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The following post is from Lorraine , leader of CALDA and a member of Dr.

' defense team.

Ellen

Today (January 2), Dr. filed with the Connecticut Medical Examining Board

a Motion for Reconsideration and to Vacate the decision of December 18, which

had imposed civil penalties and placed Dr. on probation for two years.

The basis for the motion is bias on the part of one of the panel members, Dr.

Senechal, who had told the parents of a child diagnosed with chronic Lyme

disease during the hearings that there was no such thing as chronic Lyme

disease, that the treatment of chronic Lyme disease was a “big racket” and

referred to physicians who treat chronic Lyme disease as “quacks” who were “in

cahoots” with lab companies. The motion argues that this profound bias

prevented Dr. Senechal from having the necessary impartiality to provide Dr.

a fair trial in a fair tribunal—a fundamental underpinning of due process

under the constitution. Due process requires an absence of actual bias in the

trial of cases. Two

parents who attended the December 18th hearing stepped forward at its

conclusion to express their concerns that a physician with such strong bias had

been included on the panel. The parents had learned of Dr. Senechal’s bias

through personal encounters with him as a physician of their child, who had been

diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. The information came to light at the end

of the December 18th hearing, when the two parents, first approached counsel for

Dr. . The parents had not met Dr. nor his counsel prior to the

conclusion of the December 18th hearing.

Lorraine

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