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Mary Schultz Law P.S. Relocates to Acreage Preserve
August 2, 2012Mary Schultz Law P.S. has relocated to a 150 acre forest and wetland area south of Spokane, remodeling a 6200 square foot building to house the new office model. The practice is...
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Former Rockwood CFO suing clinic
March 7, 2012Rockwood Clinic’s former chief financial officer has filed a whistleblower complaint accusing the large medical practice of attempting to force him into filing misleading financial rep...
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Club Traditions Just Discrimination
Spokesman Review Columnist Shawn Vestal
July 30, 2010It was Wednesday, May 9. The place, the Spokane Country Club.Little did the community know that what was about to happen would shake the foun...
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Strong Arm of the Law
What happens when someone complains a cop used excessive force? Usually, not much.
June 29, 2010...
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Wrongful Death Alleged in Suicide
July 23, 2009A claim for medical negligence resulting in the death of a Spokane man from self inflicted suicide was filed today, claiming that the medical treatment and accomodations provided to this known...
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Country Club Bias Alleged
Suit Bought against Country Club for Gender Discrimination/Stockholder Devaluation
July 20, 2009Three female stockholders of the Spokane Country Club have sued that club, claiming that the Club has breached their stockholder contract with the Club by according male shareolders ...
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Boeing Worker Sues Over Violated Ethics, Wrongful Termination
Seattle PI
May 13, 2009Atttorney Joseph Sicilia, who worked in Boeing's ethics policing division, says that he was demoted to being an administrative assistant and then fired after raising concerns about violation of gov...
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Mother joins suit against her father in son's boating death
October 24, 2008The mother of a 13-year-old boy who died after a Lake Coeur d'Alene boating accident has joined her ex-husband in a wrongful-death lawsuit. Nicole Alexander was encouraged to join the suit by her f...
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Father files suit in son's boating death
13-year-old died in July on Lake CdA
October 18, 2008Danial Newlon struggled to learn whether his 13-year-old son was dead or alive after getting a brief phone call and seeing a blip on the news about a boating accident last July on Lake Coeur d'Alen...
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$15 million dollar oral surgery malpractice verdict in favor of dental patient
August 27, 2008A Spokane jury ruled Tuesday that a local dentist was negligent in performing a series of aggressive jaw surgeries in 2000 and 2001 - awarding Kimberly Kallestad a total $14,888,525 million in economi...
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Oral surgery case goes to jurors
Karen Dorn Steele (Staff Writer)
August 22, 2008The lawyers who've dueled for six weeks in a malpractice trial brought by a disabled woman against a Spokane oral surgeon gave their closing arguments Thursday in a packed courtroom in Spokane County ...
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Former patients challenge oral surgeon's testimony
Karen Dorn Steele (Staff Writer)
August 21, 2008Three women treated by Dr. Patrick Collins for jaw problems testified that the Spokane oral surgeon promised to be their "hero" or "savior" - and then turned on them when they reported post-operative ...
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Dentist's former patients will take the stand
Karen Dorn Steele (Staff Writer)
August 20, 2008Judge's decision allows three to testify
A Spokane judge has ruled that three former patients of Dr. Patrick Collins will be allowed to testify this week about their negative exper...
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Lawyer questions data cited by oral surgeon
Karen Dorn Steele (Staff Writer)
August 19, 2008Malpractice trial now in its sixth week
A lawyer in the malpractice trial of Spokane oral surgeon Dr. Patrick Collins challenged Collins' claim that he has an 86 percent success ra...
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Oral surgeon testifies in malpractice trial
Karen Dorn Steele (Staff Writer)
August 15, 2008A Spokane oral surgeon accused of malpractice for a series of jaw operations on a young woman took the stand Thursday in his own defense, saying although he doesn't remember the specifics of his initi...
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More patients ready to testify against oral surgeon
Key ruling due this week in trial
August 12, 2008With the malpractice trial of Dr. Patrick Collins going into its sixth week Monday, the question of whether additional patients can testify who say they also were harmed by the Spokane dentist remains...
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Oral surgeon testifies in malpractice trial
August 10, 2008A Spokane oral surgeon accused of malpractice for a series of jaw operations on a young woman took the stand Thursday in his own defense, saying although he doesn't remember the specifics of his initi...
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Lawyers clash over testimony from patients
Oral surgeon's malpractice trial continues
August 8, 2008The question of whether more former patients of a Spokane oral surgeon should be allowed to testify in a malpractice trial about bad outcomes from jaw surgery erupted in Spokane Superior Court on Thur...
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