April 26, 2019
A Wisconsin federal judge declined to certify a class suit against a Department of Veterans Affairs dentist whose "unorthodox" hygiene practices left patients in fear that they had contracted deadly viruses, ruling the group lacked enough common questions to qualify for certification.
January 22, 2018
The federal government asked a Wisconsin federal judge Friday to dismiss a proposed class action accusing a Veterans Affairs dentist of engaging in unsterile practices that could have exposed patients to deadly viruses, saying the patients' claims amount to "a disfavored species of tort law."
November 01, 2017
A dentist working at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Wisconsin engaged in unsterile practices that could have exposed patients to deadly viruses, causing them emotional distress, a proposed class action claimed in Wisconsin federal court on Wednesday.