Women Sue Doctor Who Treated Them For Disease They Never Had
VAIL, Colo. (CBS4)- Two lawsuits have been filed in Denver Federal Court by women who claim their doctor treated them for years for a disease they never had.
The lawsuits were filed on behalf of Brenda Culhane and Mercedes Aragon. They described seeing Dr. Gary M. Weiss in Vail who told each of them separately that they had Multiple Sclerosis.
The complaints claim that Dr. Weiss had them undergo MRI exams with a company that he owned. He then told them they suffered from MS, a disease described as debilitating with no known cure.
The women claim they were treated for five to seven years and underwent a great deal of emotional trauma during that time. When Weiss sold his practice in Vail, the women each consulted different doctors who told them they did not, in fact, suffer from MS.
Jim Puga, the attorney for the women told CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger that he believes there could be dozens of people like the women who filed the lawsuit. He cited other issues Weiss had in different states.
Weiss entered into a settlement with the Colorado Medical Board and agreed not to renew his license.
He is currently practicing in Palm Bay, Florida. CBS4 reached his office manager who said she would give him a message seeking a response to the lawsuits. He did not immediately return the calls.
CBS4's Rick Sallinger is a Peabody award winning reporter who has been with the station more than two decades doing hard news and investigative reporting. Follow him on Twitter @ricksallinger.
