10-08-2005, 05:03 PM
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Doctor sued for sex treatment for back pain
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - An Oregon woman whose doctor
convinced her that he could cure her lower back pain
by having sex with her is suing him and his medical
clinic for $4 million, according to legal documents
obtained on Monday.
The doctor, Randall Smith, who was 50 at the time, was
stripped of his license and sent to jail for 60 days
last year for charging the state's Oregon Health Plan
$5,000 for his 45-minute "treatments" involving the
woman.
"Dr. Smith's medical treatment included intercourse in
which he told plaintiff was needed to help alleviate
plaintiff's lower back and lower extremity pain," the
former patient said in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit, which charges battery, negligence and
intentional and negligent infliction of emotional
distress, was filed on Friday in Multnomah County
court.
"We never comment on lawsuits," said a spokesman for
the Adventist Medical Group clinic in Gresham, Oregon
where Smith worked. Smith could not be located for
comment.
Though he pleaded guilty to submitting false health
care claims, a felony, Smith maintained the sex with
the 47-year-old woman was consensual.
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