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BUMBLING NINCOMPOOP Seeks Change Of Venue For Malpractice Trial
Category: Desperate Defendants
Is it worse to be a bumbling nincompoop or a BUMBLING NINCOMPOOP?
Beleaguered surgeon wants malpractice cases tried elsewhereThe attorney for a former North Platte doctor facing five malpractice lawsuits in Lincoln County said his client can't get a fair jury trial here. William Tannehill of Lincoln said [Dr.] Andrew Chontos can't get a fair trial because of the news stories written about the case.
Tannehill argued that news coverage of the lawsuits filed against Chontos was excessive. His argument focused primarily on the coverage of the lawsuits by the North Platte Bulletin.
Tannehill argued that the Bulletin had reported on each lawsuit against his client after it was filed. He said the language in the articles published both in the print edition and on the online web site "inflamed" the readers.
Tannehill also complained about the Talk Back feature on the Bulletin web site.
"They allow readers to anonymously post reactions to the articles," Tannehill said. "People were affected by the number of lawsuits," Tannehill said. "They used words like 'quack' and said his license should be taken away."
Tannehill said one reader ranted because Chontos now works at a Veterans Administration hospital and the reader was concerned because he was "working on vets." He said one reader even posted in all caps.
"As your honor knows, that's the equivalent of shouting on the Internet," Tannehill said.
Tannehill's last complaint to Murphy was about a cartoon that appeared in the Oct. 18 Bulletin that showed Chontos telling a patient his hysterectomy operation had gone well. The cartoon featured the words "potential juror" above the patient's head.
"They're making a joke of Chontos' reputation," Tannehill said. "They are portraying him as a bumbling nincompoop."
Or, should that be BUMBLING NINCOMPOOP?
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Comments
So, by being ACCUSED enough times, he automatically becomes guilty?
In statistics, it's called "clustering". That is, in any random data, you will get clusters. Some of those clusters might have been caused by something, but many of them just happen as a result of the randomness.
Not saying that's the case here... that's what TRIALS are for. if all it takes to "prove" someone guilty is nough lawsuits FILED, then anyone with enough people behind them can get anyone else found "guilty".
Posted by: Deoxy at November 16, 2006 04:51 PM