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Hospital CEO's 'Naked Art' Suit; Family Sues Over Dead Baby Images; Lost Tumor Suit

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Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

The former CEO of a large New Jersey health system is , claiming he was wrongfully terminated over a "naked art" exhibition -- body painting -- at a fundraising event. (NJ.com)

The family that previously filed suit against their ob/gyn for allegedly decapitating their baby during birth is now suing pathologist Jackson Gates, MD, for allegedly posting on his Instagram. (WSB-TV)

A patient has sued the University of Washington Medical Center Northwest in Seattle for before they could determine whether or not it was cancerous. (Washington Post)

A Tennessee couple was in a verdict against an eye doctor after the husband lost an eye following a 2017 cataract surgery. (WBIR)

Retired Florida surgeon Scott Anthony Burke, MD, is being following his arrest in Nantucket after authorities said they found cocaine, ketamine, guns, and ammunition on his 80-foot yacht. (Boston.com)

The California Medical Association and the American Medical Association have filed a joint amicus curiae brief in defense of a California law that prohibits the use of the word "doctor" by anyone other than a licensed allopathic or osteopathic physician, according to a . Three nurse practitioners have sued state officials over the law.

Illinois resident physician Henry Chang, MD, has been indicted on charges related to and three men in employee bathrooms at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. (25 News Now)

The Massachusetts doctor accused of masturbating and exposing himself in front of a 14-year-old girl during a flight was on charges of lewd, indecent, and obscene acts. (WWLP)

Alabama anesthesiologist Sarah Kathleen Cumbest Mullican, MD, is now related to a traffic crash that killed her 10-year-old daughter. (USA Today)

A 43-page report from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) found at two state-run veterans homes in New Jersey that left them ill-prepared to protect vulnerable residents during the COVID pandemic. (AP)

Christopher Haynes, the 30-year-old accused murderer who escaped from George Washington University Hospital last week, . (CNN)

New Mexico physician assistant Jon E. Perry was sentenced to for having sex with one of his mental health patients and will be required to register as a sex offender. (KFDA 10)

A woman in Texas has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a nurse, .

An abortion rights group in Tennessee, Idaho, and Oklahoma on behalf of women who say they were denied care during medical emergencies. (Washington Post)

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    Kristina Fiore leads ѻý’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.