Okay I did some more digging and it appears that the court did begin to side with CPH and his movement to seek protection under the Good Samaratin Law. This January 2002 court document shows that the judge agreed to accept a motion late in the case to legally recognize CPH as acting as a volunteer member of the fire department at the time the alleged medical malpractice took place;
Order verifying volunteer status granted
This all but sealed up CPH's defense argument. It was so damaging to the plaintiff's case that the only other court document on file for this case was this October 2002 document by the court granting the plaintiff's attorney's request to withdraw from the case;
Permission Granted to withdraw from the case
The document gave the Plaintiff until December 12, 2002 to attempt to find another attorney who was willing to represent them. That deadline came and went without another word from the infant's mother. Since most of the attorneys who handle these types of cases work mostly on the "only pay us if we win you a settlement" basis, it's nearly impossible to find another one of these types of attorneys to take over a case that another one walked away from (law firms seldom walk way from cases that stand a fighting chance of being won). Walking away from this case was like declaring that it was a lemon and a waste of time, money and resources to pursue any further.
Sorry to uncover this twist. It by no means should be interpreted that CPH didn't do anything wrong. It just confirms that he was slick enough to operate in a manner where he was completely shielded from prosecution by the law. It also puts to rest the theory that he lost his shirt and had to declare bankruptcy as a result of this case (in turn strengthening my assumption that it could have been his inability to work due to the accident that took his leg that led to his financially worries).
Order verifying volunteer status granted
This all but sealed up CPH's defense argument. It was so damaging to the plaintiff's case that the only other court document on file for this case was this October 2002 document by the court granting the plaintiff's attorney's request to withdraw from the case;
Permission Granted to withdraw from the case
The document gave the Plaintiff until December 12, 2002 to attempt to find another attorney who was willing to represent them. That deadline came and went without another word from the infant's mother. Since most of the attorneys who handle these types of cases work mostly on the "only pay us if we win you a settlement" basis, it's nearly impossible to find another one of these types of attorneys to take over a case that another one walked away from (law firms seldom walk way from cases that stand a fighting chance of being won). Walking away from this case was like declaring that it was a lemon and a waste of time, money and resources to pursue any further.
Sorry to uncover this twist. It by no means should be interpreted that CPH didn't do anything wrong. It just confirms that he was slick enough to operate in a manner where he was completely shielded from prosecution by the law. It also puts to rest the theory that he lost his shirt and had to declare bankruptcy as a result of this case (in turn strengthening my assumption that it could have been his inability to work due to the accident that took his leg that led to his financially worries).