Ex-surgeon sued after practicing without a license
Five patients are scheduled to testify that a former Houston spine surgeon, Eric Scheffey, treated these patients after his license was suspended, prosecutors said on Wednesday. To counter the state's claim, his attorneys said they will put some patients on the witness stand who will say he was not practicing medicine. In opening statements in Scheffey's trial for allegedly practicing medicine without a license, prosecutor Rob Freyer told state District Judge Vanessa Velasquez that the five patients were in pain and went to Scheffey for comfort. Scheffey has been sued for malpractice at least 60 times, faces a maximum of 50 years in prison if convicted in a bench trial expected to last seven to 10 days.
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