Source: The Record
POINT PLEASANT - Two lawsuits involving Pleasant Valley Hospital have come to a conclusion, one resulting in an out-of-court settlement, and another in its favor. On Dec. 26, Mason Circuit Judge David W. Nibert dismissed with prejudice a malpractice claim Phyllis Mitchell on May 5, 2006. In her suit, Mitchell named Dr. Clyde J. Rorrer as a co-defendant.

According to court records, Mitchell accused PVH and Rorrer of malpractice when Rorrer improperly diagnosed her breathing problems as bronchitis. Her suit alleged that a follow-up examination by another physician discovered her breathing problems were a result of the remnants of a peanut being lodged in her lung, which later resulted in an acute case of pneumonia, and partial removal of the lung. On Dec. 13, Paul Farrell with the Huntington law firm of Farrell, Farrell and Farrell, which was representing both PVH and Rorrer, asked PVH be dismissed from the suit. Nibert granted Farrell’s motion noting that the case “has been fully compromised and settled.”