West Virginia News

Recent News About Charleston Area Medical Center

• *** SupCo calendar for Jan. 19 issue

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jan 15, 2009 @ 3:16am

  Motion Docket

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• Staffing privilege dispute results in suit against hospital, fellow physicians

  By Lawrence Smith | Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 @ 3:00am

  Westmoreland HUNTINGTON – A Mason County family physician is alleging that officials at Pleasant Valley Hospital conspired to harm his ability to practice medicine by revoking his staffing privileges without justification.

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• Justice Benjamin remembers Underwood

  By The West Virginia Record | Monday, Nov 24, 2008 @ 10:31am

  Underwood CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin issued the following statement Monday about the death of former Gov. Cecil Underwood:

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• Webster man files wrongful death suit against Charleston hospital, doctors

  By Cara Bailey | Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 @ 4:00am

  CHARLESTON - A Webster County man has filed a suit on behalf of a woman who died after she developed an infection while hospitalized.

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• Kanawha woman says plastic surgeon botched breast surgery

  By Cara Bailey | Thursday, Oct 16, 2008 @ 4:00am

  Culpepper CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against a local plastic surgeon, claiming he botched her breast reconstruction surgery.

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• Woman sues over father's mine injury death

  By Cara Bailey | Monday, Oct 6, 2008 @ 2:50am

  CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit on behalf of the estate of her father, who died from injuries sustained in a mining accident.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Sep 26, 2008 @ 2:30am

  Aug. 21

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• Putnam woman sues after treatment for cancer she didn't have

  By Cara Bailey | Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008 @ 7:42am

  CHARLESTON - A Poca woman has filed a suit against a pathologist after she received radiation and chemotherapy for cancer she did not have.

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• Man sues doctor over lost testicle

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Aug 29, 2008 @ 3:00am

  CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man has filed a suit claiming a physician misread a CT scan and caused him to lose his right testicle.

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• CAMC to pay Hamrick $11.5 million soon, Board says

  By Chris Dickerson | Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 @ 5:00pm

  CHARLESTON -- Charleston Area Medical Center's Board of Trustees on Wednesday announced it will pay Dr. Edward Hamrick his $11.5 million settlement by Sept. 5.

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• Man blames CAMC for mother's death

  By Cara Bailey | Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 @ 8:43am

  CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man has filed a medical malpractice suit against a local hospital on behalf of his late mother's estate.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Aug 15, 2008 @ 2:30am

  July 11

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• Woman says she was assaulted, injured at CAMC

  By Cara Bailey | Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 @ 9:30am

  CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local hospital, claiming she was assaulted by a patient and injured when she slipped in the bathroom.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Jul 25, 2008 @ 2:25am

  June 19

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• Man sues doctors after he gets MRSA

  By Cara Bailey | Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 @ 6:00am

  Malik CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man has filed a medical malpractice suit against two local physicians, claiming he developed a MRSA infection after heart bypass surgery.

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• THEIR VIEW: Bizarre tort system turning state into 'Almost Hell'

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Jul 16, 2008 @ 5:00am

  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- West Virginia isn't "almost Heaven," but "almost Hell" where its judicial climate is concerned.

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• Wreck leaves Buzzard with $25K hospital bill, and another lawsuit

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Jun 13, 2008 @ 2:00am

  CHARLESTON – In addition to police, bill collectors from the state's largest hospital are looking for a Pocahontas County man.

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• CAMC's insurer files federal suit over $25 million verdict

  By Audrey Holsclaw | Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 @ 3:15am

  CHARLESTON -- Charleston Area Medical Center and its insurers have been named in a lawsuit following a recent $25 million verdict against the hospital.

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• Putnam man sues doctors after son died from ATV injuries

  By Cara Bailey | Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 @ 10:45am

  CHARELSTON - A Putnam County man has filed a suit on behalf of his son, who died from head trauma after an ATV accident.

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• Woman says CAMC fired her because she spoke up about patient safety

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, May 30, 2008 @ 2:55am

  CHARLESTON - A Fayette County woman has filed a suit against a local hospital, claiming she was fired because she raised concerns over patient safety issues.

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