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Couple sues over being given wrong baby
Chicago Sun Times ^
| 2/13/2010
| Lisa Donovan
Posted on 02/13/2010 10:35:29 AM PST by Krankor
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I would find in favor of this wonderful, loving and concerned couple, and award them sixteen dollars and fifty cents.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:35:29 AM PST
by
Krankor
To: Krankor
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:38:18 AM PST
by
freebilly
(No wonder the left has a boner for Obama. There's CIALIS in soCIALISt....)
To: Krankor
This is worth a lawsuit? It was a mixup, not a life changing event. Feeling uncomfortable is not grounds for a big cash settlement.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:39:50 AM PST
by
MediaMole
To: Krankor
I could understand a lawsuit it if they'd been sent home with the wrong baby, but just nursing one? As the article states, there have been wet nurses for years, and I don't think anything bad has ever happened to them.
I hope a kind judge commiserates with them, then tells them, nicely of course, that they're wasting the court's time, and they should go home and raise that little boy.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:41:30 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Krankor
The patient-care technician offered a tearful apology, which they accepted, Scott Spiegel said. "But it's not enough," he added. Of course it's not when you think one serving of breast milk is worth $30,000.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:42:03 AM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Freedom of the Press?! I need Freedom FROM THE PRESS!)
To: Krankor
I’d cut your offer in half!
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:42:05 AM PST
by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: Krankor
And then hit them with court costs and attorney fees...
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:42:51 AM PST
by
piytar
(Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
To: Krankor
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:42:54 AM PST
by
Dustbunny
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
To: Krankor
OH, for pete's sake - she's going to begrudge an innocent little babe a drink?
What's the value of a draught of breast milk? No more than an expensive cuppa coffee.
Give her $1.50 and let her go buy a latte.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:43:01 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Krankor
And then assign them court costs...
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:44:00 AM PST
by
livius
To: MediaMole
"Feeling uncomfortable is not grounds for a big cash settlement."You don't spend a lot of time in the company of lawyers, I take it?
They probably had to change their number to get the lawyers to stop calling when word of this minor incident got out.
To: Krankor
There was a great Dick VanDyke episode where Dick became convinced the baby (Richie) they had at their home was the wrong one.
This is a frivolous lawsuit. The family should be fined for filing it. No harm was done.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:45:39 AM PST
by
gitmo
(FR vs DU: n4mage vs DUmage)
To: Tamar1973
Probably not, but remember, breast milk is a vector for transmission of such diseases as HIV-AIDS. When babies are born to such mothers, special medication is required to prevent the mother-to-baby transmission. It’s all fine and dandy in this case, but when a serious injury happens, who will be accountable?
Now if a hospital doesn’t have a fool-proof method of matching mothers with their babies, they deserve to be sued. It would be better for such an establishment to be inoculated from committing future blunders with this benign case, than to dust it under the carpet until a serious accident forces them to do the same.
I’ve always hated the idea of separating new-born babies from their mothers, in hospitals. I fail to understand the utility of this practice.
To: Krankor
Didn’t the mother check to see if it was her child? /sarc
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:48:23 AM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: AnAmericanMother
If the mother was a HIV patient, the consequences could potentially be severe.
Breast milk is a vector for this disease, and many others.
To: Krankor
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:49:39 AM PST
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: James C. Bennett
That is what I was thinking. The baby is at risk of picking something up in her breast milk
I think the mother of the baby has a better chance of a lawsuit.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:52:20 AM PST
by
kara37
To: James C. Bennett
If the MOTHER was an HIV patient, then the parents of the infant that she fed ought to be suing.
I see a third-party complaint on the horizon . . . .
That's completely farfetched, and has neither been alleged nor proven.
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:53:03 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: kara37
You posted while I was posting. The mom of the other baby ought to sue! < /s >
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:53:30 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Krankor
Reminds of a joke..
The baby was so UGLY the doctor slapped the mother..
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posted on
02/13/2010 10:54:34 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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