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Medical Malpractice/Doctor Mistakes

2/27/2009
James Lewis
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Putnam General Considered Hiding John King’s Medical Malpractice Record

The West Virginia Gazette reports shocking new evidence in the John King medical malpractice story. Court documents have revealed that the Putnam General Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia considered making a deal with King in order to get him to quietly resign from the hospital.

The deal included restoring surgical privileges to the doctor who racked up 124
medical malpractice lawsuits in just over a year at the medical facility. Another part of the deal stated that the hospital would not release his terribly negligent and horrifying record.

Copland wrote that Putnam General "would be willing to consider an agreement in which it provided no details not authorized by Dr. King, except in cases where it was legally mandated to do so."

King was suspended at the hospital after a candid peer review that characterized King as a snake-oil salesman and a criminal.

The letter was secret until the present court case, in which King is suing one of his own lawyers. King has a history of medical malpractice as well as a history of suing the hospitals that suspend him.





About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and have extensive experience handling medical malpractice and doctor mistake cases. Please take a few moments to review our medical malpractice case resultsWe have offices in Virginia Beach and Hampton, VA, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia, including Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News and Suffolk, VA, if you've been seriously hurt by the carelessness of a doctor, surgeon, nurse or pharmacist.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been recognized as among the
 Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Also, Rick and Jim have been named
Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010. Fewer than 5 percent of lawyers are chosen for this professional honor.

Members of our VA personal injury law firm have also been selected by the 
National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Our VA medical malpractice firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

We offer free special reports on the Top 10 Tips from a Medical Malpractice Insider and the top five surgical errors you must know about

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer free initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can return your call.


Best Virginia Injury Lawyers  Virginia Super Lawyers  





About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and have extensive experience handling medical malpractice and doctor mistake cases. Please take a few moments to review our medical malpractice case resultsWe have offices in Virginia Beach and Hampton, VA, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia, including Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News and Suffolk, VA, if you've been seriously hurt by the carelessness of a doctor, surgeon, nurse or pharmacist.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been recognized as among the
 Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Also, Rick and Jim have been named
Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010. Fewer than 5 percent of lawyers are chosen for this professional honor.

Members of our VA personal injury law firm have also been selected by the 
National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Our VA medical malpractice firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

We offer free special reports on the Top 10 Tips from a Medical Malpractice Insider and the top five surgical errors you must know about

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer free initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can return your call.


Best Virginia Injury Lawyers  Virginia Super Lawyers  




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