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St. Peter’s Health has asked for a change of venue in a lawsuit filed by its former oncologist against the health care facility, saying the Helena-area community has been exposed
A district court judge on Wednesday denied a request from St. Peterâs Health to delay a lawsuit filed against the hospital by an oncologist who was fired late last year. St. Peter's had previously asked the court to delay the lawsuit until Dr. Thomas Weiner had exhausted the in-house remedies detailed in the hospital's bylaws before turning to the courts. The judge said the administrative process would not adequately address the claims being made. âNone of his present claims are subject to the administrative process to which Defendants expect,â Montana First Judicial ...
A May 20 court hearing has been continued for a former oncologist for St. Peter’s Health who says he was wrongly fired.
Weiner St. Peterâs Health has asked a judge to stay a lawsuit filed by a former oncologist against the health system, saying he has not exhausted administrative remedies as detailed in the hospitalâs bylaws before turning to the courts. J. Devlan Geddes, the attorney for Dr. Thomas Weiner, said Tuesday his client will oppose the motion and their response is due by Thursday. St. Peterâs Health said in an April 5 motion to stay filing to Judge Michael Menahan, of the 1st Judicial District Court in Lewis and Clark County, that Weiner should follow the hospitalâs correctiv...
Weiner According to court documents filed by St. Peter's Health, an oncologist who was dismissed from the hospital last year incorrectly treated a patient for lung cancer for 11 years before it was determined that the person did not have the disease at the time of death. The hospitalâs legal counsel also said that it learned of âalarming narcotic prescribing practicesâ by Dr. Thomas Weiner, who is contesting his dismissal in court. They said several patients came to the facility's Cancer Treatment Center for narcotics prescriptions on the first day of his absence, but t...