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==Legal proceedings== | ==Legal proceedings== | ||
The Sweets retained Alan Sherry and filed a suit for malpractice against the physicians and the hospital. 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 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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}}</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 Sherry law firm 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 Sherry law firm agreed to settle out of court for an undisclosed amount of damages.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Jacob Sweet died | Jacob Sweet died young. | ||
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* http:// | * http://circumcisiondiaries.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html | ||
* http:// | * [http://www.sexuallymutilatedchild.org/sweet.htm Photographs of Jacob Sweet] | ||
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