Re: The Widow Lewis At It Again

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Snoopy the Celtics Beagle" <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: The Widow Lewis At It Again


> At 12:31 PM 9/12/03 -0400, Kim Malo wrote:
>
> >At 09:21 AM 9/12/2003 -0400, Way Of The Ray wrote:
> >>  Just give it up lady. Be happy you got a huge insurance payoff.
> >>Other people who loose their loved ones aren't so lucky
> >
> >I don't often wholeheartedly agree with Ray, but he's dead on here. While
> >all these serial lawsuits have done is the opposite of what she claims
> >she's trying to do, which is to restore Reggie's reputation. Talk of
drugs
> >was little but a murmur, with people concentrating more on the tragedy
> >until she started this. Although back to the drugs - FWIW, I've always
> >wondered if any of Reggie's problems go back to damage done in utero from
> >his addicted mother, especially with his brother also having heart
> >problems. Anyway, while one lawsuit was probably inevitable and seen as
> >such, this refusal to let it go does no own any good.
> >
> >Donna isn't stupid, even as she continues to act stupid about this. I
> >don't think it's just about money. All I can figure is that she's trying
> >desparately to get official  endorsement that it's all someone else's
> >fault and her own role in Reggie's care had nothing to do with his death.
> >Whether just for herself or to prove something to her kids and/or
Reggie's
> >family, with whom she never got along. She's never going to get that
though.
> >Kim
>
> In addition to the drug question is the fact that when he initially
> collapsed, the doctors at the hospital told him the problem was
> serious.  The Celtics' team doctor said it was serious.  But Reggie kept
> shopping for second opinions until he found one he agreed with.  Then, he
> kept relevant medical information to himself.
>
> Frankly, I'm amazed the insurance policy even paid at all given his
obvious
> refusal to treat his condition seriously.  Various doctors, including
> Mudge, tried to minimize the question of drug use--mostly, I think, for
the
> sake of Reggie's kids--but they couldn't very well ignore it.  Donna made
a
> big deal of it.  She kept pushing and if there's a public perception of
> Reggie Lewis as a drug user, it's because of her.
>
> I keep trying to give her the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe she just lost
it
> when he died. It does happen.  But at this point, I'm impressed at the
> restraint shown by Dr. Mudge in not filing charges of his own against
Donna
> for harassment.  His rep is ruined by the repeated trips to court.  I'm
> sure his legal fees are impressive after ten years of this.
>
> About the only positive in all this is that Reggie isn't around to see
this
> idiocy take place in his name.

Uumm, isn't Reggie the idiot in all this????

DanF