Court considers health care execs' liability

Reuters: Analysis: U.S. Court Tests Liability Of Health Care Execs
After decades in relative obscurity, a U.S. legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing is finding its way back into some high-profile health care prosecutions. The "responsible corporate officer" doctrine allows for prison terms of up to one year for misdemeanor violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but typically defendants have received only probation (Longstreth, 12/6).