WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A lawyer for Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has told a jury that a hospital in Rhode Island did not do enough to care for Woods’ younger brother when he went to the emergency room complaining of a sore throat and vomiting in 2006.
Michael Woods later died of an apparent heart attack at the hospital.
Attorney Mark Decof (DEE’-koff) said during opening statements Monday that the actor’s brother wasn’t seen by a doctor until an hour after he arrived and went into cardiac arrest on a gurney in the hospital hallway. He says the doctor who treated Woods failed to perform basic care for a patient with a severe heart condition.
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Lawyers for Kent Hospital were giving their opening statements late Monday afternoon.
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