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Oregon Couple Sues OHSU and Providence Over 1980 Sperm Mix-Up, Seeking $17 Million

DNA testing decades later revealed the husband was not the biological father, prompting the Multnomah County filing.

Pope Leo XIV 'Very Disappointed' Over Illinois Assisted-Dying Law After Pritzker Signs

Seven Federal Claims Filed Against Army in Fort Hood OB-GYN Case as Legal Actions Expand

Army Charges Fort Hood OB-GYN With Secretly Recording 44 Patients as Civil Suits Grow

Army OB-GYN Accused of Secretly Filming Patients Held in Texas Pretrial Confinement

Michigan Doctor Oumair Aejaz Sentenced to 35–60 Years for Sexual Misconduct

Family Sues Batavia Chiropractor Accused of Secretly Filming Patients in Treatment Rooms

Army OB-GYN Accused of Secretly Filming Patients as Lawyers Say 50 Women Come Forward

Three Law Firms Prepare Federal Claims as Fort Hood OB‑GYN Is Investigated for Secretly Recording Patients

Judge Sends Ex‑Sinai‑Grace Nurse to Trial in Three Sexual Assault Cases

Florida House Panel Votes 16–2 to Repeal 1990 Malpractice Damages Ban

Oregon Doctor David Farley Indicted on 11 Felony Counts in Years-Long Abuse Case

Tennessee Supreme Court Clears Way for Byron Black’s Execution Without Defibrillator Deactivation

Poland Jails Doctors Over 2021 Death Under Strict Abortion Law

Berlin Doctor on Trial for Alleged Serial Murders of Palliative Patients

Queens Doctor Pleads Guilty to Raping Sedated Patients and Unconscious Women

Stanford Medicine Pauses Under-19 Gender-Affirming Surgeries as Children’s Hospital L.A. Plans Program Closure

Jury Awards $2.25 Million to Parents Over Autopsy Videos of Decapitated Baby

DeSantis vetoes repeal of Florida’s ‘free kill’ medical malpractice law

Verdict due in trial of French surgeon who admitted abusing nearly 300 patients