The details are a little sparse in this story but after losing a $ 6.5 milliion medical malpractice case, the hospital and its attorney are now on the hook for a $ 1.3 million sanction too.
"A Parkersburg-area hospital has been ordered to pay a $1.3 million sanction in a medical malpractice lawsuit. This after a judge says it violated court orders, among other misconduct, during a recent trial.
Wood County Circuit Court Judge Robert Waters imposed the sanction against Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in an order issued last week.
Waters’ order says Camden-Clark’s misconduct included inaccurate answers during the discovery process and inaccurate testimony.
This order came from an underlying lawsuit alleging the malpractice in the death of Hilda Boggs.
Boggs died in 2001 following surgery on a broken ankle. "
A Wood County jury found that the anesthesiologist negligently overdosed Boggs with Lidocaine.
The jury in that case awarded $6.5 million to Boggs’ estate in March 2006. The case is now being appealed by the hospital. "