Partner Leonard M. Rosenberg and Associate Nicholas M. Summo, co-authored the article “Physicians Convicted for Patient Deaths from Opioid Overdoses,” published in the American Bar Association’s Health Law Litigation – Section of Litigation, July 6, 2020 (Summer 2020, Vol. 16 No.2).
The article examines the criminal liability of physicians whose patients die from opioid abuse and the important issues for physicians whose practices focus on pain management as more states and the federal government attempt to combat the current opioid epidemic.