[…] Uber passengers alleging they were sexually assaulted by their drivers are taking a bumpy road through the courts. After an unexpected detour this year, the sexual assault lawsuits against Uber Technologies Inc. returned this month to San…
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More than 85 women are suing a former doctor at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital and other various local hospitals for alleged sexual abuse. While Dr. Derrick Todd, a rheumatologist, practiced “primary care” on patients at Brigham and…
[…] Allegations of sexual assault by ride-hailing drivers date back several years. In late 2019, Uber released its first safety report, showing that nearly 6,000 sexual assaults were reported on the Uber app from 2017 to 2018. A…
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is facing a major lawsuit alleging that one of its doctors, who has since voluntarily quit practicing, was performing unnecessary sexualized “exams” of women who went to him for help with unrelated ailments. […]…
In a class action lawsuit, more than 60 women allege that a former Brigham and Women’s doctor sexually abused them. The plaintiffs say, as patients of rheumatologist Derrick Todd, they underwent unnecessary medical exams, including breast, rectal and…
BOSTON — One of Boston’s leading hospitals and a doctor who recently resigned are being sued by a patient who said she was repeatedly sexually assaulted under the guise of medical procedures. Dr. Derrick Todd was a rheumatologist…
Law360 (October 11, 2023, 6:34 PM EDT) — Massachusetts health care group Mass General Brigham and a rheumatologist were hit Wednesday with a third lawsuit in as many weeks alleging that dozens of female patients were sexually abused…
A top rheumatologist has been sued by a former patient for conducting ‘unnecessary pelvic and breast exams’ where she was ‘sexually exploited, abused, harassed and molested’, a bombshell lawsuit claims. Disturbing allegations have been made against Dr. Derrick…
12 Oct: Brigham and Women’s patient speaks out about suspected sexually abusive behavior from doctor
A woman is speaking out after she filed a lawsuit claiming that a former specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston sexually assaulted her while she was seeking treatment. […] “My being here is not for vengeance….
A former rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is accused of coercing a patient into medically unnecessary exams and then fondling, groping and sexually assaulting her, according to a lawsuit. The suit, filed on Oct. 10…