Police Captain Reardon To Prove, Since The First Trial Began In Waterbury

Police Captain Reardon To Prove, Since The First Trial Began In Waterbury: Waterbury - Testimony began this morning, the first in a civil court accused of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center to protect the baby from the hospital doctor sexually abused decades ago.

The case was brought middle-aged man who lives and works in Greater Hartford. He is known as court records as John Doe 2 How to fit anyone, it was left anonymously.

This is the first of 93 lawsuits filed against the hospital for men and women who claim that Dr. George Reardon, who died in 1998, under the pretext of investigating the child's growth terribly mistreated.

His half-hour opening statement, Michael Stratton, the court in New Haven lawyer who heads the management company of dozens of cases, "said San Francisco has decided to become an industry leader in medical research in 1960 and provides commitment to protect the participants. He said that the hospital does not even make a minimal test of Reardon.

"Dr. Reardon was allowed to use San Francisco as a playground, and used the study to the children," Stratton said.

Paul D. Williams, a hospital lawyer, said Francis was not in court to defend Reardon, whom Williams called "a manipulator who deceived and fooled everyone."

"If there is anger in this case, should be addressed to Mr Reardon," said Williams. "We are all angry with what he did."

Williams asked the jury Monday morning quarterback that San Francisco knew or should have known.

During the pits after opening arguments was the first witness, police Capt. Donald Melanson, who led the study in West Hartford Police Department in the discovery of cache of images in Reardon's former home at 155 Griswold Road.

New owner to make repairs in the basement was 50,000 to 60,000 slides in the wall. The slides are usually represented minors in sexually suggestive positions with genitals exposed, Melanson said.

After seeing the pictures, the police will soon be determined by their patients Reardon.

Case is heard by a jury of four men and two women. President at trial is Judge Dan Shaban.

Reardon was chief of endocrinology at St. Francis from 1963 until he was forced to resign in 1993 when brother and sister of upstate New York found in Hartford and Ministry of Health complained that he had abused them when they were medical students in 1950 and early 1960-s.

Until the case is similar to most of the cases pending, according to court documents. Reardon went to his mother and convinced him to let him enter the Dow Jones and his brother in the study. Brother, John Doe 3, also filed in court.

Before the claims in its complaint, filed firm Stratton Faxon New Haven, who was abused from 1977 to 1985, when he was between 9-17 years. In some cases, he said Reardon picked up at home and taken to hospital for examination. In other cases, spent the night at his home and Dr. Reardon was forced to leave the hospital. He said he was seen by about 100 times Reardon.

In the filing, she said Doe's mother asked to be present when Reardon saw his son, but the doctor refused. The mother said she wanted to attend the questioning of his son, as the two, now adults, were my son and I really want to know what he does. "

St. Francis presented the law firm of Day Pitney.

These candidates St. Francis claims on several grounds at the hospital as employer Reardon, were to control and protect them. President Dan Shaban, dismissed most of the bases, but allow the first leg for two - that the hospital negligently failed to supervise Reardon, and he had no special duty was to protect children.

Victims want to hurt St. Francis of damages claimed to be caused by Reardon and long-term consequences, they say they still suffer. Efforts to resolve disputes, including mediation session of 11 hours last week, failed.