COLUMBUS, Ohio —
The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division, alleged that Trinity Health Corporation actively sought Husel’s indictment and prosecution. The allegations followed an investigation by the company into the former doctor’s practices of prescribing opioid and benzodiazepine doses that were higher than his peers’ practices.
Prosecutors in that case had said ordering such dosages for a nonsurgical situation indicated an intent to end lives. Husel’s attorneys argued he was providing comfort care for dying patients, not trying to kill them. Husel was fired in late 2018 from Mount Carmel West Hospital. He later was indicted on 25 murder counts. Eleven of those countsof 14 counts of murder in April 2022.
Husel surrendered his medical license following the verdict. The state medical board permanently revoked it, barring him from being able to practice medicine in Ohio.