Slog - Comments on "He put in the phony tusks while the woman was under anesthesia..." http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma An oral surgeon who temporarily implanted fake boar tusks in his assistant's mouth as a practical joke and got sued for it has gotten the state's high court to back up his gag. Dr. Robert Woo of Auburn had put in the phony tusks while the woman was under anesthesia for a different procedure. He took them out before she awoke, but he first shot photos that eventually made it around the office. This story is so weird I can't believe it: The assistant grew up on a farm with pot-bellied pigs, couldn't stop talking about them, and obviously missed... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:10:44 -0800 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:49:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sandy By "integral" the court doesn't mean a necessary component of, they mean of or pretaining to. The mistake he made was an odd one, but it was still of or pretaining to his professional practice.

]]> Sandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771492 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:25:20 -0800 Comment by monkey Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does...

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771494 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:25:53 -0800 Comment by Me Read the majority Supreme Court decision here:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion&filename=776849MAJ

It boils down to the insurance company's refusal to provide a defense immediately and to determine if the doctor had coverage later. This is a great decision for anybody who buys insurance and expects that company to follow the terms of the policy language!

]]> Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771508 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:42:48 -0800 Comment by Boylston but are the pics part of the public record? that's the big question here.

]]> Boylston http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771529 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:04:15 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Fine. Give him the money. then disbar him for abusing a patient under anesthesia.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771571 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:45:31 -0800 Comment by Gitai Oy. Insurance shouldn't cover this. Insurance isn't meant to cover intentional acts of malfeasance. The fact that he did this on purpose means that he should have no coverage. It's not malpractice, since it's not an error or due to medical ignorance, and it's not general liability since again, he intentionally did it. Since intentional acts are specifically and explicitly excluded, the insurance company shouldn't have been obligated to defend him.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771585 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:01:13 -0800 Comment by genevieve I agree with fnarf. Why isn't this guy in jail?

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771586 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:01:38 -0800 Comment by Prospero The P-I also has the story: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/325244_pigprank27.html

]]> Prospero http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771606 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:28:36 -0800 Comment by lilblackcat Yet another thing to add to the list of reasons why I avoid anesthesia at all costs. Give me a good old fashioned nerve block any old day.

]]> lilblackcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/he_put_in_the_phony_tusks_while_the_woma#c771670 What the Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:56:40 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale You take the tusks out, your ankles are by degrees safer in the local thicket.

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