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Barnes hired to sue weinberger and alleging he misdiagnosed her troubled breathing and gave her a sinus surgery she didn't need while missing the advanced throat cancer that eventually killed her. >> he needs to understand it wasn't 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 those were kayla thomas and her mother, valerie. in 2003, 8-year-old kayla began having headaches so s...

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 weinberger's ex-wife michelle on the big screen to talk about their high life. >> we had a yacht that was in the mediterranean half the year and in the balm bahamas the o...

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. weinberger's 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 surgery with weinberger, phyllis barnes was gasping for breath. repeated f...

What he has done to my daughter is horrific. rob stafford: remember valerie thomas's daughter, kayla? she's 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? i'm happy, baby. rob stafford: --kayla thomas had been growing up with a benign tumor in her head. kayla's m...

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. weinberger's 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 surgery with weinberger, phyllis barnes was gasping for breath. repeated follow-up visits to the clin...