Posted on 07/11/2005 4:28:15 PM PDT by Liberty Valance
NEW YORK -- A doctor who once cared for sick children at Don Imus' New Mexico ranch has sued the tart-tongued radio personality for slander, claiming he made false derogatory comments about him on his "Imus in the Morning" show.
Dr. Howard Allen Pearson says in court papers that on at least four days last year, Imus said Pearson "was one of the worst doctors in the world and did not care if children suffered."
Pearson's lawsuit says Imus apparently misunderstood the physician's response to a morning call to treat a child for pain in July 2004.
Pearson left the main house and began a quarter-mile walk to the infirmary. Because the nurse had said there was no emergency, Pearson declined a ride offered by Imus' wife, court papers say.
The doctor says he gave the child pain medicine, and she resumed normal activities. About 45 minutes later, Imus, armed with a gun and a knife, pulled up in his truck, jumped out and began yelling and cursing at Pearson, the papers say.
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What a jerk. Gun toting narcissist when no one is a threat to him, on his own ranch. Blowhard Imus. Not much different than Stern, or actually Michael Moore on brain cells.
Why not take a ride if a child is in pain? Just because it is not an emergency, why should the kid suffer any longer than necessary?
I think Imus will win this one. The Dr. should have taken the ride.
The I-hole strikes again!
LOL! Can't wait to hear if Imus talks about this one tomorrow...
I stopped listening to Imus years ago. He comes across as a self-absorbed tedious drunk.
So listen to a nutjobs wife that has no medical skills or a nurse that says everythings fine. If there was slander to be made, then it should have been made against the nurse.
If no one in the emergency room says anyone is bleeding, and someone is, then is that also the doctors fault for not checking out everyone? I don't think so. If Im-an-ass threatened with a gun, thats assault.
What a moron Imus is. What in the world did he think he needed a gun and a knife for? His wife isn't the brightest bulb either. I'm not so sure that I would get in a truck with her. Hope the doctor wins and brings the i-jerk down.
That's 440 yards. There are hospitals where one can walk that distance just in the corridors.
If the kid was in that much agony why did they not use the car to bring the child to the doctor or stress how much pain she was in?
Obviously there are two sides, but I don't think choosing to walk makes him the "worst Doctor in the world."
A quarter mile walk is only 4 minutes for crying out loud. Why is Imus making such a big deal about it?
This is just another wannabe looking for her 15 minutes of fame and some $$
Imus does good work with his ranch; plus the most entertaing morning show going
Yeah. . .but in a battle of wits he has no ammunition.
I am probably in the minority here but I like Imus...and I really do think he has the best interests of the kids who visit his ranch at hand. Now if the physician was employed to be on beck and call at the ranch why would refuse a ride to the bunkhouse? It sounds to me that there might have been some brewing animosity from either side there before this incident.
Waiting for the Monty Python version...
Imus may be a lot of things, including and not limited to "hot headed blowhard" but he is, from what I have seen, openly armed all the time, including on the air in the studio in New York. I would not assume he armed up for this confrontation, it's his normal attire. Nor would I blame him for carrying a gun and knife on a ranch in Rural New Mexico. For all you city dwellers, we need knives to cut open hay bales and feed sacks, and ranches in New Mexico attract coyotes, snakes, rats and other vermin.
See my above. Imus is armed all the time.
Hey! That's my job!
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