Thompson v. West Virginia Board of Osteopathy

Janet Thompson, Kenneth Thompson and Vera Thompson Treadway (hereinafter the Thompsons) appeal the circuit court’s dismissal of their petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy to make findings of fact and conclusions of law and to pursue disciplinary action against Allen Gant, D.O. The Thomp-sons, all descendants of Modest Thompson, deceased, complained to the Board of Osteopathy that Dr. Gant caused Mr. Thompson’s premature death by negligently administering the drug Methotrexate. The circuit court found that the Board of Osteopathy had discharged its…