“Mateer was shocked, she said, when Dr. David Broadbent reached under her gown to grab and squeeze her breasts, started a vaginal exam without warning, then followed it with an extremely painful examination of her rectum. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Under Utah\u2019s rules of medical malpractice, claims made by victims who allege a health care worker sexually assaulted them are literally worth less than lawsuits brought by someone who was assaulted in other settings \u2014 even if a jury rules in their favor, a judge is required to limit how much money they receive. And they must meet a shorter filing deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just crazy that a doctor can sexually assault women and then be protected by the white coat,\u201d Mateer said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a really scary precedent to be calling sexual assault \u2018health care.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
READ MORE of this article by Jessica Miller:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/local.sltrib.com\/94-utah-women-sue-obgyn-for-sexual-assault-judge-tosses-case\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Medical Disclaimer<\/strong>:\u00a0The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.\u00a0 I am not a medical doctor.\u00a0\u00a0 The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Mateer was shocked, she said, when Dr. David Broadbent reached under her gown to grab and squeeze her breasts, started a vaginal exam without warning, then followed it with an extremely painful examination of her rectum. . . “Under Utah\u2019s rules of medical malpractice, claims made by victims who allege a health care worker sexually assaulted them are literally worth less than lawsuits brought by someone who was assaulted in other settings \u2014 even if a jury rules in their favor, a judge is required to limit how much money they receive. And they must meet a shorter filing deadline. \u201cIt\u2019s just crazy that a doctor can sexually assault women and then be protected by the white coat,\u201d Mateer said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a really scary precedent to be calling sexual assault \u2018health care.\u2019\u201d READ MORE of this article by Jessica Miller: https:\/\/local.sltrib.com\/94-utah-women-sue-obgyn-for-sexual-assault-judge-tosses-case\/ Medical Disclaimer:\u00a0The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.\u00a0 I am not a medical doctor.\u00a0\u00a0 The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[17,21,22,23,24],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}