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Lewis’ doctors trial begins
Widow's suit charges malpractice in death of Celtics star
BOSTON (AP) — Six years after Boston Celtics
star Reggie Lewis died while shooting baskets, a
malpractice suit went to trial Monday in an attempt
by his widow to restore his reputation and collect
the millions he could have made.
Donna Harris-Lewis contends her husband’s
doctors, some of the city’s most respected physi
cians, misdiagnosed and mistreated the basketball
player’s fatal heart rhythm disturbance.
The doctors say Lewis used cocaine and lied
about it, making an accurate diagnosis impossible.
The lawsuit is against Dr. Gilbert Mudge, who
led the specialists, and Drs. Mark Creager and Pe
ter Friedman, who were consultants. A third con
sultant, Dr. John Rutherford, recently reached an
undisclosed settlement with Harris-Lewis.
“If the proper treatment had been given, Reggie
Lewis would be here today,” plaintiff attorney
Robert Harley said.
Harris-Lewis is suing to recover money Lewis
would have made had he lived past 27. Estimates
of his potential earnings have ranged from $40 mil
lion to more than $100 million. Her attorneys con
tend Lewis could have continued playing by wear
ing a defibrillator or taking medication or could
have held other positions like broadcaster or prod
uct pitchman.
William Dailey Jr., Mudge’s attorney, said in his
opening statement that Lewis lied to doctors about
his cocaine use until two weeks before he died, and
the lack of full disclosure early in the treatment
process made a proper diagnosis impossible.
“It would be the same as if I went in with a
stomach ache and never told my doctor I’d eaten a
2-week-old meatloaf,” Dailey said.
Harris-Lewis has adamantly denied her husband
ever used drugs.
But Dailey said there was strong motivation to
lie: Lewis’ three-year, $9 million contract would
Celtic pride
Reggie Lewis’ statistics for 1991-92, his final season:
Points per game 20.8
Rebounds per game ... 4.8
Assists per game 2.3
Field goal % 50.3
Free throw % 85.1
Steals 125
Blocks 105
Season highlights:
• Named to 1st All-Star
game (East reserve)
• Led Celtics in scoring,
steals and blocked shots
• NBA Player of the Week
for the week of April 3
have been nullified by illegal drug use.
Superior Court Judge Thayer Fremont-Smith im
posed a gag order and none of the main partici
pants in the case would comment publicly.
But the story of Lewis’ death and the finger
pointing that followed has played itself out very
publicly in a city that loved its Celtics and adored
the team’s brightest star when he died.
In 1993, Lewis collapsed during a playoff game
against the Charlotte Hornets. A “Dream Team” of
New England Baptist Hospital doctors assembled
by the Celtics diagnosed him with arrhythmia, a
potentially life-threatening, career-ending heart
condition.
The grim conclusion led Lewis to seek a second
opinion from one of Boston’s most respected car
diologists — Mudge, of Brigham and Women’s
Hospital.
Mudge reported Lewis suffered from a neuro
logical disorder that causes fainting spells. With
proper treatment, he said, Lewis could return to
basketball. Three months later, Lewis died while
shooting hoops in the offseason.
The state medical examiner listed the cause of
death as adenovirus 2, a virus that could have
caused inflammation of the heart, scarring of tis
sue and, ultimately, a fatal cardiac arrest.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned
reer hits leader, will be bai
uniform on a field next weel
The Sacramento Steelheai
the Western League said M
they are hiring Rose as a s]
hitting and infield instruct
spring training. The
start their first season May21
Rose, expected at camp
10, agreed to a lifetime ban
organized base
ball in August
1989 after an in
vestigation by
baseball com
missioner A.
Bartlett Giamat-
ti, who conclud
ed the then-
Cincinnati Reds
manager bet on
games involving his teal
charge Rose still denies.
The following year,
pleaded guilty to two counts
ing false income taxes by
to report income and was
tenced to five months in pti
three months in a halfway
and 1,000 hours of comiW
service.
Rose applied for reinstatei
to baseball in September
but commissioner Bud Sel
not ruled on the application
unlikely Selig will ever
Rose’s reinstatement, many
ball officials have repeal"
said!
His ban does not apply
Steelheads because the Wi
League is not affiliated with
nized baseball — the
leagues and the National A;
ation of Professional Basi
Leagues, which is the gove:
body for the minors.