CHARLESTON — A woman is suing Highland Hospital for a dangerous working environment.
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Pamela Chase was hired in 2019 as a charge nurse for the Tween Unit at the defendant's facility and worked there until April 23, 2020, when she was constructively discharged after having been placed in multiple life-threatening situations with patients due to understaffing, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Chase claims she reported to the defendant that her union was understaffed on several occasions and she reported incidents that had occurred as a result of understaffing.
Despite her complaints, nothing was done and Chase was put in life-threatening situations, according to the suit. Chase claims she was then falsely accused by a patient of abuse and neglect and was suspended pending an investigation.
Chase is seeking compensatory damages. She is represented by Scott H. Kaminski of Ray Winton & Kelley.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge Carrie Webster.
Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 21-C-346
