Doctor Shot at Home; Jury Awards Doc $2M; Nurse Arrested in Alleged Bracelet Theft

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

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Tamara Towers Parry, MD, the Seattle doctor whose medical license was suspended after she participated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after pointing a gun at two people delivering paperwork to her home. (Seattle Times)

An Indiana jury awarded Timothy Story, MD, in a wrongful termination suit. (Indiana Lawyer)

Florida ob/gyn Elaine Sharp, MD, was arrested on two counts of . (WEAR)

A Boston man was charged with a Massachusetts General Hospital doctor during an exam. (Boston.com)

North Carolina physician assistant Colby Edward Joyner was sentenced to 6 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $3.6 million in restitution for his role in a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving genetic testing, .

Michigan doctor Rainna Furnari Brazil, DO, has pleaded guilty to while continuing to work as a doctor. (Detroit News)

A Georgia nurse was arrested for allegedly worth $1,000 from a 95-year-old patient. (FOX 5 Atlanta)

The death of an Ohio nurse who was dropped off at a hospital with blunt force injuries to the head has been . (WLWT5)

A U.K. obstetrician was made to in 2017 for reportedly calling her a murderer; she went on to be arrested in 2018. (BBC)

The true-crime show "48 Hours" dives into the story of Maryland oral surgeon James Ryan, DDS, who has been his much younger girlfriend. (CBS News)

North Carolina doctor Eric Troyer, MD, and his medical practice will pay $625,000 to resolve claims that he took kickbacks from a South Carolina lab in exchange for referrals, . The kickbacks were allegedly disguised as payments for purported phlebotomy services, rental of office space, and the lease of a chemistry analyzer.

A federal court has issued a consent decree against a food company connected to a multi-state outbreak of listeriosis linked to queso fresco and cotija cheese products, .

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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.