Case Result: Inmate Claims Failure to Refer to Specialist, Provide Pain Meds
The court dismissed Plaintiff ’s claim, finding that such a claim is not cognizable where the underlying claim is one pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
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Our Florida healthcare licensing attorneys provided the Board of Nursing with ample evidence proving that CBD can cause false positives and that there was no evidence of a nurse’s impairment.
Our healthcare criminal lawyers’ in-depth knowledge of addiction medicine gave our Pittsburgh-area client the best possible chance at acquittal on federal conspiracy and unlawful prescribing charges.
Our Medicare fraud attorneys obtained a reinstatement of billing privileges for a laboratory audited for billing $2 million in unnecessary services where there were alleged “credible allegations of fraud.”
Nearly a year after the DEA began an undercover operation into Kentucky pain physician, Dr. Loey Kousa’s practice, his office was swarmed by federal and state officers on the pretense of pill mill allegations.
The court dismissed Plaintiff ’s claim, finding that such a claim is not cognizable where the underlying claim is one pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The court ruled that Plaintiff had not established a serious medical need pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, because when Hepatitis C is in its early stages, it does not urgently require treatment.
The court opined that the Defendant county’s policies were constitutional and that there was no merit to Plaintiff’s argument that he received no medical treatment at all.
After tough negotiations, our attorneys were able to negotiate dismissal of all charges, provided that the nurse complete a probationary period to show that he was not a drug user.
We at Chapman Law Group were able to negotiate plea agreement with prosecutor for a six-month delayed sentence on a single charge of obtaining prescription by false representation.
The Court dismissed state law claims with prejudice and the 42 USC § 1983 claim without prejudice, as the pleadings were insufficient to state a claim against our licensed practical nurse client.
