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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Jury finds against Lisa Thomas-Laury
Lisa Thomas-Laury (via 6ABC.com)

Action News reporter/anchor Lisa Thomas-Laury did not sway a Montgomery County jury last week in her lawsuit against a doctor and Lankenau Hospital, which she had accused of failing to diagnose her rare nerve disorder.

The finding, announced Thursday (9/2), was for the defendants.

Thomas-Laury, 56, and her husband, William, filed the medical-malpractice suit against Dr. Clifford Pemberton and the hospital nearly four years ago. The Mayo Clinic diagnosed and treated her for POEMS, the complaint said.

She was out of work for 38 months before she returned to 6ABC, wearing leg braces, in January 2007.

Her attorney declined to comment on the verdict.
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:18 AM, 09/07/2010
    It's tough to win a med mal case in the 'burbs. That's why I use only hospitals in Philly.
    — StevenT
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:03 PM, 09/07/2010
    The fact that her physician husband had no idea what was wrong, and the fact that she had to go to the Mayo clinic for the diagnosis should have told her she had no shot at winning. Doctors look for horses, not zebras. Good luck to Dr. Laury when he ever tries to get another doctor to ever do him any kind of favor, docs suing docs isn't something that engenders a ton of respect in the medical community.
    — drbob1
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:16 PM, 09/07/2010
    Lisa Thomas-Laury is back on the air and I didn't notice? Oh wait, I stopped watching Action News two decades ago. Maybe if they change that outdated intro music I'll consider returning.
    — hulk0455
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:22 PM, 09/07/2010
    the fact that her disorder was "rare" should have spoken volumes about her prospects for winning this case...
    — tvalleras
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:56 PM, 09/07/2010
    hulk0455, Funny, I couldn't agree with you more - unless you include getting rid of the senile, outdated anchorman as well. Actually I have you beat: I stopped watching Inaction Nooz well over 20 years ago.
    — He Visto Todo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:51 PM, 09/07/2010
    If you don't have anything nice to say, why do you say it at all? How old are you people? And where does it say her husband is a doctor? I am not saying she is right or wrong, but none of us know any details.
    — scars73
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:55 PM, 09/07/2010
    lawsuit happy society is out of control. smart lady with a husband doctor and access to the internet but still looks for someone else to blame, scapegoat. Should of had John Edwards as her lawyer to get a real "good guy" to represent her....losers, all of them!
    — alsdkjk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:56 PM, 09/07/2010
    Let's just hope that she's on the road to recovery.
    — NickEeee
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:54 PM, 09/07/2010
    "POEMS syndrome is so rare that physicians who do not have experience with the disease may miss the diagnosis. Physicians at Mayo Clinic have the skills and experience necessary to diagnose this rare condition. " FROM The MAYO Web site. And they actually sued over this ? At least the jury had the sense to thow it out. The doc and his insurer are still out the costs of fighting this idiotic suit. A loser pays rule is needed ala the UK and many other countries. The US legal system is a joke!!!!!
    — RADDOCSJ
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:10 PM, 09/07/2010
    hulk0455 - I stopped watching when Dave Roberts switched from the happy-cloud magnets to computer-generated images.
    — 1972bline
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:53 PM, 09/07/2010
    Action News peaked the day John Lennon did the weather forecast. It's been garbage ever since.
    — hulk0455
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:55 PM, 09/07/2010
    Cecily is still pretty hot.
    — Tacony Palmyra


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