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Chancellor Senior Management, Ltd Loses Bid To Force Arbitration Of Assisted Living Class Action Claims

November 4, 2020

In 2016, the plaintiff filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Chancellor Senior Management, Ltd (“Chancellor”) alleging that Chancellor, which owned, operated, managed and controlled four senior living communities in the State of West Virginia consisting of multiple assisted livin[...]

West Virginia Hospital Agrees To Pay $50M To Settle Kickbacks Allegations

October 13, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 9, 2020 that Wheeling Hospital Inc., an acute care hospital located in Wheeling, West Virginia, has agreed to pay the United States a total of $50,000,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to [...]

$2M West Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Psychiatrist For Prescribing Toxic Dosage Of Celexa

June 4, 2018

On May 16, 2018, a West Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million against a West Virginia psychiatrist, for prescribing too high a dose of Celexa that allegedly led to the death of a 46-year-old man. The man’s parents filed the West Virgi[...]

West Virginia Federal Judge Finds Doctor Responsible For Newborn’s Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

February 5, 2018

The January 17, 2018 Order of a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Martinsburg, which was issued following a bench trial regarding a medical malpractice claim arising out of the alleged negligent medical care of a newborn, stated that the new[...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Was Filed After Statute Of Limitations Expired

December 3, 2017

The State of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (“West Virginia Supreme Court”) filed an opinion on November 17, 2017 in which it affirmed summary judgment in favor of the West Virginia medical malpractice defendants, finding that the West Virginia medical malpractice plaintiff had f[...]

Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections In Hospitals

November 12, 2013

Between 250,000 and 500,000 central line-associated blood stream infections (“CLABSIs”) occur in hospitals in the United States annually. CLABSIs cause serious complications leading to longer inpatient stays, increased costs, and higher risk of death. It is estimated that the non-infl[...]

West Virginia Orthopedic Surgeon Faces Two Medical Malpractice Cases In 2013

October 15, 2013

A West Virginia orthopedic surgeon who was sued for medical malpractice in May 2013 was also subject to a medical malpractice judgment against him in another case on October 4, 2013. The malpractice lawsuit filed on May 1, 2013 in the Circuit Court for Mercer County, West Virginia was filed by a[...]

West Virginia Nursing Home Settles Wrongful Death Case

July 12, 2013

A West Virginia judge approved a settlement on May 15, 2013 in a malpractice lawsuit that had been filed against a West Virginia nursing home arising out of the death of one of its residents. The nursing home malpractice lawsuit alleged that an 85-year-old woman who had been a resident of the nursi[...]

West Virginia Nursing Homes Seek Limit On Their Responsibility For Injuries

March 8, 2013

On March 6, 2013, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would limit (cap) the amount that West Virginia nursing homes would be responsible to pay for injuries caused to residents through their negligence, by expressly including nursing homes under the West Virginia Medical Professionals Lia[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice: 124 Medical Malpractice Claims Against 1 Doctor In Only 7 Months Of Medical Practice

February 20, 2012

Wow. A former osteopathic doctor who performed surgeries at a West Virginia hospital has had 124 medical malpractice claims filed against him arising out of his only 7 months of medical practice at that hospital. In the most recent medical malpractice court hearing against him, the former doctor[...]

West VA Medical Malpractice Death Caused By Bowel Perforation

February 1, 2012

When a 67-year-old man who was suffering from multiple sclerosis and was paralyzed from the chest down went to a local West Virginia hospital to be treated for a urinary tract infection, the last thing he or his family would have anticipated would be that the man would never make it home again. Inst[...]

West Virginia Medical Malpractice Jury Places High Value On Life

December 22, 2011

An 87-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease died as a result of dehydration and renal failure in a West Virginia nursing home, allegedly due to medical malpractice at the negligent nursing home where she had been a patient for only 20 days. The medical malpractice l[...]

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