Criminal,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Feb. 10, 2016
Pain pill doctor's conviction is a first
A jury recently found Dr. Hsui-Ying Tseng guilty of murder for deaths of three of her patients, who all died from drug overdoses.
Bruce G. Fagel
Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & AssociatesPhone: (310) 516-9035
Email: brucefagel@fagellaw.com
Whittier College School of Law
Bruce G. Fagel is licensed to practice medicine and is founder of the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates. He served as a consultant on medical malpractice law to the California Judicial Counsel Committee, which wrote the new CACI jury instructions. He can be reached at brucefagel@fagellaw.com
A jury recently found Dr. Hsui-Ying Tseng guilty of murder for the deaths of three of her patients, who all died from drug overdoses. Tseng's conviction marks the first time a physician in the U.S. has been convicted of murder based on the overdose deaths of her patients.
The recent conviction, and sentence of 30-years-to-life for the Rowland Heights doctor, will have a profound and ultimately beneficial impact on both the practice of medicine and overall patient safety. Tseng was c...
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