From Deseret News archives:
Malpractice winner shot after fearing for safety
William Bobbett, 27, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the chest. A spokeswoman for Community Medical Center in Scranton said Friday she had no information on his condition.
No one had been arrested or identified as a suspect in Thursday's shooting.
Bobbett and his wife reached the settlement with Mercy Hospital last fall over the death of their 4-year-old son, Torajee Bobbett.
Their lawsuit claimed doctors and nurses failed to diagnose and treat a bowel obstruction for 10 hours after their son was brought to the hospital July 19, 2001, with a severe abdominal condition. The boy subsequently suffered a heart attack and died.
Bobbett recently filed court papers saying he received "numerous threats" because of the settlement.
The court papers asked a judge to terminate Bobbett's probation on various drug charges so that he could leave the state because of the threats. A hearing was set for May 15.
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