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TMSL Alumnus Wins Lawsuit Against Man Injured in Shootout with Irving Police 

December 3, 2007

Parkland Hospital and Dallas County were sued by Jerry Wayne Mooney, 35, of Irving over treatment he received at the hospital resulting from an October 2002 shootout with Irving police.  During the shootout, Mooney suffered gunshot wounds to his abdomen and legs after he shot and injured two Irving police officers.  According to a news release issued by Parkland Hospital, Mooney, who suffers from a bipolar disorder,  spent more than a month at Parkland before he was transferred to the Dallas County Jail.  After being sentenced to 45 years in prison for aggravated assault on a public servant, Mooney later sued Parkland hospital, claiming that the hospital and the County had violated his civil rights by denying him medical and psychiatric care.

According to U.S. Magistrate Judge William F. Sanderson, Jr, Mooney received a formidable array of medical and psychiatric care, prescription medications, medical supplies, and tests at no charge.  The judge granted Parklands motion for summary judgment in the case, noting that Mooney was the subject four life-saving surgeries and that his monitoring and treatment continued for nearly three years at Parkland and at the Dallas County Jail.

TMSL Alumnus Leon Carter of Munck  Butrus Carter, P.C. in Dallas, representing Parkland Hospital, expressed, Parkland Hospital did everything it was supposed to have done on Mr. Mooneys behalf and more.  Im very happy to see the case end in this fashion. Its the right decision.

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For more information regarding the Parkland Hospital case, contact Mark Annick at 800-559-4534, 214-213-1754 (mobile) or mark@androvett.com.