Defendant dismissed from suit

One of three Hillsboro medical practitioners was dismissed Jan. 28 from a lawsuit filed a year ago that claimed the three were negligent in not providing proper care to a patent or getting her transferred to a larger hospital capable of caring for her before she died.

Nicholas B. Ervin filed suit March 5, 2024, against physicians Justin S. Morgan and Stephen G. Grillot, and nurse practitioner Gail Boaldin seeking more than $75,000 for the death of his wife, Stephanie L. Ervin, on July 26, 2022, at Hillsboro Community Hospital.

Ervin claims Morgan diagnosed his wife with sepsis, respiratory failure, pneumonia, and asthma. She was admitted to Hillsboro Community Hospital and treated by Morgan, Grillot, and Boaldin for 27 hours. They attempted unsuccessfully to get her transferred to a larger hospital. She died July 26, 2022.