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Traversie lawsuit moves forward

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A judge is allowing three lawyers from Washington state to help represent a Native American man who has filed a civil lawsuit claiming the letters kkk were carved into his stomach at a hospital.
 
Court documents show Judge Jeffrey Viken is allowing the Seattle attorneys to take part in proceedings on behalf of Vern Traversie.

The three men are members of Washington's bar association, but not South Dakota's.


Traversie is a 69-year - old Lakota man who lives on the Cheyenne river reservation.

Though he is blind, Traversie says others have told him the scars left form the letters.
 
He is suing Rapid City regional hospital where the surgery took place, its board of directors and others.

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