Posted on 03/18/2005 11:24:42 AM PST by JZelle
The leader of the anti-obesity lawsuit movement is threatening physicians-in-training with lawsuits if they don't warn obese patients about their excessive weight. George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf III, who has led efforts to sue fast-food chains for contributing to America's extra weight, is scheduled to speak tomorrow morning at the annual convention for the American Medical Student Association. Mr. Banzhaf said he will warn the aspiring doctors to be on guard for lawsuits that could stem from physicians failing to tell patients they are obese and the risks of carrying that additional weight. Patients also could sue for not being advised to try appropriate treatments or behavioral programs, he said.
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Great. So now everyone who is overweight can be hassled every time they go to the doctor? Sounds like a good way to convince people who may need medical attention to not seek it.
The War on Fat jiggles forth!
Nice, more lawyer-driven idiocy. Something has to be done to curb entrepreneurial lawyers.
They all left their practices or were sued into oblivion. No wonder that trial lawyers support gun confiscation, they know they can only get away with so much before the excrement hits the rotating air-movement device.
I hope they don't go. More room in the waiting room without fatties taking up two seats.
One of our favorites rears his ugly head...
I think that day is already here for some specialties like Obstetrics, with med malpractice becoming more out of reach.
So fat people have to be told what being fat will do to you, while pregnant women don't have to be told what an abortion will do to you and your child. Got it...
What a crock-if someone doesn't know the consequences of obesity, they are obviously too illiterate to read and too stupid to watch anything educational on TV. Overeating is a choice and no one but the obese person is responsible for their behavior.
The law professor known as John Banzhaf III is a study in nitwittery.
That needed to be repeated.
Banzhalfa$$ed is a dangerous piece of work and if he is admitted to any state bars, needs to be disbarred. The man is a serious danger to Americans.
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