BY MATT DINGER
A former Oklahoma City doctor accused in the deaths of nine patients is named in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Oklahoma County District Court.
William Martin Valuck, 71, is charged with nine counts of first-degree murder and 72 counts of illegal distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.
Prosecutors allege the former osteopathic physician and surgeon prescribed excessive amounts of painkillers, anxiety drugs and muscle relaxers, which led to fatal drug overdoses of eight patients and caused a ninth patient to have a fatal car crash.
The husband of patient Joyce Cathline Curnett filed the lawsuit Feb.
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