# Asante Patients' Civil Lawsuit Stalled Indefinitely by Nurse's Criminal Case > A Medford lawyer says his clients' civil lawsuit against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center is stalled by a related criminal case with no trial date. - Published: 2026-10-16T23:48:15+00:00 - Section: Legal & Disputes - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-16/asante-patients-lawsuit-stalled-nurse-case - Source: [EIN Presswire](https://www.einnews.com/article/950265958/live) ## Key takeaways - Attorney David DeVilleneuve says his clients' civil lawsuit against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center is stalled indefinitely by a related criminal case with no scheduled trial date. - Nurse Dani Marie Schofield faces 44 felony assault counts in Case Number 24CR30221, State of Oregon v. Dani Marie Schofield, for diverting fentanyl and replacing it with tap water. - Schofield has been out of jail since June 2024 on $4 million bond, and Judge Lorenzo Mejia is awaiting further lawyer filings before setting a next court date. A Medford lawyer said his clients' civil lawsuit against [Asante](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000aong/asante) Rogue Regional Medical Center is stalled indefinitely because of a related criminal case with no scheduled trial date. Attorney David DeVilleneuve represents several former Asante patients or their survivors in a civil case claiming the hospital is liable for injuries his clients suffered while in Asante's care, [EIN Presswire](https://www.einnews.com/article/950265958/live) reported on October 16, 2026. ## DeVilleneuve's Civil Case and the Schofield Criminal Case DeVilleneuve's case claims his clients' injuries involve infections about which Asante knew or should have known, infections tied to hospital tap water. The case is connected to a criminal case that DeVilleneuve says is stalling his case and its clients' justice. He says he cannot investigate Asante for his civil case clients' claims while the criminal case is pending, now more than two years since charges were filed without a next court date scheduled. That criminal case, Case Number 24CR30221, State of Oregon v. Dani Marie Schofield, charges Schofield with 44 counts of felony assault. According to Medford Police Department, investigators determined that ICU nurse Schofield had access to each of the victims. There was concern that Schofield had been diverting patients' liquid fentanyl for her personal use and then replacing it with tap water, causing serious infections. Schofield left Asante in July 2023. Several of the patients listed among Schofield's indictment make up DeVilleneuve's clients in his lawsuit against Asante, a lawsuit that does not include Schofield. DeVilleneuve says his case should have been able to proceed separately from Schofield's criminal case, yet Asante filed its own lawsuit naming Schofield, which DeVilleneuve considers a tactic to tie the Schofield criminal case to his clients' civil case. He says that move was approved by a judge who was formerly an Asante legal counsel, and it effectively allows Asante to sit idle in the matter of his clients' claims, now more than two years since Schofield was arrested and three to four years since the patients were hospitalized in 2022 and 2023. ## Asante's Scale in Southern Oregon Asante is a not-for-profit regional healthcare system headquartered in Medford, Oregon, operating three hospitals, 30+ clinics, and 735 physicians to serve 600,000 residents across nine counties in Southern Oregon and Northern California, according to [akta.pro company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show Asante is one of the largest employers in Southern Oregon with over 6,000 employees and annual payroll and benefits of $840 million per year, up 8.6% since 2025. Asante is the largest healthcare provider in nine counties, providing comprehensive medical care to more than 600,000 people. ## Legal Disputes Across the Sector Other legal disputes involving companies were reported on October 16, 2026. Kahn Swick & Foti continued its investigation into MongoDB, Inc. over a securities class action alleging the company's 2024 go-to-market strategy eliminated sales incentives, creating an illusion of sustainable growth, [FinancialContent Business Page](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-16-mongodb-investigation-continued-kahn-swick-and-foti-llc-continues-to-investigate-the-officers-and-directors-of-mongodb-inc-mdb) reported. Stallion Group filed an appeal against a Federal High Court judgment in Lagos in a commercial dispute with United Bank for Africa, [THISDAYLIVE](https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/16/stallion-group-appeals-court-judgment-in-uba-dispute/) reported. A San Francisco court ruled in favor of Wells Fargo, dismissing former CEO Tim Sloan's $34 million lawsuit, [TradingView](https://www.tradingview.com/news/seekingalpha:8dd8fac6c094b:0-wells-fargo-wins-court-order-to-dismiss-former-ceo-s-pay-related-case-report/) reported. ## What Comes Next in the Schofield Case Schofield's legal defense team subpoenaed data four months ago from Oregon Health Authority and the hospital. They each filed motions against the July subpoena, arguing that some of the data does not exist and some of it is confidential information. Defense counsel filed a reply September 30 that Jackson County District Attorney Patrick Green says broke state law by using the case's grand jury transcript as evidence and by sharing transcript material with third parties, OHA and the hospital, when Oregon statute limits transcript access to a case's prosecuting and defense lawyers. Three months ago, Judge Lorenzo Mejia became the third judge assigned to the case, and he is awaiting further lawyer filings about both the subpoenaed data and the transcript usage before setting a next court date, perhaps for November. Schofield's criminal case has no next court date after a case status hearing on October 15, 2026, leaving her out of jail since June 2024 on $4 million bond. ## Companies in this story - [Asante company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000aong/asante) · website: https://asante.org --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt