Judge denies request to consolidate 2 Mount Carmel wrongful death lawsuits with others

COLUMBUS — A desire to consolidate all the Mount Carmel wrongful death lawsuits was further complicated this week after a Franklin County Judge ruled against consolidating two lawsuits in his courtroom with others assigned to different judges.Twenty-eight wrongful death lawsuits have been filed since 10 Investigates first broke the news in January that patients at Mount Carmel were believed to have been given excessive — or in some cases potentially fatal — doses of pain medica