Doctor testifies in Mount Hope Church trial (personal injury and defamation)

[Ian David]

Doctor testifies in Mount Hope Church trial
Midday update

Kevin Grasha
Lansing State Journal

CHARLOTTE - A Livonia neuropsychologist testified this morning that a woman who is suing her former church and its pastor suffered a mild traumatic brain injury in a fall at the church nearly five years ago.

Dr. Charles Seigerman reviewed Judith Dadd's medical history and also examined her. He said it appeared she had suffered a concussion in the fall and also suffered from post-concussion syndrome.

Dadd is suing Mount Hope Church, based in Delta Township and its pastor, David R. Williams. She said she went to the altar during a July 18, 2002, service and was "overcome by the Spirit of the Lord," according to the lawsuit. She fell backward and struck her head on the floor.

Dadd is seeking unspecified damages in excess of $25,000 for her injuries and also for defamation, stemming from a letter and other statements she says the pastor made.

More:
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070504/NEWS01/705040371/1001/news

[Coyote_Bandit]

1. No mention

in the article of whether the church had catchers. The churches here do. They're volunteers who go stand behind folks at the altar to catch them if they fall. It is quite a sight.

[RC]

2. So why didn't God or Jesus save her from injury?

Cushion her fall. Sue them!

[knitter4democracy]

3. I know that church. This could get worse.

They're the Church of Many Flags, and they were involved in the 80s with "recovered memories" and turned children against their parents in order to keep them in the church. Very scary.