Mount Carmel

Former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel testified Tuesday about what he went through personally during an investigation into accusations that he overprescribed painkillers.

Former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel filed a defamation suit against Mount Carmel and its parent company after he was acquitted of 14 murder charges for patient deaths.

The State Medical Board of Ohio suspended the license of Dr. Jeffrey Hatef on Feb. 12.

The suit claimed Michigan-based company Trinity purposely provided wrong information to prosecutors and the media before William Husel was indicted on 25 charges of murder in 2019.

Columbus City Council will vote on a contract with the Central Ohio Hospital Council to pay for the costs.

Rob Landy, the attorney representing Dr. William Husel in a $20 million malicious prosecution lawsuit, said Husel is trying to get his name and his life back.

Husel, who was acquitted of intentional murder charges stemming from the prescription of drugs to patients while at the hospital, is seeking $20 million in damages.

Attorney Gerald Leeseberg, who represented the plaintiffs, confirmed the final cases have been settled after 9 cases were previously resolved.

A Franklin County judge on Friday denied a request from former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel to dismiss the 25-count murder indictment against him. The ruling means the case is on schedule to go to trial in February.

Husel's legal team is using a Wednesday hearing to try to convince a judge that former Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien committed misconduct by keeping evidence from a grand jury.