The supply-network case was proceeding on a separate track.

An independent audit found major discrepancies in service records and charges.

Clinics received updated equipment guidance and were advised to notify regulators about safety concerns.

Several administrators who had ignored earlier complaints were disciplined.

Rachel found some consolation in learning that the patients she had worried about were receiving careful follow-up and that no confirmed injury had been attributed to the disputed equipment during the reviewed period.

When reporters tried to approach us outside the courthouse, I simply said Rachel’s recovery and Lucas’s privacy came first.