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Virginia Beach Doctor Faces Multiple Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Posted on May 14, 2010
A rheumatologist from Virginia Beach is being sued- and it's not for the first time. The doctor, Stephen Plotnick, has over a dozen medical malpractice suits pending in local courts. The newest suits, being brought by three of the doctors former patients, allege that the physician gave them an "erratic, experimental and heavy drug treatment" that affected all portions of their lives.
The three plaintiffs, who were being treated for chronic pain, state that the prescription drug regime nearly destroyed their marriages and left them without employment.
Beyond these claims, the doctor is being accused of contributing to the deaths of multiple patients. Since 2004 ten of Plotnicks' patients have lost their lives while under his care. Seven of these deaths were overdoses related to the prescription medications that Plotnick prescribed.
The first suit to be heard in Virginia Beach Circuit Court will be that of William Jeffcoat. Jeffcoat began treatment with Plotnick in 2001 and was found dead in 2008 with a lethal level of methadone in his body.
Medical malpractice attorneys from across Virginia Beach are representing the numerous plaintiffs seeking damages from Doctor Plotnick.
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