James Woods

Testimony resumes about death of actor's brother

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Testimony is continuing in James Woods' lawsuit against Kent Hospital, and the actor could take the stand this week to talk about his brother's death.

Fiancee of actor's brother testifies in RI lawsuit

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

A witness says the late brother of the actor James Woods was not seen by a doctor until an hour after he came to the Kent Hospital emergency room complaining of a sore throat.

• Fiancee of James Woods's brother testifies in RI lawsuit - Boston Herald
• Testimony: Fiancée saw no doctors examining Woods - Providence Journal

Lawyer cross-examines in Michael Woods death case

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

By Thomas J. Morgan By John Hill Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- A lawyer for Kent Hospital continued his cross examination Thursday morning of an expert witness hired by the family of Michael Woods, challenging the doctor's opinion that Kent Hospital did not meet the professional standard of care when it treated Woods the day he died, July 26, 2006. Lawyer David Carroll used his questioning...

Doctor testifies Kent didn't follow standards with Woods

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

By News staff By John Hill Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- A doctor and hospital administrator who has run emergency medical departments in three states testified Wednesday morning that Kent Hospital's emergency room department did not meet the profession's expected standard of care when they treated Michael J. Woods for a fatal heart condition in 2006. Dr. John Schriver, chief of emergency medicine...

Doctor testifies in suit over death of actor's sib

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Testimony is continuing in a lawsuit over the death of actor James Woods' brother at a hospital in Rhode Island.

Kent doctor testifies there was no heart monitor for Woods

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

By Thomas J. Morgan By John Hill Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- The doctor who treated Michael Woods on July 26, 2006, the day he died in the Kent Hospital emergency room, testified Tuesday morning about the treatment Woods received at the hospital that day. Dr. Kelli A. Naylor testified that when she saw him, Woods showed symptoms that could have been caused by several life-threatening conditions,...

What's Big Today: Murder arraignment, soccer fight

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

By News staff These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. Travis Garcia, 18, of Coventry, is scheduled for arraignment Monday for murder in the strangling death of Jeannine Garcia, 32, of Providence. Garcia, who is not related to the victim, was arrested last Sunday in Clinton, Conn., after he crashed her car while trying to elude the police, who were chasing him for speeding. After...

Film geek Sunday

Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

A segment from an English TV documentary about director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone’s collaboration on “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly“ and “Once Upon a Time in the West” and more good stuff, including Claudia Cardinale and food, and Rudy Giuliani-loving Republican actor James Woods’ apparent semi-agreement with the European Marxist interpretation...

Nurse: Woods resisted medication before heart attack

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

By News staff By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- A registered nurse testified Friday that Michael Woods was resistant to receiving medication at Kent Hospital about two hours before he suffered a fatal heart attack on July 26, 2006. Jessica Parker, a veteran nurse at Kent, South County and Newport Hospitals, said she was working in the emergency room that night when another...

The Trailer for Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Signaleer (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

"In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, a "good" Lex Luthor (Chris Noth) arrives from an alternate universe to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, a gang of villainous characters with virtually identical super powers to the Justice League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through...

Doctor testifies about examining Woods' throat

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

By Donita Naylor By John Hill Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- Testimony resumed Thursday morning with a doctor and nurse being questioned about their interaction with Michael J. Woods on the day he died at Kent Hospital. Woods died of a blocked coronary artery in the emergency room on July 26, 2006 . His brother, actor James Woods, is suing Kent Hospital in Superior Court for negligence on behalf...

What's Big Today: Woods trial to resume

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

By John Hill This is a story The Providence Journal is watching today WARWICK, R.I. -- Testimony was scheduled to resume this morning in the actor James Woods' Superior Court lawsuit claiming his brother Michael died in July 2006 because of negligence on the part of Kent Hospital. Michael J. Woods, 49, local businessman, two-time mayoral candidate and sometime actor who had appeared in small parts...

Celebrity’s Brother Did Not Get Proper Care

Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

Lawyers told jurors that a hospital did not do enough to care for the brother of James Woods when he went to the emergency room complaining of a sore throat and vomiting in 2006. The trial comes after the filed wrongful death lawsuit . The victim died from heart disease at the hospital after going into cardiac arrest on a gurney at the age of 49. The attorney stated that the actor’s brother...

• James Woods Takes Hospital to Court in Brother's Death - PopEater Music Blog
• Lawyer: Woods' brother did not get proper care - Sify
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Morning Links - Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer to Do Only Interview With Oprah on Friday

Fabsugar (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

Stephenie Meyer will do her only interview promoting New Moon with Oprah Winfrey this Friday - StephenieMeyer.com James Woods to take hospital to court over brother's death - PopEater Carrie Prejean is still discussing her sex tape - Gawker Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar diagnosed with cancer - Us Weekly Fans walked out of Tracy Morgan's shocking comedy act - Celebitchy Jon Gosselin countersues...

Woods' co-workers testify in suit against Kent Hospital

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

By Donita Naylor By JOHN HILL Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- Testimony resumed Tuesday morning in actor James Woods' lawsuit against Kent Hospital in connection with his brother's July 2006 death . Woods' lawyer Mark B. Decof called two of Michael Woods' co-workers from Aable Jewelers, a coin and estate dealer in Warwick, who testified that Woods seemed unlike himself and complained of pain...