CHARLESTON — A man is suing Primecare Medical of West Virginia Inc. and optometrist Eric Crowder, citing alleged insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries.
Richard L. Maze filed a complaint on July 8 in Kanawha Circuit Court against the defendants, alleging that Primecare failed to have additional consultations when he was treated while incarcerated in jail.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that during the period that he remained under the defendants' medical care, his condition continued to worsen and progressed to an eye condition known as ocular cicatricial pemphigoid. To date, he has been rendered blind, he claims. The plaintiff holds Primecare Medical of West Virginia Inc. and Eric Crowder responsible because the defendants' consultation practices allegedly fell below the standard of care, they allegedly failed to properly diagnose his condition and they allegedly failed to remedy the progressive deterioration of his eyesight.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against the defendants for such sums that will adequately compensate him and for such other relief as may be proper under the law. He is represented by Robert V. Berthold, Jr. and Robert V. Berthold, III of Berthold Law Firm PLLC in Charleston.
Kanawha Circuit Court Case number 16-C-1039