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Chief Justice Checks Out of Hospital

Roberts 'doing fine' after suffering seizure at vacation home

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 31, 2007 2:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – Chief Justice John Roberts left a Maine hospital today in good condition, a day after suffering a seizure of unknown cause. The 52-year-old jurist told President Bush he was doing just fine, reports the AP. He waved as he scooted out of the hospital and headed back to his vacation house on Hupper Island to finish his summer break.

Roberts was taken to the hospital by ambulance yesterday after suffering a seizure and falling on a dock near his home off the central coast. Doctors say they found no tumor, signs of stroke, or any other explanation for the episode, but Roberts did have an unexplained seizure in 1993; in medical terms, that makes him epileptic and places him at high risk for a third.

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, right, leaves the Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, in Rockport, Maine. Roberts was admitted on Monday after suffering what doctors described as a benign idiopathic seizure. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, right, leaves the Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, in Rockport, Maine. Roberts was admitted on Monday after suffering what doctors described as...   (Associated Press)
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts smiles as he is introduced before speaking to students and faculty at the Northwestern University School of Law Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 in Chicago. Roberts was taken to a hospital in Maine on Monday, July 30, 2007, after a fall, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy...
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts smiles as he is introduced before speaking to students and faculty at the Northwestern University School of Law Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 in Chicago. Roberts was...   (Associated Press)
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts leaves the Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, in Rockport, Maine. Roberts walked out of the hospital in Maine Tuesday, released a day after he suffered a seizure.    (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts leaves the Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Tuesday, July 31, 2007, in Rockport, Maine. Roberts walked out of the hospital in Maine Tuesday, released a day after he suffered...   (Associated Press)
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