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PVH settles malpractice case out-of-court, receives victory in CON appeal
Pleasant Valley Hospital POINT PLEASANT – Two lawsuits involving Pleasant Valley Hospital have come to a conclusion, one resulting in an out-of-court settlement, and another in its favor. On Dec. 26,...
View ArticleFormer Mason physician sued five times in seven years
POINT PLEASANT -– Court records show five previous malpractice suits against a Point Pleasant doctor now residing in Illinois, including one that is under seal. In December, Ralph Barcus filed suit...
View ArticleMason malpractice case remains a mystery
POINT PLEASANT – In addition to remaining tight-lipped about how a recently accepted appeal to the Supreme Court may effect their case, attorneys for a former Mason County physician, now practicing...
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Mason malpractice case sealed due to ‘scandalous allegations’
At the kitchen table in her Gallilpolis, Ohio, home, Delores Clonch looks over the copies of filings made in the malpractice case she and her husband, Buster, filed against former Mason County Dr....
View ArticlePoint Pleasant council still taking a wait-and-see approach to settling,...
POINT PLEASANT – Despite the election being over, several newly election members of the Point Pleasant city council remain mum or non-committal on whether the city should settle or fight three lawsuits...
View ArticleFourth lawsuit involving Point Pleasant settled in 2005, councilman says
POINT PLEASANT – At least one lawsuit in which the city of Point Pleasant was involved was apparently settled over two years ago, but paperwork to formally dismiss it was only recently signed. In...
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Point Pleasant council appoints new city attorney, eliminates municipal judge
Ronald F. Stein Jr. recently was appointed to replace James Casey as Point Pleasant’s city attorney. (Photo by Lawrence Smith) POINT PLEASANT –Included in the first official acts of the new city...
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Better bedside manner could have averted suit, former patient says
Urata Singleton attempts to negioate the hallway in her Leon home. A malpractice suit she filed against Dr. Jack M. Levine in 2001 alleges surgery he performed on her foot contributed to her near...
View ArticlePA says she was ousted by doctor’s wife over alleged affair
POINT PLEASANT – A former physician’s assistant at a Mason County hospital alleges the physician’s wife orchestrated her removal from his staff. On July 23, Anita Petitte filed a wrongful termination...
View ArticleSecond Mason med mal case challenging MPLA moves forward
POINT PLEASANT – A pending malpractice case against a former Mason County physician appears to be headed to trial without a requisite certificate of merit. On May 16, Mason Circuit Judge Thomas C....
View ArticleMason school board settles one suit, gets hit with another
POINT PLEASANT – Despite settling one lawsuit, the Mason County Board of Education has been named a defendant in another. Ironically, both suits arise from problems at the same Bend-area school....
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Once dormant malpractice case against Vaidya gets moving
Vaidya POINT PLESANT – In addition to the case now on appeal before the state Supreme Court, a Point Pleasant urologist is defending himself against in a second malpractice suit, one which has been...
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Teays Valley attorney cited before for not following through on med mal cases
Attorney Frank Armada’s office in Teays Valley. CHARLESTON – A Leon woman is not the only person who has issues with the way her attorney kept her informed about the status of her medical malpractice...
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Trial lawyer lobbyist sues tobacco retailer for contributing to accident
This spot along the Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart Highway near Mason is where Point Pleasant attorney and West Virginia Association for Justice lobbyist James M. Casey was involved in an automobile...
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Mason couple says malpractice case should go on despite delay
Vaidya POINT PLEASANT – A perusal of the court file would reveal to anyone why it took a Henderson couple seven years to serve notice of a malpractice suit against a Point Pleasant urologist, says...
View ArticleLevine relocates to Ohio amidst Ill., W. Va. suits
CHARLESTON – After first following the advice of Horace Greeley by going west -– to Illinois -– a former Mason County physician has heeded the call of Chrissie Hynde in going back to Ohio. Both moves,...
View ArticleFormer Mason doctor named in Ill. wrongful death suit
CHARLESTON – In addition to the one pending against him in West Virginia, a former Mason County physician is now defending himself in a civil suit in Illinois. According to the Shelbyville (Ill.) Daily...
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Similarities in Illinois wrongful-death, sealed W. Va. malpractice suits
Delores Clonch shows a diagram of how the doctor would remove a portion of and later reattach her colon. (Photo by Lawrence J. Smith) CHARLESTON – The allegations leveled against a former Mason County...
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Former Mason doctor also faces sexual imposition charges in Ohio
Dr. Jack Levine (Photo courtesy of the Shelbyville Daily Union) CHARLESTON – Along with pending civil cases in West Virginia and Illinois, a former Mason County physician now faces criminal charges in...
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Hearing postponed in Levine sexual imposition case
Former Mason County physician Dr. Jack M. Levine ducks behind his attorney Thomas Spetnagle as they enter the building leading to the Pike County Court on Jan. 16. Levine was scheduled to reply to the...
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