CHARLESTON–A woman claims her mother was poorly treated at a local hospital and is now suing for negligence.
Linda Keener, as personal representative of the estate of Elsie Waskelis, filed a lawsuit Aug. 25 in Kanawha County Circuit Court, claiming her mother, Waskelis, was treated with negligence at Charleston Area Medical Center Inc.
According to the complaint, Waskelis was a patient at the CAMC from April 29 to May 16, 2014, and from June 19 to July 21, 2014. Keener claims Waskelis was admitted to CAMC, located at 3200 MacCorckle Ave., on April 29, 2014, for shortness of breath. In the papers filed, Keener claims that while a patient there Waskelis then suffered a fall, fracturing her femur. Keener alleges the facility was not a safe environment, was not properly staffed, and that Waskelis was not properly monitored all of which contributed to her harm, injury, and ultimately her death.
Keener is seeking all damages, attorney's fees, and punitive damages as well as any other items that the court sees fit to award, and demands a trial by jury. Keener is represented by Andrew L. Paternostro and Jeff D. Stewart of The Bell Law Firm of Charleston. The case had been assigned to Circuit Judge Charles E. King.
Kanawha County Circuit Court case number 15-C-1613