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Dr. Kearney actually provided the information for this blog post, because it is a Herald Leader Op-ed piece that he wrote entitled: "Justice being served in my lawsuit against UK Healthcare? You be the judge."
As a physician and surgeon, I was trained to solve complex problems in the safest, most expedient and cost-effective way possible. We were taught to provide compassionate care and alleviate pain and suffering.
Law schools must be teaching the opposite.
As the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit over the last three and half years, I have gotten a good view of our legal system. It has been like opening the chest of a trauma patient and seeing my young resident assistant collapse to the floor beside me.
In our legal system, it’s not that money is no object — it’s that money is every object.
Have you ever paid an outrageous price for dinner at a fine restaurant and left feeling hungry and disappointed? Well, welcome to court.
Lawyers are trained to take something simple and make it complicated. They must be taking required courses in Obfuscate and Bloviate 101, then graduate to Prevaricate and Procrastinate 666.
They minor in accounting, so billable hours for both the plaintiff and the defendant pile up, and martial arts so they can wallet whip the little guy who doesn’t have time and money on their side.
All this infliction of pain and suffering is called justice. Since the 16th century, Lady Justice holding scales has been depicted wearing a blindfold. Like her I hate to see what’s happening, too.
If I sound like a sore loser, don’t be confused: I’m not giving up.
I believe I caught my superiors at UK HealthCare red-handed in questionable financial practices, so I filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court when they came after me. Just Google “UK HealthCare and Kentucky Medical Services Foundation,” and read all about my case.
My attorney has been going head to head with UK’s general counsel, one of the greatest legal minds of the 14th century. He told me and my attorney: “Negotiate a cash settlement with UK. If you don’t, we are going to ruin your career.”
University officials placed false documents in my personnel file, created a false narrative about my 30-year career at UK, threatened or retaliated against faculty who spoke to support me, and blatantly ignored exculpatory evidence that refuted their claims. In other words, they “fixed” the disciplinary process to insure the desired outcome.
This is UK’s idea of due process?
“You will get your day in court” is the old adage. If that’s your future, I’ll see you there. You have my condolences.
Stay tuned to my case, which is on appeal, as I have more faith in you and the court of public opinion than the judges I’ve met so far.
Paul A Kearney, M.D., is a tenured professor of surgery in UK’s College of Medicine. He can be reached at pakear0p@uky.edu
I think it important to point out that although Dr. Kearney has suffered immensely from this 3.5 year vendetta that the hospital and university administration have chosen to undertake against him, the University of Kentucky has likewise paid an enormous price for the decisions these people made. I am not just talking about dollars and cents which are most probably in the millions, but also the costs in morale, faculty/physician/staff attrition and most probably as a consequence the quality of healthcare.
Although a number of the prime instigators of this vendetta have left the scene of the crime I am simply amazed that Mr. Thro continues in his authoritative position as the University's General Counsel. His attempts to silence the Faculty Council with respect to the Practice Plan Committee, his threat of take the deal or we will ruin your career to Dr. Kearney, his subsequent attempts to destroy Dr. Kearney's career through preposterous work assignments and salary reduction, his tapping into Dr. Kearney's personal life through email monitoring and computer confiscation, his handling of KMSF Open Records disputes which he was at the same time telling everyone that KMSF was independent of the University and his recent demands that faculty representatives to the Board of Trustees not hear faculty opinions, all reflect an abuse of authority that has cost the University in time, treasure and talent.
I guess it is simply as we have said before, the buck stops at the top. Therefore it is in reality the lack of real leadership at the top of this University, that being President Capilouto, that has brought us to this position. President Capilouto delegates everything but hand shaking. I think if you use this approach to leadership that it is important that you accept the fact that you are personally responsible for all decisions that your delegated authorities may make. Unfortunately, I don't think President Capilouto understands this and therefore perhaps he should step down and let somebody with these abilities take his place.