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Future on a day such as this because there was so much unhappiness ahead. in three years, he would be on the run, somewhere in europe, and she would be alone, brokenhearted and bankrupt. of course, they had no way of seeing any of this coming. not here. not on this night. >> new years eve 2002. ive never been so happy in my whole life. this is my dream. >> but far to the north in indiana, one of dr. weinbergers patients, phyllis barnes could clearly see her future was looking grim. >> my siste...

Other people i see my age having. but im glad that it was really good when it was. >> it was after dark by the time the jury of four men and four women reached their unanimous decision. dr. mark weinberger had committed malpractice in the case of phyllis barnes. >> were pleased that the jury has held mark weinberger accountable for his misdeeds. >> the jury determined that phyllis estate should be awarded a total of $13 million in compensatory and punitive damages. >> having this verdict at leas...

>> weinbergers attorney closed his case by reminding the jury the case before them only concerned dr. weinbergers treatment of one patient, not that doctors wealth or reputation or the fact that he had fled the country. with that, the jury began deliberating on how much, if any, money should be paid by mark weinberger and his insurance company to the family of phyllis barnes. there was one more twist still to come, and it could end up costing mark weinberger so much more than money. >> weinber...

>> as if calling his next witness from the grave, ken allen played a recording of phyllis barnes on a large tv monitor. >> he told me that he only took whatever the insurance was willing to pay, and i felt like that was -- everything seemed to this was all good, that it was just sinuses and no problem. so he did order a cat scan of the sinuses and scheduled surgery. >> this, ken allen told the jury, is the cat scan dr. weinberger did of phyllis barnes sinuses. according to experts who testified ...

>> you thought it might be allergies or a cold. >> yeah. >> it could have been a number of things. her voice was raspy. she had a sore throat. but perhaps the most troubling symptom for phyllis, a lifelong smoker, was that she had recently begun coughing up blood. >> i believe when she went to dr. weinberger she told him she was a smoker. i dont think she tried to hide that from anybody. >> how did she find out about mark weinberger? >> i believe one of her co-workers may have seen billboards....

Now she seemed destined to become an orphan, phyllis told her lawyer her daughters welfare was her concern. >> i am my daughters only surviving parent. >> i want to make sure she goes to school. >> on september 16, 2004, almost exactly one year after that deposition was recorded, phyllis barnes died, surrounded by her family. as it happened, that was just two days before dr. weinberger and his wife left the united states for the greek islands, the great escape he had been planning for three mont...

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Deserted his wife in september 2004 the picturesque greek isles where dr. mark weinberger deserted his wife in september 2004 are half a world away from the rust belt region of indiana where he made his fortune. mark weinberger was not from indiana. he didnt grow up on hoop dreams or the hope of a union job. in fact, he didnt even live here. according to pulitzer prize winning writer buzz who wrote this article for "vanity fair" and consulted with us on this story, mark weinberger was a nerdy ...