, 2025

Woman hit with prison sentence for embezzling from dental employer

By Melissa Busch

A woman accused of embezzling more than $240,000 from the dental practice where she worked was sentenced.

January 20, 2025

Iowa Dental Board agrees to license woman who stole $81,000

By Clark Kauffman

The Iowa Dental Board has agreed to license a woman recently convicted of stealing almost $81,000 from Iowa businesses.

January 16, 2025

Dental management firm owner pleads guilty

By Melissa Busch

An owner of a dental management company accused of mischaracterizing personal expenses as business expenses from the practices he operated has pleaded guilty.

January 14, 2025

Assault charges dropped against dentist

By Melissa Busch

A dentist accused of stabbing a man during a poker game in February 2023 in Minnesota recently had the felony assault charges against him dismissed.

January 13, 2025

Dentist files whistleblower suit citing neglect, retaliation

By Melissa Busch

A dentist who worked at California prisons recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the state claiming she was unfairly fired after raising concerns that patients were neglected and more.

January 10, 2025

Dentist settles kickback ploy case

By Melissa Busch

A dentist who previously pleaded guilty in a more than $2 million Medicaid kickback scheme has paid more than $600,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations.

January 9, 2025

Woman accused of running $11M dental fraud scheme

By Melissa Busch

A woman was arrested for allegedly operating an approximately $11 million scheme that defrauded dozens of patients through illegal dental practices.

January 8, 2025

Jailhouse dental care results in lawsuit

By Melissa Busch

A man is suing a Pennsylvania corrections department and a health contractor for errors resulting from tooth extractions while he was in jail, according to a story.

January 7, 2025

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