Golfer Wrongful-Death Case Jury Being Put Together
Jury selection has entered a third day in Las Vegas in a civil wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against a Nevada physician who found the body of women’s professional golfer Erica Blasberg after she committed suicide in May 2010.
Dr. Thomas Hess pleaded guilty in late 2010 to a misdemeanor obstruction charge for removing a suicide note and prescription medications from Blasberg’s home in Henderson before police arrived to investigate her death.
Hess said he wanted to spare Blasberg’s family embarrassment.
Blasberg was found with a plastic bag over her head and a cocktail of prescription medications in her system.