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Doctor license on hold over fat storage, syringe allegations
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) North Carolina’s Medical Board has suspended the license of a doctor who they say reused syringes and dermatology products on multiple patients and stored human fat in plastic bags in a closet. The board suspended the license of Dr. Anne Litton White of Winston-Salem following complaints from six former employees. Among the accusations […]
Doctor hit with $342K in sanctions
A judge in Cumberland County has delivered what appears to be the largest Rule 11 bench slap against a litigant in recent state history. Four days before Christmas, Superior Court Judge Vince Rozier Jr. ordered a cardiologist to pay a whopping $342,628 in sanctions — after the doctor was busted for attaching a bogus employment […]
Administrative – ALJ Erred in Discounting Pain, Doctor Opinion
Lewis v. Berryhill, Acting Comm’r SSA (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-121-17, 22 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 15-2473, June 2, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Gallagher, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In rejecting a social security disability application filed by a 38-year-old woman who suffered from multiple medically determinable impairments, the ALJ applied an improper legal standard to […]
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