October 27, 2004

Belpre, OH

The Ohio State Dental Board ruled that the actions of a Belpre dentist who administered a lethal dose of local anesthetic to a two-year-old West Virginia boy constituted malpractice. Doctor James E. Kirkpatrick injected what experts testified was three times the manufacturer’s maximum recommended dose of Prilocaine into Hunter Owens. The boy died less than 90 minutes later on October 27th, 2004 at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg. Read More