Kostenko v. CBS Evening News et al

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Case Number:

5:16-cv-05326

Court:

West Virginia Southern

Nature of Suit:

Assault Libel & Slander

Judge:

Irene C. Berger

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  1. September 13, 2017

    CBS Sheds Doc's Defamation Suit Over Pill Crisis Coverage

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. won summary judgment Wednesday in a defamation suit by a West Virginia doctor who said that his oxycodone prescribing practices were depicted unfairly in two "CBS Evening News" broadcasts.

  2. August 24, 2017

    W. Va. Doc Gets 20 Years For Pain Prescription Abuses

    A physician was sentenced in West Virginia federal court on Wednesday to 20 years in prison for prescribing oxycodone, a painkiller, to patients without properly determining their need for pain pills.