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Doc Admits Owning Explosives; Doc Says He Was Fired for Sounding Alarm on Procedures

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

Ohio doctor Steven Werling, DO, admitted to owning , and could face up to 2 years in prison. (WHIO)

Three years before William Zientek shot and killed Olga Duchon, MD, outside of his home, , saying she feared for her life. (NBC Chicago)

Michigan cardiologist Daniel West, MD, alleged in a new lawsuit that he was . West claimed a fellow doctor misinterpreted test results for years so patients could get a specific type of pacemaker that they didn't need. (FOX 17)

Jay Berger, MD, the retired ophthalmologist accused in the Atlanta Four Seasons shooting, was . (FOX 5)

Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, the Florida doctor accused of removing a patient's liver instead of his spleen, had his in Alabama. His Florida license was previously suspended. (AL.com)

New York pediatrician Sam Leuzzi, MD, will pay a for his role in a hit-and-run crash involving a dad and his 6-year-old daughter. He'll also have to perform 100 hours of community service. (SILive.com)

The co-founder of a healthcare-sharing ministry was sentenced to for fraud. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Lawyers for James Toliver Craig, the Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife's protein shakes, . Craig faces new charges including solicitation to commit murder in the first degree. (People)

A Florida dentist pleaded guilty to sending threats to multiple people including an election official, .

Ohio physician Hang Yin, MD, was sentenced to a 30-day suspended jail sentence, fined $250, and will have to serve a year of probation after being arrested for responding to an online ad to . (FOX 8)

California pain medicine physician Amitabh Goswami, DO, will pay $835,000 to settle allegations that he received kickbacks in exchange for directing prescriptions to a specific group of mail-order pharmacies, . A podiatrist will pay $1.6 million to settle similar claims.

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    Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’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.