Healthcare Ethics & Crime 2014

"Woman Gets $11.6M Bill After Death of Disabled Brother in NYC Facility"
" . . . one year after his sister filed a lawsuit accusing the staff of killing him, New York officials have sent her an $11.67 million bill."
"The New York medical examiner concluded Rose's death was a homicide and that he "became unresponsive" while being restrained . . . "
"She alleges that at least three staff threw Rose to the ground and one sat on him . . . "
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/disabled-man-killed-estate-11m-bill-23900886  

"Hummus Maker Warned of ‘Extreme Safety Risk’ Before Temp Worker’s Death"
"Daniel Collazo was pulled into a hummus grinder in 2011. New documents show Tribe Mediterranean Foods knew about the safety problem that caused his death, but did nothing about it."
http://www.propublica.org/article/hummus-maker-warned-of-extreme-safety-risk-before-temp-workers-death

"Texas woman claims she gave birth alone in jail, baby died"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/23/us/texas-jail-baby-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"Ex-patients, families say decades of abuse, fraud at Colorado facility ignored"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/09/us/colorado-treatment-center-lawsuits/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

"Complaints, Suicide Fail to Close Mental Health Center"
http://www.newser.com/story/186657/complaints-suicide-fail-to-close-mental-health-center.html

"Federal judges plead guilty"
"Juris imprudence: Litigants reeling after judges admit conflicts of interest"
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/28/14630/federal-judges-plead-guilty 

"Even After Doctors Are Sanctioned or Arrested, Medicare Keeps Paying"
http://www.propublica.org/article/even-after-doctors-are-sanctioned-or-arrested-medicare-keeps-paying

"Drug Company Agrees to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle Allegations Involving Chicago Psychiatrist"
http://www.propublica.org/article/drug-company-agrees-settle-allegations-involving-chicago-psychiatrist


"Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. was accused of paying Michael Reinstein, a psychiatrist who has figured into two ProPublica investigations, to overprescribe a risky antipsychotic.""Family Hospitalized After Eating LSD-Laced Meat"
http://www.newser.com/story/

"Family sues Petco after deadly rat bite"
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/crime/2014/02/26/nr-hostin-pet-rat-bite-lawsuit.cnn-ap.html

"Pizza Hut 'embarrassed' over peeing video"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/02/19/pizza-hut-dominos-crisis-management-fast-food/5609225/