Iraq veteran's suicide puts doctors on trial for PTSD treatment

Veterans family suing their late sons doctors for wrongful death and medical malpractice
WFMJ News
By Lindsay McCoy, Reporter
Posted: Jan 14, 2014

WARREN, Ohio - A veteran's family is suing their late son's doctors for wrongful death and medical malpractice.

Michael Ecker, 25, took his own life in late August of 2009. He returned from Iraq, because he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury.

His father sat with his attorneys in Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald Rice's courtroom Tuesday, as medical experts took the stand to answer questions from both sides.

Dr. Frank and Zachary Veres, are being sued, but their attorney, Thomas Prislipsky, maintains there was no wrong-doing on their behalf. They began treating Ecker in 2009 after he left the care of the Veteran's Clinic.
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