James Heartfield wrote:
> Abney v. Therapist, In the District Court of Harris County, Texas,
> 11th Judicial District, Cause No. 93-054106. Former client, her two
> daughters and husband sued hospital and doctors for negligence in
> misdiagnosing multiple personality disorder and encouraging the belief
> that her family had participated in satanic cult rituals. Plaintiff
> also claimed fraudulent misrepresentation of her condition to the
> medical insurance carrier. In April, 1995, suit settled through
> mediation for an undisclosed sum under confidentiality agreement. See,
> Gangelhoff, B., "Devilish Diagnosis: Hypnotized and bound by
> restraints, the patients of Judith Peterson say they came to believe
> they had multiple personalities or had belonged to satanic cults. So,
> apparently did their therapist," Houston Press, July 6 - July 12,
> 1995. See, also, "Suits against abusive therapists settled," FMSF
> Newsletter, June, 1995, pp. 11-12.
>
> Althaus v. Cohen, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County,
> Pennsylvania, Case No. 92-20893. On December 16, 1994, a jury awarded
> $272,232.07 in compensatory damages to parents and daughter against
> daughter's psychiatrist for failure to properly diagnose and
> encouraged her to believe in nonexistent events including accusations
> of parental sex abuse and satanic ritual abuse. See, "Parents win suit
> against psychiatrist in sex case," The New York Times, December 17,
> 1994. See, also, Ross, A.S., "Blame it on the devil," Redbook
> Magazine, June, 1994.
>
> Bean v. Peterson, Superior Court of the State of New Hampshire, in and
> for Cheshire County, Case No. 95-E-0038. Malpractice suit brought by
> couple alleging psychologists' treatment temporarily convinced Mrs.
> Bean that she suffered from multiple personality disorder and had been
> programmed as a child by a satanic cult. Plaintiffs claimed the
> treatment caused her to become suicidal. Pending. See, Poor, E.,
> "Jaffrey couple brings suit over malpractice: Beans charge that Dublin
> psychologist abused his position in treatment," Monadnock Ledger, May
> 18, 1995, p. 15.
>
> Many, many more of these horror stories at
> http://fmsfonline.org/legalsurvey.html
>
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