Quackpot Polevoy Sued for Libel in Canada...
Opinion by Consumer Advocate
Tim Bolen
Friday, October 28th, 2005
When
the New York ad agency, the one the runs the
"Quackbuster"
operation against innovation in health care
in North America opened its email program last month, it
was probably chagrined to find that one more self-styled
"Quackbuster" was being sued for what
many feel they do best -
libel health care
providers.
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This photo says it all... Terry Polevoy MD
(left) being confronted by health humanitarian
and world renowned author Leonard Horowitz DDS,
PhD (right). |
Terry Polevoy, a former pediatrician now turned
"pimple doctor,"
has been sued in a case in Canada demanding:
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General damages in the amount of $1,000,000.00;
Aggravated, exemplary and punitive damages in the
amount of $5,000,000.00; Special and or pecuniary
damages in the amount of $10,000,000.00; An interim and
permanent injunction restraining the Defendants, and
others having notice of any Order this Court may issue,
from republishing the defamatory statements complained
of in this proceeding, as well as any similar
statements; An order to direct all defendants to post,
equal in time, size and prominence, a retraction of the
defamatory, inaccurate and malicious publication on a
first approved basis by the plaintiff; An order to all
parties who received the original publications to
confirm the distribution of the retraction;
Pre-judgment and post-judgment interest pursuant to the
provisions of the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.
c-43; Its costs of this action on a substantial
indemnity basis together with applicable Goods and
Services Tax;
Polevoy, in my opinion, sees himself as the
"heir apparent"
to aging, and courtroom humiliated, top Quackbuster
Stephen Barrett, but there are questions about who
Polevoy really is.
Who is this guy?
Polevoy is an anomaly in the
"Quackbuster" operation.
Apparently banned from a leadership role in
the North American conspiracy, Polevoy is conspicuously
absent from the NCAHF's Board of Directors, or Advisors,
and is missing from the any Boards at quackwatch.com.
The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has no
listing for him. It's obvious
he's been rejected from the main group - probably
because of reportedly his obsessive behavior.
Speaking of
"obsessive behavior," I found ninety-eight
(98) references to him in the Waterloo
"The Record,"
his local newspaper. Most of those references are
comments, by local citizens, made about Polevoy
allegedly bizarre behavior. It is apparent that Polevoy
is at odds with a major segment of his home town.
I
think, though, that this strike, in Canada, will be the
beginning of Polevoy demise. He didn't have an attorney
represent him in his statement of defense in this case -
he wrote the strangely worded answer himself.
Stay
tuned...
Tim
Bolen - Health Freedom Advocate
