LA Road-Rage
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News
Court rejects appeal in Los Angeles road rage conviction
- By Steve Frothingham
A California appellate court has rejected an appeal by David Thompson, the physician who was convicted in 2009 of assaulting two cyclists
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Mailbag
Duty, harm and turgidity?
- By VeloNews.com
Our readers weigh in on doctors' duties, the wording of the oath, the value of cutting & pasting and weight limits.
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ExplainerGood news and bad news from the courts
- By Charles Pelkey
While many cyclists were able to take some solace in the recent sentence handed down to the now-infamous road-rage doctor in California, we
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MailbagDoping risks, doctors’ duty, printing articles
- By VeloNews.com
Our readers weigh in on the risks of EPO, the driver's choice of profession and our duties as road users.
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News
A reporter’s notebook: Sentencing Dr. Thompson
- By VeloNews.com
Reporter Patrick Brady covered Dr. Christopher Thompson's road-rage trial for VeloNews and was in the courtroom for a long-anticipated
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News / Road
L.A. road rage doctor gets five years
- By Charles Pelkey
The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, was sentenced to five years in prison at the close of a
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NewsL.A. road rage doctor to be sentenced Friday
- By Charles Pelkey
The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, is scheduled to be sentenced in Los Angeles Superior
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News
Dr. Thompson sentencing delayed
- By VeloNews.com
Court officials have delayed the sentencing of Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson, who was convicted last month of assaulting several cyclists
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Explainer
The Explainer: Doctor behaving badly
- By Charles Pelkey
A reader wonders how prosecutors were able to bring up Dr. Thompson's past behavior and then combine two separate charges in the same
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Mailbag
Anger and time to think about ‘lessons’ learned
- By VeloNews.com
Our readers weigh in on one reader's suggestion that jail time might be too harsh for the angry doctor of L.A.