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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. >> the nose dr. >> uh-huh. >> in hindsight, going to the self-proclaimed nose doctor may have been a...

>> by february 2010, arrangements for weinbergers extradition had been completed and he was back in the united states and facing a world of legal trouble. first, there was a 22-count criminal insurance fraud indictment charging him with billing surgeries he didnt do and overbilling for those he did do. then hundreds of former patients were suing him for malpractice. >> what he has done to my daughter is horrific. >> remember valerie thomas daughter kayla? shes the adorable 8-year-old who got sin...

>> it could have been a number of things. her voice was raspy and she had a sore throat. perhaps the most troubling thing for phyllis, a life-long smoker, she had recently began 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 might have seen billboards. the nose doctor. >> in hindsight going to the self-proclaimed nose ...

It but some of it. i would have to have surgery and afterward be taken care of, i understand. >> there was a problem. valerie says the university doctors said the scar tissue from the sinus surgery prevented them from removing 5% of the tumor. >> they all said why. each one said a 9-year-old doesnt have polyps that need to be removed. >> in time, more than 350 of marks former patients would join in lawsuits against him while he was lounge ing the cafes and casinos in europe. almost all accused h...

>> 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 ...

Barnes hired to sue weinberger and alleging he misdiagnosed her troubled breathing and gave her a sinus surgery she didnt need while missing the advanced throat cancer that eventually killed her. >> he needs to understand it wasnt just the insurance companies that were harmed, it was people. lives were destroy. people were hurt. >> phyllis barnes, it turns out, was just the tip of the iceberg. once mark weinberger fled malpractice complaints began flooding into lawyers like ken allen. among thos...

Probably caused her cancer to grow more rapidly than it might have otherwise. ken allen told the jury the reason mark weinberger recommended sinus surgery for phyllis barnes was greed. mark weinberger needed money to support his lavish lifestyle, allen told the court, and sinus surgery is what paid the bills. >> will you please tell us your name and spell your last name for the court reporter. >> michelle kramer. >> allen put weinbergers ex-wife michelle on the big screen to talk about their hig...

History of sinus problems, seeking out a sinus specialist for her breathing problem seemed logical. >> the first time i heard about him was when she called me. she was going to have sinus surgery and she needed a ride to and from the surgery. >> dr. weinbergers diagnosis? sinusitis, nasal polyps, deviated septum, all problems he told phyllis that could be cure with surgery. >> did your sister get better after the surgery? >> no. she got progressively worse after the surgery. >> by thanksgiving, ...

What he has done to my daughter is horrific. rob stafford: remember valerie thomass daughter, kayla? shes the adorable eight-year-old who got sinus surgery from mark weinberger back in 2004, when her real problem was a brain tumor. kayla: he knew what he was doing. he knew that the surgery, you know, could cause me problems. what kind of a man do you think would skip out on all this-- a coward. rob stafford: while weinberger was off chasing adventure in europe-- monica: are you happy? im happy, ...

Seeking out a sinus specialist for her breathing problem seemed logical. >> the first time i heard about him was when she called me. she was going to have sinus surgery and she needed a ride to and from the surgery. >> dr. weinbergers diagnosis? sinusitis, nasal polyps, deviated septum, all problems he told phyllis that could be cure with surgery. >> did your sister get better after the surgery? >> no. she got progressively worse after the surgery. >> by thanksgiving, just six weeks after her su...