COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The trial between a former physician acquitted of 14 murder charges in 2022 and the Mount Carmel Health System began on Monday with jury selection.
William Husel returned to a Columbus courtroom on Monday for the first day of the defamation trial against Mount Carmel Health System, former Mount Carmel CEO and president Edward Lamb, and Mount Carmel’s parent company Trinity Health Corporation. Husel sued all three for one claim of defamation in 2019 and sued Mount Carmel for breach of contract.
A motion was filed by Mount Carmel to have a summary judgment instead of a trial. The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas dismissed that motion.
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From 2015 to 2018, critically ill patients in Columbus ICU physician Husel’s care died from a potentially excessive amount of painkillers. In 2019, Husel faced 14 murder charges in relation to his patients’ deaths. A jury ultimately found him not guilty in 2022 after a months-long trial. Husel surrendered his medical license in the aftermath of his trial…