STATE EX REL. HEALTHPORT TECH. v. STUCKY

No. 17-0038.

800 S.E.2d 506 (2017)

STATE of West Virginia, EX REL. HEALTHPORT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and Charleston Area Medical Center, Petitioners v. Honorable James C. STUCKY, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia; and Basil Crookshanks, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: May 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ancil G. Ramey, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, Russell D. Jessee, Esq. , Devon J. Stewart, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioners

Edmund L. Wagoner, Esq. , David E. Goddard, Esq. , Goddard & Wagoner PLLC, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Counsel for Respondent, Basil Crookshanks


In this case, a law firm paid an invoice for a copy of a client's medical records. The law firm alleges the per-page-fee for those records was excessive under state law. However, the law firm filed a lawsuit in circuit court over the invoice in the name of the client. As we find below, because the client did not pay the invoice...

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