Doctor’s Family Sues Disney Over Food Allergy Death; Doctor Skipped Payroll Taxes?

The family of New York doctor Kanokporn Tangsuan, DO, is suing Disney following her death, allegedly from eating a meal that wasn’t allergen-free. Tangsuan was highly allergic to nuts and dairy and reportedly died from anaphylaxis after eating at Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant in Disney Springs. (FOX 35)

West Virginia gastroenterologist Nitesh Ratnakar, MD, has been indicted for tax fraud after allegedly failing to pay $2.5 million in payroll taxes. (WDTV)

Two hospitals in New York and Florida have sued North American Partners in Anesthesia over its non-compete clauses. (Reuters)

The suspect who allegedly killed a University of Georgia nursing student has been accused of “disfiguring her skull.” (CBS News)

A Texas man was sentenced to 3 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release after threatening a Boston Children’s Hospital doctor over transgender healthcare. (Boston.com)

Army doctor Michael Stockin, MD, made his first military courtroom appearance last week. He has been accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of male patients. (CBS News)

An Oregon nurse accused of replacing a patient’s fentanyl with tap water that resulted in a deadly infection faces an $11.5 million wrongful death suit brought by the victim’s family. The hospital was also named in the lawsuit. (KOIN)

Florida doctor Mary Watson, MD, has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle claims that she wrongfully prescribed a diet pill called phendimetrazine and failed to maintain patient records for those prescriptions. Watson previously surrendered her DEA registration, according to federal prosecutors.

Children in South Carolina were allegedly forced to undergo genital exams during child abuse investigations, even when there were no allegations of sexual abuse, according to three federal lawsuits. (KFF Health News)

UnitedHealth is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, at least in part over its acquisitions of doctor groups. (Wall Street Journal)

U.S. attorneys are investigating organ procurement organizations in at least five states to determine whether the groups have been defrauding the government, including by overcharging. The probe also involves investigators from HHS and the inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Washington Post)

A judge has ruled that ABC will have to stand trial after two former employees sued the network for reportedly being fired for refusing to get COVID vaccines. (FOX News)

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