Dentist Accused Of Dropping Tools Down Patient’s Throat
by Anorak | 19th, July 2009
TO Florida, where Dr. Wesley Meyers, a dentist, is being sued for allegedly allowing tools to fall down the throat of 90-year-old Charles Gaal, ahem, Junior.
Dr. Wesley Meyers is accused of negligence by relatives of Mr Gaal Junior.
The lawsuit alleges the dentist dropped an “implant screwdriver tool” in 2006 and a “mini-wrench” in 2007.
The suit says Gaal underwent several medical procedures to remove the tools but never fully recovered. He died in 2007.
In 2008, Meyers was fined $17,000 by the state of Florida.
The dentist was found negligent in a settlement.
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