Editing Scientology and law (section)

==== Lisa McPherson ====
{{Main|Death of Lisa McPherson|Lisa McPherson Trust}}
When the Church was charged with a felony count of practicing medicine without a license in the 1996 case involving the death of Scientologist [[Lisa McPherson]], Florida asked for damages of approximately $15,000 to be awarded against the organization. The Church hired law firms and medical specialists at an estimated cost of over $1&nbsp;million, waging a defense that eventually resulted in the case being dismissed due to lack of credible evidence. On May 29, 2004, the Church paid an undisclosed amount to settle a wrongful death suit brought on behalf of McPherson's estate.<ref>
{{cite news | last = Farley | first = Robert | title = Scientologists settle death suit | work = [[St. Petersburg Times]] | date = May 29, 2004 | url = http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/29/Tampabay/Scientologists_settle.shtml | access-date = 2007-09-01 }}
</ref> An article on the suit describes legal attacks made by Scientology's attorneys:
{{blockquote |text={{interp|McPherson family attorney Ken}} Dandar has persevered through a seemingly endless barrage of legal attacks. There have been nine attempts to disqualify him, and four attempts to remove Lisa's aunt, Dell Liebreich, as executor of Lisa's estate. Scientology attorneys have filed bar complaints against both him and Lirot, lawsuits against Lisa's family, and motions to remove judges and move the case to other venues. When asked how going up against Scientology compares to normal litigation, {{interp|First Amendment attorney Luke}} Lirot replied, "It's like comparing LSD to orange juice." ... The wrongful death case went through four judges in seven years.<ref name="razor-touretzky">{{cite web |first=David S |last=Touretzky |author-link=David S. Touretzky |work=Razor (Web-based magazine) |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Scientology/ReleaseForms/archive/razor-article-2003.html |title=A Church's Lethal Contract |date=2003}}</ref>}}