Jacob Sweet - Revision history

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	'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, {{USSC\|AK}}\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, {{USSC\|WA}}\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without [[medical indication]], provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb		'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, {{USSC\|AK}}\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, {{USSC\|WA}}\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without [[medical indication]], provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb
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			* [[Cole Jordan Groth]]
	* [[Risks and complications]]		* [[Risks and complications]]
	* [[United States of America]]		* [[United States of America]]

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	\|pages=1231-6		\|pages=1231-6
	\|url=~~http~~://www.cirp.org/library/complications/williams-kapila/		\|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/complications/williams-kapila/
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	\|pubmedID=8242285		\|pubmedID=8242285
	\|pubmedCID=10.1002/bjs.1800801005		\|pubmedCID=10.1002/bjs.1800801005
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	\|first=Marilyn		\|first=Marilyn
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	\|publisher=NOCIRC		\|publisher=NOCIRC
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	\|date=1995-09		\|date=1995-09
	\|accessdate=		\|accessdate=2020-06-19
	~~\|quote~~=2020-06-19
	}}</ref> so this made the Sweet's case more difficult to prove. The Sweets lost and, moreover, the physicians and hospital were awarded compensation of $150,000 for the physicians' legal expenses and $150,000 for the hospital's legal expenses by the trial court,<ref name="hammond2008" /> which were upheld by the Alaska Supreme Court.<ref>''[http://www.touchngo.com/sp/html/sp-4200.htm Sweet v. Sisters of Providence in Washington]'', 893 p.2d 1252 (Ala. Sup. Ct., April 14, 1995)</ref>		}}</ref> so this made the Sweet's case more difficult to prove. The Sweets lost and, moreover, the physicians and hospital were awarded compensation of $150,000 for the physicians' legal expenses and $150,000 for the hospital's legal expenses by the trial court,<ref name="hammond2008" /> which were upheld by the Alaska Supreme Court.<ref>''[http://www.touchngo.com/sp/html/sp-4200.htm Sweet v. Sisters of Providence in Washington]'', 893 p.2d 1252 (Ala. Sup. Ct., April 14, 1995)</ref>

	The Sweets then discovered that Sherry had misrepresented himself as an expert in malpractice proceedings. They then retained Mark Johnson of the Seattle legal and medical malpractice law firm of [https://www.johnsonflora.com/ Johnson Flora] to sue Alan Sherry. The [https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/alan-sherry-896512 Sherry Law Office] agreed to settle out of court for an undisclosed amount of damages.<ref>{{REFnews		The Sweets then discovered that Sherry had misrepresented himself as an expert in malpractice proceedings. They then retained Mark Johnson of the Seattle legal and medical malpractice law firm of [https://www.johnsonflora.com/ Johnson Flora] to sue Alan Sherry. The [https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/alan-sherry-896512 Sherry Law Office] agreed to settle out of court for an undisclosed amount of damages.<ref>{{REFnews
	\|title=Betrayed by Doctors and Lawyers in Alaska, Sweets Find Justice Through Seattle Malpractice Attorney		\|title=Johnson Flora: Alaska Law Firm Settles Lawsuit With Family of Brain-Damaged Boy
	\|url=~~http~~://www.cirp.org/news/2000.03.~~08_Sweet/~~		\|subtitle=Betrayed by Doctors and Lawyers in Alaska, Sweets Find Justice Through Seattle Malpractice Attorney
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	* [[Risks and complications]]		* [[Risks and complications]]
	* [[United States of America]]		* [[United States of America]]

	{{LINKS}}		{{LINKS}}
	* http://circumcisiondiaries.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html		* http://circumcisiondiaries.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html

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	'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, ~~Alaska~~\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, ~~Washington~~\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without [[medical indication]], provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb		{{PhotoMissing}}
			'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, {{USSC\|AK}}\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, {{USSC\|WA}}\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without [[medical indication]], provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb
	\|url=http://www.noharmm.org/sweet.htm		\|url=http://www.noharmm.org/sweet.htm
	\|title=Jacob Sweet		\|title=Jacob Sweet
	\|last=Hammond		\|last=Hammond
	\|first=Tim		\|first=Tim
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			\|author-link=Tim Hammond
	\|date=2008-02-22		\|date=2008-02-22
	\|accessdate=2020-06-19		\|accessdate=2020-06-19
	}}</ref>		}}</ref>

	==Complication of circumcision==		== Complication of circumcision ==

	Then on Saturday, January 25. Jacob was vomiting, fussy, and the circumcision site was red and swollen, so the Sweets returned to the hospital where they were met by Dr. Daniel Tulip, also of the Children's Clinic. Dr. Tulip admitted Jacob to the hospital.<ref name="hammond2008" />		Then on Saturday, January 25. Jacob was vomiting, fussy, and the circumcision site was red and swollen, so the Sweets returned to the hospital where they were met by Dr. Daniel Tulip, also of the Children's Clinic. Dr. Tulip admitted Jacob to the hospital.<ref name="hammond2008" />
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	Jacob was severely brain damaged. He was blind and could not walk, talk, or care for himself in any respect.<ref name="hammond2008" />		Jacob was severely brain damaged. He was blind and could not walk, talk, or care for himself in any respect.<ref name="hammond2008" />

	==Legal proceedings==		== Legal proceedings ==

	The Sweets retained Alan Sherry and filed a suit for malpractice against the physicians and the hospital. The hospital lost the medical records of Jacob Sweet<ref name="milos1995">{{REFnews		The Sweets retained Alan Sherry and filed a suit for malpractice against the physicians and the hospital. The hospital lost the medical records of Jacob Sweet<ref name="milos1995">{{REFnews
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	==Death==		== Death ==

	Jacob Sweet died in Bellevue, Washington on Sunday, 16 September 2012 at the age of 26.<ref>{{REFweb		Jacob Sweet died in Bellevue, Washington on Sunday, 16 September 2012 at the age of 26.<ref>{{REFweb
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	'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, Alaska\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, Washington\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without medical indication, provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb		'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, Alaska\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, Washington\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without [[medical indication]], provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb
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	Then on Saturday, January 25. Jacob was vomiting, fussy, and the circumcision site was red and swollen, so the Sweets returned to the hospital where they were met by Dr. Daniel Tulip, also of the Children's Clinic. Dr. Tulip admitted Jacob to the hospital.<ref name="hammond2008" />		Then on Saturday, January 25. Jacob was vomiting, fussy, and the circumcision site was red and swollen, so the Sweets returned to the hospital where they were met by Dr. Daniel Tulip, also of the Children's Clinic. Dr. Tulip admitted Jacob to the hospital.<ref name="hammond2008" />

	Infection or sepsis is a well-known and common complication of circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal		[[Infection]] or sepsis is a well-known and common [[complication]] of [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFjournal
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	'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, Alaska\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, Washington\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, ~~M.D.~~ of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without medical indication, provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb		'''Jacob Sweet''' ({{LifeData\|birth=1986-01-16\|birthplace=Anchorage, Alaska\|death=2012-09-16\|deathplace=Bellevue, Washington\|deathcountry=USA}}) was a boy who was born at [https://alaska.providence.org/locations/p/pamc Providence Hospital] in Anchorage, Alaska. The following day, on Friday, 17 January 1986, James Nesbitt, {{MD}} of [https://tccpeds.com/Home The Children's Clinic], without medical indication, provided the healthy infant with a non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. The infant was then discharged home.<ref name="hammond2008">{{REFweb
	\|url=http://www.noharmm.org/sweet.htm		\|url=http://www.noharmm.org/sweet.htm
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	{{SEEALSO}}		{{SEEALSO}}

	* [[Risks and complications]]		* [[Risks and complications]]

	{{LINKS}}		{{LINKS}}

	* http://circumcisiondiaries.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html		* http://circumcisiondiaries.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html

	* [http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/sweet.htm Photographs of Jacob Sweet]		* [http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/sweet.htm Photographs of Jacob Sweet]