Judge tosses out Ralph de la Torre’s attempt to sue 20 senators

The Tuesday decision comes nearly a year after Dr. Ralph de la Torre had sued members of the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions committee for allegedly violating his ... Read More

Former Steward Health CEO Barred from Suing Senate Committee

The US Constitution’s speech and debate clause bars the former chief executive officer of a major health-care firm from suing a congressional committee and its members, a federal trial court said. Read More

US senators beat lawsuit from ex-Steward Health Care executive

A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed former Steward Health Care executive Ralph de la Torre’s lawsuit against several U.S. senators, saying that the lawmakers could not be sued for attempting to force ... Read More

Judge dismisses former Steward CEO’s lawsuit against senators

A federal judge has dismissed former Dallas-based Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre’s lawsuit against members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee after ruling that ... Read More

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Bernie Sanders, other senators investigating former Steward Health CEO

U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden has dismissed the complaint filed by former Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre against members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, ... Read More

Senate panel approves civil, criminal contempt actions for Steward Health Care CEO

A Senate committee approved civil and criminal contempt resolutions against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre who defied a Senate subpoena. Read More

Hospital CEO Ralph de la Torre invokes Fifth Amendment on eve of Senate contempt vote

The top executive of the bankrupt hospital chain Steward Health Care told senators he will use his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering questions under a subpoena authorized by a Senate committee. Read More

Why a Tenet hospital deal is at the center of Steward’s bankruptcy filing

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a lawsuit July 15 in bankruptcy court against its former chairman and CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, alleging insider transactions and mismanagement drained its ... Read More

Ralph de la Torre: The Making of a Healthcare Oligarch

And the price the rest of us pay—in money and in blood. Laughing all the way to the bank: Caritas Christi CEO Ralph de la Torre at a meeting at Norwood Hospital.(John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via ... Read More

Battle of the Hospital Systems: Why Steward Is Suing Tenet

Both Steward Health Care System and Tenet Healthcare were for-profit health systems with their administrative headquarters based in North Texas, despite neither having any hospitals in the region. Read More