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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Ind. Courts - "Delaware County jury to decide circumcision case"
From a long story by Doug Walker in the Sept. 18, 2011 Muncie Star-Press:
A Delaware Circuit Court 4 jury next month will be asked to decide whether a local physician should pay damages to a now-7-year-old Muncie boy who was circumcised a day after his November 2003 birth -- allegedly against the wishes of the youngster's parents. * * *The ILB has several earlier items on circumcision, one quoting an article headed "Atlanta Lawyer Takes on Botched Circumcision Claims Nationwide."The suit -- filed by the Indianapolis law firm of Wilson Kehoe & Winningham -- says the mother comes from a family "in which circumcision has never been practiced," and whose members believe "genital integrity is a basic human right." It lists several of her male relatives, living and dead, who are or were "intact."
She also alleges her infant was only "partially anesthetized" before the circumcision, making the procedure "excruciatingly painful." * * *
David Llewellyn, an Atlanta attorney who has made a specialty of circumcision-related litigation, is also part of the mother and son's legal team.
The trial is set to begin Oct. 3, and is expected to last a week, Circuit Court 4 Judge John Feick said Friday.
The judge has yet to rule on whether a topic-specific questionnaire proposed by the boy's attorneys will be sent to prospective jurors in the case.
It asks several questions about prospective jurors' views on circumcision, and whether they (if male) have been circumcised, whether they know anyone who is not circumcised, and whether they belong to any pro-circumcision and anti-circumcision organizations.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 20, 2011 08:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts