Ronin Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 So don't wear you rep to an AD or Doctor. Could you imagine if it was a Rep confused as a gen! http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/09/lawsuit_alleges_er_doctor_let.php Lawsuit Alleges ER Doctor Let Man Die In Order to Steal His Rolex By Joe Eskenazi in Law & Order, WTF? Mon., Sep. 28 2009 @ 12:01AM To die for? A jaw-dropping lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco Superior Court alleges an emergency room doctor abandoned his attempts to resuscitate a patient from cardiac arrest to instead pocket the dead man's valuable Rolex wristwatch. The suit, filed by the adult children of Jerry Keith Kubena, Sr., alleges that Dr. Cleveland James Enmon on June 1 "formed the intent" to swipe the Rolex from Kubena's wrist while treating the man at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton (as this is a subsidiary of San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West, the lawsuit was filed here). After Kubena went into cardiac arrest, "Defendant Enmon assumed responsibility for resuscitating descendant [Kubena]," reads the suit. "Once defendant Enmon formed the intent to steal decedent's watch, he abandoned his efforts to resuscitate decedent, leaving decedent to die so that he would not be around to reclaim his watch." According to the suit, Enmon's alleged theft was as clumsily executed as it was heartless: The nursing staff assisting Enmon soon noticed that Kubena's flashy timepiece was missing; "Where is the wristwatch?" the suit quotes one as uttering. Two more nurses allegedly noticed a wristwatch-shaped bulge in the doctor's pocket. Security was called to investigate the disappearance. Defying security's orders, the lawsuit notes Enmon walked out of the operating room and into the parking lot -- a move caught on hospital security cameras. A nurse claims she saw Enmon toss a small object into the grass; she subsequently led security personnel to that exact area and recovered the watch. Last month, the suit continues, a San Joaquin County grand jury indicted the doctor for grand theft and a $25,000 bench warrant has been issued for his arrest. Yet Kubena's children claim the hospital failed to call the police -- something they were forced to do on their own. This accusation of negligence is one of six charges brought up in the suit: wrongful death; negligent hiring; negligent supervision; civil conspiracy; intentional infliction of emotional distress; and negligent infliction of emotional distress In short, the doctor is being sued for obvious reasons and the entities that employed him are being blamed for wrongdoing in hiring such a man and their conduct following the alleged robbery. Disturbingly, Kubena's children claim that, due to the investigation surrounding the missing watch, they were unable to grieve at his bedside following his death. The plaintiffs allege they were kept in the dark about their father's death for more than an hour, during which time the defendants supposedly cooked up a plan to cover up Enmon's alleged theft. In fact, it was Enmon himself who was sent to tell the family of Kubena's death. The suit claims that 11 days passed before a confidential source told the family of Enmon's alleged wrongdoing. The suit, incidentally, does not disclose the value of Kubena's "Presidential Rolex" -- but it's safe to say it was worth several thousand and perhaps several dozen thousand dollars. Sadly, if Kubena were wearing a Timex, his heart might still be ticking today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kronos twin Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm speechless. That poor family. What a douche, that doctor had no ethics. I can't imagine a worse symptom of a trusted institution gone awry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 A bit close to home for me, my mother died of hospital negligence. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 That's absolutely terrible, to think someone that's sworn the Hippocratic Oath would behave in such a way... I hope they throw the book at the parasite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 If Indeed this person did what they are accused of doing then I hope the POS spends many years In prison. I also hope that his cell mate "Bubba" Is seriously packin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronos666 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 A bit close to home for me, my mother died of hospital negligence. Ken My mother did as well. And I work in one, it's a spooky place. If the patients knew half of what goes on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Will be interesting to see the outcome of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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