Appearance Form; Answer of Defendants, Attorney General, and Assistant and Deputy Attorney Generals

     [||3d63c8f3-ab40-4220-a738-e2caa97e45f3||] APPEARANCE D.C. Fo.m NO. 17 

United States District Court 
FOR THE 

            

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, HAMMOND DIVISION 

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RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

VS. 

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC, 
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Defendants.   
Mr. CLERK: 

Enter my appearance as counsel for the 

Defendants, William T. Paynter, M.D., James White and David J. 
Edwards, M.D., 

in the above-entitled case. 

Dated at Indianapolis, Indiana THEODORE L. SENDAK 
Attorney General of Indiana 

on 29th day of June “3977 —by+Erie—B—Servaas,—DPep-—-AtEy-Len. 
219 State House 

Address Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 
   



  

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

HAMMOND DIVISION 

  

RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

va, NO. 77-154 

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, 
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Defendants. 

ANSWER 

Comes now the defendants, William T. Paynter, M.D., 

James White and David J. Edwards, M.D., by counsel, Theodore 

L. Sendak, Attorney General of Indiana, by Michael Schaefer, 

Assistant Attorney General and Eric B. Servaas, Deputy 

Attorney General and for answer to the complaint say: 

1. Defendants admit allegations contained in paragraphs 

seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), eleven (ll) and 

nineteen (19) of the complaint. 

2. Defendants deny allegations contained in paragraphs 

eighteen (18), twenty (20), twenty-one (21) and twenty-seven 

(27) of the complaint. 

3. Defendants have insufficient knowledge or information 

to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations set forth 

in paragraphs two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), 

twelve (12), fourteen (14), fifteen (15), twenty-two (22), 

twenty-three (23), twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25), twenty- 

six (26) and twenty-eight (28) of the complaint. 

4. Defendants admit the allegation contained in the last 

sentence of paragraph 1 of the complaint but defendants deny 

all other allegations of paragraph 1. 

 



  

5. Defendants admit the allegation contained in the first 

sentence of paragraph 13 of the complaint but have insufficient 

knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth of 

the allegation set forth in the second sentence of the paragraph. 

6. Defendants admit the allegation of installation of 

radiation equipment contained in paragraph 16(c) of the complaint 

but defendants deny all other allegations of paragraph 16. 

/. Defendants admit the allegation contained in the first 

sentence of paragraph 17 of the complaint and deny allegations 

contained in the second sentence of the paragraph. 

WHEREFORE, Defendants pray that plaintiffs take nothing 

by their complaint and all other proper relief, 

Respectfully submitted, 

THEODORE L. SENDAK 
Attorney General of Indiana 

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Michael Schaefer 
Assistant Attorney General 

  

Eric B. Servaas 
Deputy Attorney General 

Office of the Attorney General 
219 State House 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 
Telephone: (317)633-6268 

 



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CERTIFICATE: OF SERVICE 
  

The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the 

foregoing "Answer' was placed in the United States mail, 

first class, postage prepaid and addressed to the following 

this 29th day of June, 1977. 

Jack Greenberg 
Beth J. Lief 
Melvyn R. Leventhal 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, New York 10019 

Marilyn G. Rose 
Christine B. Hickman 
1751 N Street, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20036 

Julian Allen 
2009 Broadway 
Gary, Indiana 46407 

Sl Siren 
  

Eric B. Servaas 
Deputy Attorney General [||3d63c8f3-ab40-4220-a738-e2caa97e45f3||]