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Man sues drug company, casinos after losing $14 million
Austin American-Statesman ^
| 2/22/06
| Claire Osborn
Posted on 02/22/2006 5:03:32 PM PST by wagglebee
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It sounds like the doctor is more at fault than the casinos.
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:03:35 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
Them lawyers sure is creative, ain't they?
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:05:38 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: wagglebee
Wells told the casinos he had Parkinson's and "was taking the medication while he was gambling," said his lawyer, Tom Thomas with Winstead Sechrest & Minick in Dallas.
The lawsuit says the casinos should have been aware of the Mayo study, which Thomas said was heavily publicized in Las Vegas last summer.No way. So now casino staff are supposed to be responsible for knowing the possible side-effects of medications taken by people gambling in their casinos?
I feel bad for the guy, but this is insane.
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:09:02 PM PST
by
KJC1
(Papers in over 31 nations have printed the 'toons, the list is growing!)
To: wagglebee
I'm sure he'd be giving the $14 million back if he'd won that much on his trips, right?
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:09:41 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: wagglebee
To: wagglebee
My firm makes Mirapex. We were warned of this side effect. We kept our protective gear on for this one.
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:12:43 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: wagglebee
Wells was losing $14 million He didn't figure this out when he got to say minus $25k or minus $90k? The casinos kept from him exactly the total of his losses so he could make an intelligent decision that is was time to quit? How come I don't believe any of this.
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:12:51 PM PST
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:13:01 PM PST
by
Polybius
To: buccaneer81
My firm makes Mirapex. We were warned of this side effect.Your firm was warned that some schmo could lose $14 million gambling?
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:14:44 PM PST
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: Dog Gone
Give the money back is a good point. Post/article does not say in what court lawsuit was filed. Until federal or state court's sanction for this type of court cr*p we are in for added costs to anything.
To: wagglebee
He lost the "nest egg"...
Now, he's asking them to be the "casino with a heart"...
What was the name of that movie?
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:17:32 PM PST
by
demsux
To: PistolPaknMama
Your firm was warned that some schmo could lose $14 million gambling?LOL! No, we were warned to wear our spacesuits or else we may have spent a bunch of cash on instant tickets or on the Columbus Blue Jackets winning the Stanley Cup ;-)
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:18:14 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: demsux
Lost in America
by
Albert Brooks
Funny! - Don't Say Egg!!!
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:19:25 PM PST
by
The Louiswu
(The coward will not fight, the fool refuses to see necessity the scoundrel puts himself ahead of all)
To: wagglebee
Some day soon our prescriptions will come along with a 20 pound tome listing every conceivable thing that could happen if you take this. Some side effects valid, the rest pulled out of a medical dictionary to cover their legal a$$es.
"Taking this medication on Tuesday if it's raining may cause compulsive gambling."
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:20:10 PM PST
by
3catsanadog
(When anything goes, everything does.)
To: The Louiswu
Don't Say Egg!!!Or chicken embryo...that movie was great...thanks
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:20:43 PM PST
by
demsux
To: wagglebee
Agreed. He was the one who flew to Las Vegas to gamble. No one held a gun to his head and made him do it. Should I sue every one I pay money to? Now there's an idea for making us all rich. Instead of blaming it on personal poor judgment, blame it instead on capitalist avarice.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:22:22 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: wagglebee
If Wells was worth at least $14MM when he retired in his early fifties as a Doctor of Medicine then he stole a good portion of that money from his patients. If he lost $14MM to casinos, then tough fecal matter, you parasite bum.
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:27:11 PM PST
by
joem15
To: wagglebee
Where are Moose and Rocco when you really need 'em?
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:28:34 PM PST
by
RichInOC
("...Help the Doc find his checkbook.")
To: joem15
Who blows $14 million in gambling and blows the rest on a lawsuit? HAHAHAHA I wish I had that kind of money to burn.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:29:26 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: joem15
I know a lot of doctors who are very wealthy, but the ones who have this sort of money either had family money to begin with or did VERY WELL with their other investments. The exception is surgeons, it is not all that unusual for them to make well over $1 million per year.
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posted on
02/22/2006 5:30:13 PM PST
by
wagglebee
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