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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states. The man’s attorneys celebrated Monday’s verdict, saying they are hopeful it will prevent other men from falling victim to a scheme that involved fraud and what they described as dangerous penile injections. They said the jury award for punitive and compensatory damages is likely the largest in history for a medical malpractice case. The award follows a trial held in Albuquerque earlier this month that centered on allegations outlined in a lawsuit filed by the man's attorneys in 2020. NuMale Medical Center and company officials were named as defendants. According to the complaint, the man was 66 when he visited the clinic in 2017 in search of treatment for fatigue and weight loss. The clinic is accused of misdiagnosing him and unnecessarily treating him with “invasive erectile dysfunction shots” that caused irreversible damage. “This out of state medical corporation set up a fraudulent scheme to make millions off of conning old men by scaring them with a fake test,” Nick Rowley, the man's attorney, wrote in a social media post that detailed the verdict. Rowley went on to say that the scheme involved clinic workers telling patients they would have irreversible damage if they didn't agree to injections three times a week. NuMale Medical Center President Brad Palubicki said in a statement issued Tuesday that the company is committed to high-quality and safe patient care. He said NuMale disagrees with the verdict and intend to pursue all available legal remedies, including an appeal. A message seeking additional comment was left Wednesday with the company and its attorney. NuMale also has clinics in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Nebraska, North Carolina and Wisconsin. According to court records, jurors found that fraudulent and negligent conduct by the defendants resulted in damages to the plaintiff. They also found that unconscionable conduct by the defendants violated the Unfair Practices Act. The Associated PressSome parchment paper can go in compost bin
A top U.S. lawmaker has pledged to work with rights groups as a special advocate for Dang Dinh Bach, a Vietnamese climate activist and political prisoner, and called on Hanoi to immediately release Bach from jail. Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, announced that he will advocate for Bach through the Defending Freedoms Project, part of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, according to a statement exclusively obtained by VOA Mandarin Service. “Vietnam’s communist government maintains its clutch on power by crusading hard against good faith dissenters like Dang Dinh Bach, breaching the fundamental political, social and civil rights of their people,” Raskin said in the statement. “Mr. Bach’s continued unjust detainment is an affront to global human rights law and climate activism around the world, and I am honored to sponsor his case through the Lantos Commission’s Defending Freedom Project. Mr. Bach should be released immediately,” Raskin said. VOA asked the Vietnamese Embassy in the U.S. for comment about Bach's case but has not received a response. Bach is an environmental lawyer and co-founder and former executive director of the Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Research Center. The LPSD is a Vietnamese nonprofit organization that works with local communities to protect the environment and promote human rights. Bach was arrested in 2021 and convicted of tax evasion a year later. He was allowed to meet with his lawyers only 10 days prior to the trial and is serving a five-year sentence at a prison in Vietnam’s Nghe An Province. Human rights advocates call the tax invasion charge fraudulent. Authorities shut down LPSD after Bach’s arrest. The Defending Freedoms Project was launched in 2012 in collaboration with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Amnesty International USA. It has since expanded to include Reporters Without Borders, Freedom House, Freedom Now, Scholars at Risk, PEN America and the Senate Human Rights Caucus. According to DFP, members of Congress sponsoring a prisoner receive a detailed toolkit for advocacy, which includes writing letters to prisoners and their families, giving speeches and publishing op-eds. They can also initiate legislative actions, hold discussions or hearings and petition executive departments such as the State Department and the White House for support. By taking on a case, lawmakers can help secure releases, reduce sentences, improve prison conditions and raise awareness of unjust laws. In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are in jail, according to Human Rights Watch. Bach is one of several climate activists imprisoned in Vietnam after advocating for the country’s move away from coal-based energy. His case has received widespread attention from human rights groups and environment groups. “Dang Dinh Bach is a dedicated rights defender focused on climate issues, currently serving a five-year prison sentence in Vietnam on dubious charges of ‘tax evasion,’” said Kat Cosgrove, deputy director of policy and advocacy at Freedom House. “Since 2021, Vietnamese authorities have frequently used this charge to target and silence local activists, and these charges appear aimed solely at stopping Mr. Bach’s vital work and weakening civil society,” she said. Maureen Harris, senior adviser for International Rivers and coordinator of the Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition, called on the international community to speak out for Bach. “Environmental human rights defenders like Bach are critical to the battle against climate change. Vietnam's government should stop persecuting climate leaders. I hope that the international community stands up for Bach and calls on the Vietnamese government to end his wrongful incarceration,” she said. The U.S. State Department, the European Union and the United Nations have previously issued statements calling not only for Bach’s release but other climate activists wrongfully imprisoned in Vietnam. In May 2023, the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion finding Bach's imprisonment in "violation of international law." The group called for his immediate release and expressed concern about a "systemic problem with arbitrary detention" of environmental defenders in Vietnam.
A London-listed marketing specialist backed by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party treasurer, will this week announce the purchase of a key digital partner to sporting properties including the Men's T20 Cricket World Cup. Sky News has learnt that Brave Bison, which trades on the junior AIM exchange and has a market capitalisation of just under £30m, is close to agreeing to buy Engage Digital Partners for just over £10m in a cash-and-stock deal. City sources said a transaction could be announced as soon as Monday morning. It will create a group with 350 staff in its UK offices in London and Manchester, as well as in Australia, India and Singapore. The deal will be the sixth acquisition for Brave Bison since brothers Oli and Theo Green took over the business in 2020. Brave Bison, which has seen its shares rise by nearly a fifth over the last year, counts LinkedIn and New Balance among its clients. Last year, it bought the podcaster and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett's social media and influencer agency, SocialChain. More from Money Harland & Wolff close to government-backed rescue deal with Navantia Hitachi: Hundreds of jobs secured at County Durham train factory after £500m deal Guardian signs controversial deal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media In addition to Lord Ashcroft, it counts the hospitality entrepreneur Luke Johnson among its investors. The deal comes at a time when sports rights-owners are turning to data and newer forms of marketing to monetise their properties more effectively, with traditional commercial models being increasingly up-ended. Engage organises fan engagement campaigns across a number of sporting and entertainment properties, including Formula 1, Real Madrid and New Zealand Rugby. It is also a partner of the International Cricket Council, with which it worked on this year's T20 World Cup, when England lost to India in the semi-finals. Engage has been working on a potential sale of the business since the summer, having hired corporate financiers from KPMG to advise on talks with bidders. Adding it to Brave Bison will combine it with a group which already works with rights-holders including the Ryder, Cup, Australian Open tennis and Le Mans. Engage was founded by Gregg Oldfield, who led a management buyout from Endemol Sport in 2012. It describes itself as the largest independent agency in sport, and is similar in some respects to - albeit smaller than - Two Circles, which was sold to a private equity firm earlier this year. Mr Oldfield will lead the combined groups' sports and entertainment division. Brave Bison could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
Want a stress-free home? Start with a furniture setNDAA sails through House as both parties see split in supportLeaving an Arby's in Santa Barbara, California, this is the first time that the son of President Biden has been photographed since he was pardoned by his father. (Backgrid) First son Hunter Biden was spotted on camera for the first time since his father, President Biden, pardoned him, smiling for the cameras as he picked up a fast-food order in California. Hunter was seen on Wednesday afternoon in Santa Barbara sporting a T-shirt, jeans and baseball cap while picking up food from an Arby's. The media was heard asking Hunter in a short video outside the restaurant if he had any comment on the pardon. The first son did not respond, and instead was seen hopping into the back of an SUV while flanked by security. The photos and video come after President Biden announced Sunday evening that he would spare his son from being sentenced in a pair of separate court cases in which Hunter was found guilty of illegally purchasing a gun and failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes. Biden cited in his statement that Hunter's convictions were politically motivated and a "miscarriage of justice." 2 TIMES BIDEN SAID HE WOULD NOT PARDON SON HUNTER BIDEN Hunter Biden is seen leaving an Arby's in Santa Barbara, California, on Wednesday. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital) "Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter," Biden wrote in a statement. "From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted." He continued: "It is clear that Hunter was treated differently. The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room — with a number of my political opponents in Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. Had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair, reasonable resolution of Hunter’s cases." BIDEN PARDONS SON HUNTER BIDEN AHEAD OF EXIT FROM OVAL OFFICE Hunter Biden flashes a big smile as he leaves an Arby's in Santa Barbara, Callfornia, on Wednesday. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital) "I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice — and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision," he added. The pardon stands in stark contrast to what the president said earlier this year, vowing he would not pardon his son both before and after Hunter was found guilty in a June gun trial. WHO ELSE MIGHT BIDEN PARDON AFTER HE SPARED HUNTER FROM SENTENCING? "I am not going to do anything," Biden said after Hunter was convicted in the gun case. "I will abide by the jury’s decision ." Wednesday was the first time that the son of President Biden had been photographed since he was pardoned. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital) Hunter was found guilty on June 11 of lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. He was found guilty on three charges — making a false statement in the purchase of a gun, making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a federally licensed gun dealer and possession of a gun by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance. Hunter has an extensive and well-documented history of addiction, which was best captured in his 2021 memoir "Beautiful Things," which walked readers through his spirals of crack cocaine use. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Hunter faced another trial regarding three felony tax offenses and six misdemeanor tax offenses over his alleged failure to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes in a California court in September. As jury selection was about to kick off in Los Angeles federal court , Hunter entered a surprise guilty plea.
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It would appear that Bill Belichick is heading to the college game after all. The legendary head coach is reportedly filling the vacancy at North Carolina, per multiple reports, after rumors had linked him to the Tar Heels for the past week. According to Ralph D. Russo of The Athletic, the deal is for three years and worth $30 million. And that had fans and pundits alike at the NFL and college levels fairly stunned: There are countless questions about the fit between Belichick and North Carolina. How will a coach who worked in the NFL for parts of five decades adjust to the college game or the demands of recruiting? Will his coaching methods translate with kids in the same way they did with professionals? Will North Carolina be able to compete with other major football programs on the NIL front, given the resources that go to the men's basketball team? There's no doubt that he's a major splash as a hire, and his name-brand appeal and the pedigree of being a six-time champion as an NFL head coach should aid in recruiting. More than likely, he'll delegate many of the recruiting obligations to his staff, instead focusing on program-building and Xs and Os. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show earlier in the week, he laid out his vision for leading a college program. "If I was in a college program, the college program would be a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability to play in the NFL," he said. "It would be a professional program—training, nutrition, scheme, coaching and techniques that would transfer to the NFL." Belichick now becomes the most intriguing and high-profile college coach outside of Deion Sanders. While it's unlikely he'll turn North Carolina's sideline into a celebrity sighting bonanza like Colorado, the Tar Heels are now a team to watch going forward, if only to see if Belichick can come anywhere close to replicating his NFL success.Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Thursday that middle linebacker Roquan Smith, who is dealing with a hamstring injury he suffered Sunday in Pittsburgh, is “not ruled out by any stretch” for Monday night’s prime-time matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers. Smith hasn’t practiced this week and was absent again Thursday but is “working hard to get healthy,” Harbaugh said. The Ravens have an extra day of practice this week because they play on “Monday Night Football.” Whether Baltimore’s leading tackler returns Friday could be more telling about his status for Week 12. Should Smith miss Monday’s game, safety Kyle Hamilton would likely wear the green dot, which signifies who relays the defensive play calls, in his place. “I’ve had it in my helmet pretty much every day in practice for the past 12 weeks,” Hamilton said, insinuating he’d be comfortable with that role. “They never told me I had the mic in my helmet until Day 1 of practice and I was hearing [defensive coordinator Zach Orr] in my ear.” Defensive lineman Travis Jones (ankle) was another notable absence from the first full practice of the week. He was a limited participant last week, then appeared to shuffle in and out of Sunday’s game with a noticeable limp. His status for Monday has not yet been determined. Wide receiver Nelson Agholor didn’t practice because of illness. Running back Justice Hill, who was seen wearing a red noncontact jersey and Guardian cap during the open portion of practice, was limited as he works through concussion protocol. Neither cornerback Arthur Maulet (calf) nor safety Sanoussi Kane (ankle) practiced Thursday. Maulet, who did not play in Pittsburgh, was wearing a boot in the locker room. Kane, a rookie primarily playing on special teams, left Sunday’s game early and did not return. Hamilton and outside linebacker Odafe Oweh were listed with neck injuries but practiced fully. Related Articles The team on the other side of the “Harbowl” included a few notable names on their injury report, too. Chargers outside linebacker and four-time Pro Bowl selection Joey Bosa was limited with a hip injury, but he hasn’t missed a game. Outside linebacker Khalil Mack (groin) did not play Sunday night against the Bengals but was limited Thursday, which could signify he’s nearing a return. The Chargers’ report is an estimation because they did not practice. Both wide receiver Ladd McConkey (shoulder) and cornerback Cam Hart (concussion/ankle) missed practice, as did safety AJ Finley (ankle) and linebacker Denzel Perryman (groin). Outside linebacker Bud Dupree (foot), safety Derwin James Jr. (groin) and tackle Trey Pipkins III (ankle) were listed as limited participants on Los Angeles’ first injury report of the week.
In a series of archived posts from a now-deleted Reddit account, Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , wrote extensively about a chronic back condition that he said caused him immense pain. The New York Police Department is now looking into whether a denied insurance claim related to that injury played a role in the shooting, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News on Tuesday . “He was posting an X ray on his social media showing numerous screws being inserted into his spine. Some of the writings that he had, he was discussing the difficulty of sustaining that injury,” Kenny said. ”So we’re looking into whether or not the insurance industry either denied a claim from him, or didn’t help him out to the fullest extent.” Health insurers refusing to pay for cancer care, a surgical procedure or other life-saving treatment is a common frustration for many people in the U.S., and a potentially devastating problem for some, experts say. Roughly 6 in 10 insured adults experience problems when they use their insurance, including insurers refusing to pay for care, according to a 2023 survey published by KFF , a nonprofit group that researches health policy issues. Refusals to pay for care are more common for people with employer-based health insurance or private insurance compared to people with public insurance, such as Medicare and Medicaid. About 1 in 5 insured adults who use emergency services had a denied claim. It’s impossible to know the full scope of the problem, Dr. Adam Gaffney, a critical care physician at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts, said. In the U.S., he said, private insurers are generally not required to publicly disclose data on denied claims, although the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has some transparency rules. Another KFF report published last year found nearly 17% of in-network claims were denied in 2021 among people with Obamacare coverage. People and their doctors are often left to navigate numerous insurance plans — each has their own requirements and their own list of what’s covered — to determine whether they’ll be able to get the care they need, Gaffney said. “There’s a huge lack of clarity for patients and for doctors about what’s covered, what medicine can be started and what care will be approved and what will be blocked,” Gaffney said. “And there’s also a huge amount of administration burden that falls on medical practices to show that care is needed to get approved.” ”You can see how that kind of creates a degree of anarchy,” he added. Almost 3 of 5 adults who experience a coverage denial said their care was delayed as a result, according to a report from the CommonWealth Fund . When patients get denied, Gaffney said, they may not think to appeal, leaving them with medical debt . People don’t appeal because they may not realize it’s an option that can make a difference, or that they have the right to do it, surveys show . It’s more common for people with lower incomes to not appeal: A study published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in August found those who were less affluent were significantly less likely than their wealthier counterparts to appeal denials of coverage. Arthur Caplan, the head of the medical ethics division at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said denied claims is an issue many in the public have been furious with for a long time. He noted that it’s not just adults who experience it; children, particularly those in need of expensive treatments such as gene therapy, are routinely turned down by insurance companies. “Our health care is not seen as a right. It’s something you earn,” Caplan said. “This is a boiling cauldron that the shooting exposed.”