Geisinger Medical Center
Recent News About Geisinger Medical Center
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Judge tells plaintiffs in class action suit against Geisinger Health to specify discovery criteria
WILLIAMSPORT – A federal judge has sustained discovery objections from Geisinger Health and ordered plaintiffs to identify the job categories that fall within the definition of “Healthcare Workers” – in a class action lawsuit against the company and Evangelical Community Hospital, which claimed the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania. -
Plaintiff's passing leads to substitution in wrongful death suit against Geisinger Medical Center
SCRANTON – Due to the death of a plaintiff, one representing the estate of a Carbondale woman who passed away from cardiac arrest three years ago while in the care of Geisinger Medical Center, another individual has been substituted to stand in for the litigation. -
Geisinger Health denies it violated federal antitrust laws and affected professional salaries, in class action
WILLIAMSPORT – Geisinger Health has denied it violated federal anti-trust laws as alleged in a class action lawsuit against itself and Evangelical Community Hospital, which claimed the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania. -
Geisinger Health says there is no truth to claims that its improper care led a patient to die from cardiac arrest
SCRANTON – Geisinger Medical Center denies allegations from a pair of plaintiffs that it caused a Carbondale woman in its care two years ago to die of cardiac arrest. -
Registered nurses say Central Pa. hospital systems colluded to limit jobs, salaries in class action
WILLIAMSPORT – A trio of registered nurses have brought a prospective class action lawsuit against Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital, claiming the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania. -
Plaintiff will be required to bring in expert to validate medical malpractice allegations
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a trial court’s ruling which required the plaintiff to bring an expert witness in a case of alleged medical negligence. -
Geisinger Medical Center accused of discriminating against employee because of her alleged disability
A individual is suing Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Health System for alleged disability discrimination and retaliation. -
Lawsuit over lawnmower that supposedly maimed plaintiff discontinued shortly after filing
PHILADELPHIA – A product liability action alleging that a lawnmower malfunctioned and maimed one of the plaintiffs was discontinued not even three months after its filing, according to court records. -
Fired student loses $1M verdict after Bloomsburg University's appeal to Third Circuit
PHILADELPHIA – Geisinger Medical Center, Bloomsburg University and two employees are not liable for previously awarded damages related to the firing of a nurse anesthesiology student after she refused to submit to a drug test, according to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit opinion. -
Third Circuit rules woman's medical civil rights, injury claims barred by statute of limitations
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a Scranton woman’s civil rights and personal injury claims were barred by their respective statutes of limitation. -
Action claiming lawnmower severely injured plaintiff may soon be dismissed from Philadelphia court
PHILADELPHIA – A product liability action alleging a lawnmower malfunctioned and maimed a plaintiff may soon be dismissed from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. -
Doctoral resident trying to avoid forced return to Egypt, files suit against federal officials
HARRISBURG – A doctor enrolled as an internal medicine resident at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville is seeking a federal judge to waive a two-year foreign residency requirement of his exchange visitor program, and prevent his forced return to his native Egypt. -
Defense wants case of alleged lawnmower maiming transferred
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel for a manufacturer and distributor named in a products liability action alleging a lawnmower malfunctioned and maimed one of the plaintiffs, both believe the case does not belong in Philadelphia. -
Man maimed by lawnmower last year sues its manufacturer and distributor
PHILADELPHIA – Litigants have sued the manufacturer and distributor of a lawnmower which allegedly malfunctioned and maimed one of the plaintiffs, in a products liability action. -
Objections for venue transfer filed in chair lift negligence case
A number of preliminary objections relating to venue and claim sufficiency are pending in the case of a plaintiff allegedly injured by a malfunctioning chair lift.