[Delta Dawn]

It might behoove the lawyer to find out who got fired from the hospital in the month after all of this happened. My guess is that someone did not follow procedures properly which resulted in the infection. Once the hospital determined how she got infected, they in most likelyhood fired the responsible party and had them sign a non-disclosure form on the way out the door.

[Hildy]

I don't know how these things work, but it always seems to me the best thing is to be honest to the victim. For example: My friend was eating at a big chain restaurant (I don't want to mention the name, but you've heard of it). A large piece of art (Appx 75 lbs) fell on her head. It was hanging in the booth next to her, it just spontaneously fell off the wall and onto her head. There was a restaurant full of witnesses. She had to be rushed to the hospital. Before she was taken away, the Manager told her not to worry, they would take care of all her medical bills. He gave her husband a card to call the Corporate Headquarters. After a week or so when the dust settled, they called the number and the guy, resonsible for this, very arrogantly told my friend that they had no intention of paying all her medical bills! Can you imagine? She had a concussion and neck damage.

Here's the point...when she made that call ALL she was asksing for was payment of medical bills, but the guy was so mean to her, she immediately called a lawyer, laywer says.."I will handle this from now on" and now they're asking for pain and damages. How you're treated in the beginning of an accident dictates what the victim will do. I know the pain my friend is in...she will be a multi-millionaire when this is through...and it could have all been avoided if the Corporation had just taken responsibility and DONE THE RIGHT THING.