New Jersey Mother Settles Weight-Loss Lawsuit for $1M
East News • April 3, 2008
Her lawyer says the mother of a Rochelle Park, New Jersey teen has settled a lawsuit over his weight-loss surgery for $1 million.
Elaine LaBeur's decision came after a few days of testimony in the ...
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Subject: RE: RE: Sorry Dawn
Posted On: April 3, 2008, 3:22 pm CDT
Posted By: S
Comment:
Dawn, you're not alone on this one.
Sure - the doctors were not at all at fault in this - (hope the sarcasm comes across in writing) "...He played football for St. Joseph's High School in Montvale and was a state weight-lifting champion...Three days after his discharge, however, he was back in the hospital with severe stomach pain. He returned several times for treatment, she said. At one point, doctors found more than a gallon of fluid in his stomach. Lesnevich argues that this was caused by a leak from a defective surgery, a leak that went undetected because doctors failed to give Leonard LaBeur a CAT scan"
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Subject: RE: RE: Sorry Dawn
Sure - the doctors were not at all at fault in this - (hope the sarcasm comes across in writing) "...He played football for St. Joseph's High School in Montvale and was a state weight-lifting champion...Three days after his discharge, however, he was back in the hospital with severe stomach pain. He returned several times for treatment, she said. At one point, doctors found more than a gallon of fluid in his stomach. Lesnevich argues that this was caused by a leak from a defective surgery, a leak that went undetected because doctors failed to give Leonard LaBeur a CAT scan"
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1992294/posts