sinuses were actually clear. >> weinberger -- and i hesitate to call him a doctor -- treated phyllis barnes than an insurance paycheck. >> according to the ear nose and throat doctor who discovered phyllis' throat cancer two months later, the sinus surgery was not only unnecessary, it probably caused her cancer to grow more rapidly than it might have otherwise. ken allen told the jury the reason mark weinberger recommended sinus surgery for phyllis barnes was greed. mark weinberger needed money to support his lavish lifestyle, allen told the court, and sinus surgery is what paid the bills. >> will you please tell us your name and spell your last name for the court reporter. >> michelle kramer. >> allen put weinberger's ex-wife michelle on the big screen to talk about their high life. >> we had a yacht that was in the mediterranean half the year and it was in the bahamas the other half of the year. and we would spend ten days a month usually on that yacht. >> in prerecorded testimony, michelle told the court that the phyllis barnes case weighed heavily on her husband's mind the week before h

and he needs, he deserves to be punished. >> ken allen you'll remember is the lawyer phyllis barnes hiredberger. in court documents allen alleges weinberger misdiagnosed phyllis's condition and gave her a surgery she didn't need while missing the cancer that killed her. >> he needs to understand it wasn't just the insurance companies that were harmed. it was paem. lives were destroyed. people were hurt. >> phyllis barnes it turns out was just the tip of the iceberg. once mark weinberger fled malpractice lawsuits began flooding in to lawyers. among those new clients were kayla thomas and her mother valerie. in 20038-year-old kayla began having headaches so severe they caused vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light. valerie says she decided to take kayla to dr. weinberger after seeing one of his billboards touting sinus surgery is a cure for headaches. >> i took her to his office. they did an immediate ct scan and said she had a deviated septum, polyps, and he could make her headache free for the rest of her life if she had immediate surgery. >> how quickly did it happen? >> within two we

weinberger's patients, phyllis barnes could clearly see her future was looking grim. >> my sister wentod says phyllis' road through hell began three months earlier when she went to see dr. weinberger. >> she had trouble catching her breath. she seemed to have sort of cold-like systems or bronchitis. she just seemed rundown. >> you thought it might be allergies or a cold. >> yeah. >> it could have been a number of things. her voice was raspy. she had a sore throat. but perhaps the most troubling symptom for phyllis, a lifelong smoker, was that she had recently begun coughing up blood. >> i believe when she went to dr. weinberger she told him she was a smoker. i don't think she tried to hide that from anybody. >> how did she find out about mark weinberger? >> i believe one of her co-workers may have seen billboards. >> the nose doctor? >> uh-huh. >> in hindsight, going to the self-proclaimed nose doctor may have been a mistake. but since phyllis had a long history of sinus problems, seeking out a sinus specialist for her breathing problem seemed logical. >> the first time i heard about h