{Winfield, West Virginia}...Roger and Mary Spencer, of Holden, in Logan County, have filed a lawsuit against Putnam County law firm Armada, Rogers & Thompson PLLC of Hurricane for allegedly failing to provide them adequate representation during their case filed October 24, 2006 against Putnam General Hospital and former doctor of osteopathy John A. King. According to the complaint. Roger Spencer was one of King's patients in 2003. King was the focus of 124 medical malpractice lawsuits during his seven months on the staff of Putnam General Hospital. In 2008, the Hospital Corporation of America, based in Nashville, Tennessee, paid about $100 million to settle the malpractice lawsuits filed by King's former patients in West Virginia. In March 2010, a Putnam circuit judge dismissed the Spencers' claim against King, saying their case wasn't filed in time. The lawsuit alleges that, as a result of the Armada law firm's negligence, the Spencers lost their right to pursue monetary recovery for their claims against King.
