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[[File:Jacob Sweet 1989 TruthSeeker1993 pic.jpg|thumb|Jacob Sweet in 1989, aged 3]] | |||
'''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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}}</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= | |subtitle=Betrayed by Doctors and Lawyers in Alaska, Sweets Find Justice Through Seattle Malpractice Attorney | ||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Cole Jordan Groth]] | |||
* [[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 | ||