Word: gonzaleses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This was the presiding judge's description of the five-month trial that concluded last week in his Sacramento, Calif, courtroom. The plaintiff was Albert Gonzales, 32, a former grocery clerk, who charged that his doctor, Orthopedic Surgeon John Nork, 45, had performed a back operation that was not...
Gonzales testified that he had gone to Nork in 1967 with spondylolisthesis, or forward slippage, of the fifth spinal vertebra. Often, this condition requires no treatment at all. Surgery is considered only if there are persistent troublesome symptoms. Nork recommended a lumbar laminectomy, an extremely delicate surgical procedure that involves...
Upon returning home from the hospital after a four-hour, unsuccessful operation, Gonzales spent most of his time in bed and complaining of pain in his back. He kept his children away from him for fear they would bump him and increase his pain; he became a heavy drinker and...
He was successful on the pro tour for a while, but finally quit when he realized that he was not going to beat Jack Kramer consistently. He tried tennis promotion, beginning with Kramer and Pancho Gonzales and later with Gussie Moran. When Gussie's tour went limp, he secretly...
It's not easy to be both a star and a champ. Last year Dustin Hoffman won the Robert F. Kennedy Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament, beating Pancho Gonzales and Charlton Heston. Ever since, Hoffman has been haunted by his success. "It's been on my mind more than...