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Former VA pathologist gets 20 years for misdiagnoses that led to deaths
Former VA pathologist gets 20 years for misdiagnoses that led to deaths
Robert Morris Levy, 54, a former
pathologist at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today by federal Judge Timothy Brooks for involuntary manslaughter and mail fraud.
He was fired in 2018 for being impaired on the job and was accused of
faulty diagnoses that led to three deaths.
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He was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter and 20 for mail fraud, the maximum in both cases, but the sentences will be served concurrently.
The news release from the U.S. attorney’s office: ....

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