MEDICAL LICENSING BD. OF INDIANA v. WARD

No. 4-282A41.

449 N.E.2d 1129 (1983)

MEDICAL LICENSING BOARD OF INDIANA, Appellant and Cross-Appellee (Defendant below), v. Joseph M. WARD, D.C., Appellee and Cross-Appellant (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Dan S. LaRue, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Gregory A. Purvis, Kenneth C. Kern & Associates, Indianapolis, for appellee and cross-appellant.


MILLER, Judge.

The Medical Licensing Board of Indiana seeks the reversal of a trial court's decision which overturned the Board's revocation of Dr. Joseph M. Ward's license to practice chiropractic. The Board concluded Ward had engaged in "willful or wanton misconduct," in violation of Ind. Code 25-22.5-6-2(6) (West 1980),1 when he massaged the genitalia of several female patients. Upon Ward's petition for judicial review, the trial court...

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