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• Jury awards $1.5 M to gunshot victim who sued treating physician

  By David Yates | Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 @ 9:00am

  Although he was adamant in his testimony that doctors can only facilitate healing, a Jefferson County jury still levied a $1.5 million against Dr. Charles Domingues, finding that he could have done more for a gunshot victim.

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• Plaintiff rests in amputee's medical malpractice trial

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 @ 7:17am

  Brian Sutton Plaintiff's attorney Brian Sutton has rested his case against one healthcare facility and several doctors on Wednesday, Feb. 11, as the trial of Jerry Sylvester vs. Christus et al approaches its end.

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• Plaintiff's expert testifies in amputee's medical malpractice trial

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009 @ 8:12am

  Jerry Sylvester may have lost his leg because treating physicians mislabeled his gunshot wound as "low energy," said the plaintiff's medical expert, as testimony continued this week in the trial of Sylvester vs. Christus.

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• Local doctors defend care of gunshot victim who blames them for leg amputation

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 @ 5:52pm

  Brian Sutton Doctors don't have complete control over the body's process of healing, said a local physician during a medical malpractice trial that began this week in Jefferson County.

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• Trial to begin in case against doctors by gun shot victim who lost leg

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 @ 2:32pm

  Nearly four years ago, gunshot victim Jerry Sylvester saw justice done when a jury put away his assailant for 20 years.

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