April 18, 2008
Eleven more King lawsuits settled
Staff writer

Lawyers for former patients of Dr. John Anderson King and their families have settled 11 more medical malpractice lawsuits with the company that employed King to perform surgery.

William Druckman, a Charleston lawyer who represents those 11 plaintiffs, announced the settlements on Thursday morning in Putnam Circuit Court. The plaintiffs have settled with the Hospital Corporation of America, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, and Putnam General Hospital, which employed King from November 2002 to June 2003. The hospital is now owned by Charleston Area Medical Center and is called CAMC Teays Valley Hospital.

King served as an osteopathic physician on Putnam General's staff between November 2002 and June 2003. During those seven months, King's actions generated 124 different medical malpractice suits.

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