Bobby Ferguson's attorney falls in courthouse, EMS called Susan Van Dusen taken to hospital with nose injury
DETROIT – A defense attorney in the Kwame Kilpatrick federal corruption trial took a tumble Monday at a courthouse in Detroit.
Susan Van Dusen slipped on a mat and fell face first on the marble floor during a break in testimony. EMS was called and she was taken to a hospital for an injury to her nose.
The hearing was adjourned for the day just before 11 a.m.
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Van Dusen is representing Bobby Ferguson, Kilpatrick's childhood friend and a well-known contractor.
This is the second of Ferguson's defense lawyers to be struck with a health issue. Gerald Evelyn took ill in court in late October, had to be rushed to hospital and court adjourned for two weeks.
READ: Kilpatrick trial halted for attorney's illness
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--Gerald Evelyn
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