There's a warrant for his arrest, so isn't he responsible for getting himself to the courthouse? Even if the county had to pay for it, the $3,000 figure is from his lawyer, which tells me it would really cost $150. Somebody pay it, and get it over with.
It will be interesting if someone calls in a bogus bomb threat to his hospital.
IF they go with the super-heavyweight 'bolance the cost billed might acually get up towards $3K. But his weight is not what's his lawyer is counting on to get him from having to face a court - I'm betting on the "medical conditions" isues and the "need" (read: desire to have for maximum emotional impact on any jury and maybe even on the judge) for nurses to be hovering around blinking and clicking and whirring machinery.
notations from a doctor documenting a variety of obesity-related ailments including diabetes, back pain and COPD.
"Notations" could be chart notes or just about anything else. But let's play with the "notations" for a minute:
- diabetes: make sure he's taking his insulin and check his blood sugar once a day before breakfast
- back pain: Tylenol is less effective than placebo, so let's give him an aspirin
- COPD*: but apparently not serious/severe enough to require oxygen therapy
* - and obesity usually does not cause COPD. What his proper diagnosis should be is more likely "Pickwickian syndrome"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_hypoventilation_syndrome And even that does not automatically mean O2 therapy.
My BS Meter broke on this guy's "condition". Wonder if Amazon has a sale on new ones?
stay safe.
