THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS SERGEANT RICHARD STAY SCALE AND HIS WIFE. THEY SAY FORT BRAGG DOCTORS FOUND A
MASS ON HIS LUNGS BUT DIDN'T
TELL HIM. NOW THEY WANTED TO
BUT SOMETHING CALLED THE
FAIRNESS DOCTRINE WILL NOT
ALLOW IT. IT'S A SUPREME COURT
DECISION THAT RULED MILITARY
MEMBERS CANNOT SUE THEIR
EMPLOYER BECAUSE OF SOMETHING
BROUGHT ON BY THEIR SERVICE.
TONIGHT LAURA GELLER SPOKE TO
THE COUPLE AND EXPERTS ABOUT
THEIR SITUATION I'D BE LYING IF
I SAID IT IN CARE AND THEY
DEFINITELY CARED BUT NOT IN THE
SENSE OF THEY CARED ABOUT ME. I
JUST PICTURED MY WIFE STACY AND
MY TWO DAUGHTERS YOU MENTIONED
HE SAID HOW COME NOBODY SAID
ANYTHING. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE
SCAN. AND I WAS LIKE WHAT DO
YOU MEAN. THIS IS A SCAN FROM
WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IN
FORT BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA. IT
IS DATED JANUARY 2017 YOU CAN
SEE A MASS ON IT. BUT SERGEANT
FIRST CLASS RICHARD STAY SCHOOL
AND HIS WIFE MEGHANN SAY NO ONE
EVER TOLD THEM ABOUT IT. THE
ARMY LET HIM GO TO DIVE SCHOOL
EVENTUALLY TREATED HIM FOR WHAT
THEY SAID WAS PNEUMONIA BUT
NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A
TUMOR ON HIS LUNGS. THEY WERE
FINALLY ABLE TO GO TO AN OFF
POST PULMONOLOGIST BUT BY THEN
SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG.
STATE SCHOOL LEARNED HE HAD
CANCER AND IT WAS GROWING. HE
BASICALLY WAS LIKE YOU KNOW YOU
DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SIX
MONTHS AGO HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A
DIFFERENT STORY. THEN CAME WHAT
FELT LIKE A PUNCH TO THE GUT.
STATE SCHOOL LEARNED ABOUT THE
FERRIS DOCTRINE IT MEANS HE HAS
NO CIVIL LEGAL WAY TO HOLD
ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT
HE'S BEEN THROUGH. I HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SUE IF SOMEBODY A
DOCTOR. YOU KNOW DOES SOMETHING
WRONG TO ME BUT JUST BECAUSE HE
PUTS ON A UNIFORM HE CANNOT. SO
THE FAMILY DECIDED TO DO WHAT
STATE SCHOOL HAS DONE HIS
ENTIRE MILITARY CAREER. FIGHT
FIGHT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY STATE
SCHOOL KNOWS HE'LL LEAVE HIS
FAMILY. SO I THINK I'M HOPING
TO GET SOME KIND OF
CONVERSATION THAT JUST HELP HER
TO GET WHAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO HAD I STILL BEEN
THERE TAKING THAT FIGHT TO
WASHINGTON CONGRESS WILL
RETHINK THEORISTS ON CAPITOL
HILL THEY WENT OFFICE TO OFFICE
WITH THEIR ATTORNEY. I DID NOT
EVEN KNOW THAT THE MEMBERS OF
OUR MILITARY DIDN'T DIDN'T HAVE
THE RIGHT SOME LAWMAKERS HAVE
AGREED TO INCLUDE A ROLLBACK OF
PART OF THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
IN THE DEFENSE SPENDING BILL.
PROVIDERS ARE HIDING BEHIND
THIS SHIELD IN FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME.
RIGHT NOW THE HOUSE AND SENATE
ARE DEBATING AN AMENDMENT
ALLOWING SERVICE MEMBERS TO SUE
IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES.
BUT THIS IS AN UPHILL BATTLE
OPPONENTS FEAR IT COULD OPEN
THE FLOODGATES D AUDAS AN
EXCEPTION FOR MALPRACTICE WOULD
ESSENTIALLY CREATE A SPECIAL
CLASS WITHIN THE MILITARY.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW
PROFESSOR ANDREW POPPER GIVES
US THE CONTEXT IN THE MILITARY
WHERE MONEY IS SCARCE AND
NEEDED. YOU KNOW WHO WANTS TO
PAY FOR LITIGATION AND
DEPOSITIONS AND TAKE THE TIME
AND POTENTIALLY PAY JUDGMENTS
IDEOLOGY SPOKESPERSON ALSO
MAINTAINS PATIENT SAFETY DOES
NOT DEPEND ON WHETHER THE
PATIENT CAN SUE POPPER'S THEORY
ON FERRIS WAS JUST PUBLISHED IN
THE BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW.
HE'S ALSO A VIETNAM VETERAN. IF
AN ENTITY AN INDIVIDUAL A
PERSON KNOWS THAT THEY BEAR
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING
THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING DOING
THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO DO IT
OUR ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM IS BASED ON THAT
PRINCIPLE. AND FOR NOW FIGHTING
FOR THAT PRINCIPLE COULD BE THE
STATE SCHOOLS FINAL BATTLE
TOGETHER IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT I EVER THOUGHT ABOUT. YOU
KNOW YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT NOT
GROWING OLD OF THE PERSON THAT
YOU MARRY WELL THE SERGEANT'S
LATEST SCANS SHOW HIS CANCER
HAS SPREAD AGAIN. HE'S HOPING
LAWMAKERS CAN TAKE ACTION WHILE
HE UNDERGOES TREATMENT. WE'RE
PUTTING