All posts containing the tag: "negligence"
Posted Sep 29th 2009 6:03PM by TMZ Staff
One of John Travolta's lawyers testified in the extortion trial today that one of the defendants claimed to have a document suggesting Travolta wanted his son, Jett, dead or was negligent in supervising his son.
Allyson Maynard-Gibson told the jury defendant Pleasant Bridgewater approached her and said she was representing Tarino Lightbourne, also a defendant. Gibson says attorney Bridgewater said she had warned Lightbourne that what he was doing was detrimental to the Bahamas, but Lightbourne still wanted to sell the document to Travolta, in return for it remaining private.
In reality, the document was irrelevant -- it merely released the medical professionals in the Bahamas from liability if Travolta decided to fly his son to Florida for medical help.
According to Gibson, Bridgewater told her Lightbourne said there was a big market for all things Travolta, claiming "Inside Edition," "Larry King Live" and Time Magazine wanted to know if he had photos or documents and what they were worth.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, John Travolta
Tags: jett travolta, JettTravolta, john travolta, JohnTravolta, larry king, LarryKing, negligence, pleasantbridgewater, tarino lightbourne, TarinoLightbourne
Posted Sep 28th 2009 12:30AM by TMZ Staff
Not that men actually need their nipples or anything, but one man claims a plastic surgeon from the TV show "The Doctors" is the reason his poor, useless pink spots went missing back in the mid 90s.
We've learned Dr. Andrew Ordon -- who stars on the Dr. Phil produced show -- was penalized by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board in 1999 for providing "negligent care to a patient," this according to documents filed in California in 2000.
We spoke to the guy Dr. Ordon allegedly messed up, who told us the doc performed a nose job and chest liposuction on him back in 1993. The patient (who asked to remain unnamed) says his nose came out crooked and his chest uneven.
The patient claims Dr. Ordon attempted a number of remedies to even out his chest -- including a procedure which removed most of the guy's nipples.
The docs show Dr. Ordon was reprimanded for his negligence and fined $2,500 -- and although he never admitted guilt, Ordon "chose not to contest the allegations" against him.
We called Dr. Ordon for comment ... nada.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Exclusives
Tags: dr andrew ordon, dr phil, DrAndrewOrdon, DrPhil, negligence, the doctors, TheDoctors
Posted Aug 1st 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
The Game's cousin wants the rapper to be coffin' up some serious cash -- and it's all over an alleged beat down that occurred at a freakin' funeral last year.
Robert Kirkwood just filed a lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming the The Game and four others assaulted him at his sister's funeral in July of '08.
The suit says the throwdown -- straight out of a Jerry Springer Halloween Special -- started when Robert confronted The Game because the rich rapper wouldn't pay for a part of the funeral costs.
Robert -- who hilariously refers to The Game in the suit as someone who "fashions himself as some kind of rapper, gangster and/or celebrity" -- says he suffered "severe and permanent injuries" during the alleged fight.
Robert is suing The Game -- along with the four other people he claims took part in the fight -- for medical expenses, loss of income and general damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, The Game, Exclusives
Tags: battery, emotional distress, EmotionalDistress, jayceon taylor, JayceonTaylor, lawsuit, negligence, robert kirkwood, RobertKirkwood, the game, TheGame
