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Good Drinking Buddy And A Good Doctor?

By John Mesirow

Perhaps this is the case with trauma doctor Martin Derusha, Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas. As to the doctoring, as reported in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, per Mr. Derusha,

"At this point in my career, I have no malpractice (claims), no problems at all in medicine."

Maybe in medicine, but ...

Derusha was arrested in 1998 for driving while intoxicated in Navarro County.

In 2003, he was arrested in Tarrant County for his second DWI, pleaded guilty and was fined $700 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, according to state documents.

Derusha was arrested again in 2006 for a DWI in Parker County.

The medical board again placed him on a 10-year probation. On Jan. 27, he was arrested in Tarrant County for a fourth DWI, according to board documents.

So what happened?

Derusha said in an interview he voluntarily gave up his license, though the matter was under appeal. "At this point I don?t have the money to argue with them," he said. "How many battles can you fight at one time?"

Here's the source.

Full post as published by Legal Juice on October 26, 2008 (boomark / email).