Mother sues HOPE Clinic, West Virginia pharmacies for son’s overdose death

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Four people and the clinic where they allegedly operated a pill mill, as well as two pharmacies, have been sued by a woman who says doctors at the clinic fatally over-prescribed opioid medications for her son.

Timothy Jason Lewis died after overdosing on May 4, 2017. His mother, Inez Lewis, said in the lawsuit that doctors at the HOPE Clinic, and the pharmacies that filled prescriptions, facilitated her son’s addiction despite evidence of suspicious prescription activity in violation of the West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act.