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==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 |title=NOCIRC Newsletter |url=http://www.nocirc.org/publish/9-95.pdf |last=Milos |first=Marilyn |coauthors= |publisher=NOCIRC |website= |date=1995-09 |accessdate= |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>
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
==Death==
Jacob Sweet died at an early ageyoung.
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* http://wwwcircumcisiondiaries.nocircblogspot.orgcom/publish/9-952013_12_01_archive.pdfhtml
* [http://circumcisiondiarieswww.blogspotsexuallymutilatedchild.comorg/2013_12_01_archivesweet.htmlhtm Photographs of Jacob Sweet]
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