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Doctor Files Lawsuit Against Don Imus
Newsday/AP ^ | 7-11-05 | SAMUEL MAULL

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bushhaters; freaks; freakshow; idoctor; imus; imusranch; lawsuit; pantload; physician; talkradio
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And the saga of the always self-referencial I-man continues...
1 posted on 07/11/2005 4:28:16 PM PDT by Liberty Valance
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To: leadpenny; McGruff

Ping


2 posted on 07/11/2005 4:29:16 PM PDT by Liberty Valance ( Howdy!)
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To: Liberty Valance

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.


3 posted on 07/11/2005 4:32:45 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9-11!)
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To: Liberty Valance

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?


4 posted on 07/11/2005 4:33:53 PM PDT by Shawndell Green
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To: Liberty Valance
"..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..."

I think Imus will win this one. The Dr. should have taken the ride.

5 posted on 07/11/2005 4:38:14 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Liberty Valance

The I-hole strikes again!


6 posted on 07/11/2005 4:38:50 PM PDT by nygoose
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To: nygoose

LOL! Can't wait to hear if Imus talks about this one tomorrow...


7 posted on 07/11/2005 4:41:17 PM PDT by Liberty Valance ( Howdy!)
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To: nygoose

I stopped listening to Imus years ago. He comes across as a self-absorbed tedious drunk.


8 posted on 07/11/2005 4:44:09 PM PDT by My2Cents (Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati [When all else fails, play dead])
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Because the nurse had said there was no emergency, Pearson declined a ride offered by Imus' wife, court papers say..."

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.

9 posted on 07/11/2005 4:45:41 PM PDT by Bommer
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To: nygoose

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.


10 posted on 07/11/2005 4:46:59 PM PDT by asp1
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Pearson left the main house and began a quarter-mile walk to the infirmary

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."

11 posted on 07/11/2005 4:50:47 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("Rommel, you magnificent son of bitch.....I READ YOUR BOOK!! - Gen. Patton)
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To: Bommer
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

It doesn't say he brandished or threatened him with the gun or knife...only that he was armed. Imus is ALWAYS armed.
12 posted on 07/11/2005 4:52:37 PM PDT by Liberty Valance ( Howdy!)
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To: Liberty Valance

A quarter mile walk is only 4 minutes for crying out loud. Why is Imus making such a big deal about it?


13 posted on 07/11/2005 4:53:29 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS
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To: asp1
Don't be silly.

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

14 posted on 07/11/2005 4:55:06 PM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: Liberty Valance

Yeah. . .but in a battle of wits he has no ammunition.


15 posted on 07/11/2005 4:55:16 PM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: Liberty Valance

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.


16 posted on 07/11/2005 4:56:17 PM PDT by noexcuses
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To: Kermit the Frog Does theWatusi

Waiting for the Monty Python version...


17 posted on 07/11/2005 4:56:29 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: asp1
What a moron Imus is. What in the world did he think he needed a gun and a knife for?

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.

18 posted on 07/11/2005 4:56:39 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bommer

See my above. Imus is armed all the time.


19 posted on 07/11/2005 4:57:37 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: My2Cents
He comes across as a self-absorbed tedious drunk

Hey! That's my job!

20 posted on 07/11/2005 4:58:11 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Durka Durka Durka. Muhammed Jihad Durka.)
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