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Charleston surgeon wins self-insurance lawsuit A West Virginia Supreme Court ruling issued Tuesday upheld a Charleston surgeon’s right to provide his own medical malpractice insurance. “The hospital is not always going to win, like they have done in the past,” said Karen Miller, sister and attorney of Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. STEVE PHILLIPS COMMENTARY: Which is worse? Pac Man or officiating in Womens NCAA games? STEVE ON SPORTS: Its a two for one rant; the misadventures of Pac Man Jones and the malpractice of officiating in womens basketball. The cases your judges are hiding from you King County judges have improperly sealed hundreds of court files, locking up information that could be vital to you. Were going to court to open up those cases. W. Va. Court Rebukes Hospital, Upholds Doctors Right to Self-Insure The West Virginia Supreme Court refused this week to hear Charleston Area Medical Centers appeal of a 2005 circuit court ruling that upheld a physicians right to provide his own medical malpractic Dateline Pittsburgh Read this article Lee Memorial faces $30 million judgment for botched birth ] Board suspends doctors license The parents of a boy who suffered brain damage at birth were awarded $30.65 million from Lee Memorial Health System on Friday after a six-week trial. The judgment in 20th Judicial Circuit Court was record-breaking. “Yeah, it’s the largest jury verdict rendered against Lee Memorial, to my knowledge,” said Douglas Lumpkin, the attorney representing the health system. Lynchburg attorney to become judge Panel agrees that Dr. Timothy H. Hooker violated numerous professional standards of conduct. Lee Memorial faces $30 million judgment for botched birth RICHMOND - The General Assembly today appointed F. Patrick Yeatts, a 37-year-old Lynchburg attorney, to serve as judge in Campbell Countys General District Court. Yeatts appointed as judge The parents of a boy who suffered brain damage at birth were awarded $30.65 million from Lee Memorial Health System on Friday after a six-week trial. The judgment in 20th Judicial Circuit Court was record-breaking. | |||