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| 2007-07-27 |
| Is it a Lurid Crime Tale? Or a Sign and Portent! Dentist wins case over tusks in mouth OLYMPIA, Wash. - An oral surgeon who played a practical joke on his assistant, and got sued for it, ended up getting the last laugh Thursday. Dr. Robert Woo, of Auburn, temporarily implanted fake boar tusks in his employee's mouth while she was under anesthesia and took photos that later made the rounds. The employee felt humiliated and quit, later suing her boss. Ha ha ha! When Woo's insurance company wouldn't deal with the lawsuit, Woo settled out of court for $250,000 — and sued the insurers. A King County Superior Court jury agreed with him and awarded him $750,000 dollars. Nice. The insurance company won on appeal. But the state Supreme Court on Thursday restored the award for Woo. The court decision was 5-4. Well, I guess it goes to the 9th circut next... |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #7 Absolute truth is a 5-4 decision in the supreme court. |
| Posted by: Phusorong Bucket7211 2007-07-27 16:54 |
| #6 RIP, America's sense of humor. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-27 16:06 |
| #5 No sinse. I searched, but no luck for me. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2007-07-27 14:08 |
| #4 A m I the only person who wants too see the pics? |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-07-27 13:34 |
| #3 I guess it goes to the 9th circut next... Nope. The Ninth Circus (or any federal circuit court of appeals) only takes appeals from federal trial courts and the NLRB. The only appeal from a state supreme court would be to the U.S. Supreme Court, and then only if a federal law question is involved and they feel like hearing it. This sounds like a pure state law question (contracts, or maybe state insurance tort law on bad faith denials of coverage), so this should be the end of the ride. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-07-27 13:05 |
| #2 Terrence: This is worse than the time when I fell asleep and you put your d*** in my mouth and took a picture. Phillip : I know, Terrence, I know. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-07-27 12:31 |
| #1 He should've just said he was off of his antidepressant medication... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-27 12:23 |