Dr. Kooshian vs. the Gay Community

Can Charles Bouley II sue Stephen Kooshian? Should others follow suit?

A A A Comments (5) By R. SCOTT MOXLEY Thursday, Mar 20 2003

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Bouley seethes at Kooshian's defense.

"Unexpected? True, we didn't expect it, but then again, we don't know the warning signs as a doctor should," said Bouley, who suspects that drugs Kooshian gave Howard for HIV raised cholestrol counts and directly contributed to the death. "It's his job to know what is going on inside a patient to whom he is giving potentially toxic medications—drugs that can cause side effects such as clots, clogged arteries and increased heart-attack risks. He wasn't paying attention."

Though he's no longer a plaintiff in his lover's death, the 40-year-old Bouley—who now works weekends at KGO-AM in San Francisco—is weary but optimistic.

"I think I'm going to get back in this case," he predicted. "All I want is a chance to get a ruling from a jury about what happened to Andrew. I knew it was going to be tough, but this is ridiculous."

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457blesk 07/08/2011 11:46:00 PM

You are so biased. It is clear from everything that you say. What a shame. You can't even read the story and see that it CLEARLY STATES that the tests showed there were no drugs in Bouley's partners body at the time of his emergency and subsequent death. Shame on you!!!

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Derrick M 01/20/2009 8:14:00 AM

I read the depositions of Bouley AND his friends. Bouley stated under oath the his partner had not been doing drugs or endangering himself the day he died. Bouley's friends contradict this statement, as do clinical personnel depositions. Depositions state that large amounts of alcohol were consumed, causing Andrew to vomit quite heavily before he was finally taken to the hospital. Other depositions by witnesses say he DID in fact used drugs that day at Gay Pride festival events. Its sickening that Bouley knows there were actions by his boyfriend which led to his death, and even inaction on his own part that could have prevented it. But to divert attention of your readers away from the WHOLE truth means Bouley has no regard for preaching the dangers of alcohol and illicit drug use in combination with a chronic health condition. Instead its much prettier to play the poor victim and vilify someone else hoping to cleanse what guilt he should himself bear. I dont know about the law of domestic partnership and a lifemate's right to sue, or the application of strict time lines that the judge relied upon to render her decision. It seems it is a technicality that disqualified this case. Is that the fault of the defendants? Any legal professional would tell you that would have been his or her first argument. Yet again, Bouley seeks to blame the same person, not just for a death, but for a legal decision that is both sound and fair, even if distasteful. I guess its not the truth or accuracy of what appears in print that matters, it how you spin it and how you can make it appear to the public. Nothing like lynching someone in the press without a trail.