Posted on 07/25/2007 5:23:17 AM PDT by monomaniac
What does the Bible say about aborting children?
“What does the Bible say about aborting children?”
How is that relevant to this lawsuit? The couple did not abort any children. As far as I can tell without seeing the actual filing, the doctor is being sued for not correctly diagnosing the couple’s first born and for not providing accurate inforamtion to them so that they could make an informed decision concerning having more children.
I guess that's the thing about suing the gainfully employed and productive members of a society, they obey the law ...and, that's where the money is.
Most people who are injured are already going without justice and recompense, and without any shooting, because they've been hurt by criminals and near criminals, the broke and the government. Oh, and plaintiffs and their attornies.
The kind of "help" you imagine you are giving is left for those who can go after the private businesses and the well-insured, and you know that no matter how bad a job you do, you won't have to make the defendant "whole" again.
I can sue you for that remark!
So, what you’re sayin’ is, he should have kept is genes in his jeans?
I know!! But it really does get laughable what people can sue and win on.
That doesn’t make it right or ethical.
No their holding the Dr. responsible for giving an opinion. What they’re really doing is trying to get some money because they had afflicted children.
So we are in agreement!
No! I don’t think they have any cause for recovery, I think they’re just throwing the suit out there hoping that the insurance co. will give them a settlement.
How is that relevant to this lawsuit? The couple did not abort any children.
The story said, if they had known they would have aborted the child.Does not that make it relevant??
So if abortion where a crime in the eyes of the law, as it is in the EYES OF GOD....there argument could not have been used in this case. Seems clear to me.
If Bork(sp) had made it on to the court, the case would be mute. You could not have argued that you would have murdered your child.
I rest my case.
IMO, this is the legacy of the drug culture.
Use all that crap- damage you own system and create monsters.
THEN you sue the doctor and the hospital.
Funny, the population didn’t have near this high a percentage of troubled kids before the drug culture of the 60’s.
Someday the researchers are going to prove my theory.
“I rest my case.”
What case? There was no abortion. Your argument is about something that did not happen. The lawsuit is about something that did happen.
It's ridiculous to think that any human being can function throughout a whole career without errors. With a system like you suggest, they could "come in from the cold" and deal with problems.
Yes human beings are going to sadly make mistakes. Efforts can be made to minimize it, but jackpot lawsuits doesn't appear to help. Europe doesn't seem to have more accidents then America. And thats the word that should be used accidents.
Thanks for agreeing with my idea and thinking it could work. And thanks for the name of it which I hadn't put together 'no fault'. Thats what I'm going to call it from now on when explaining to people:). The greater knowledge and improvement of healthcare is the most important factor to me above all else. And I think you need an expert panel of highly educated medical degree holders to achieve that. And we don't have to reinvent the wheel, I'd just look at what say France did for that and set it up here.
Every day, every administrator and technician and janitor of a hospital is thinking in terms of protecting themselves from lawyers. It's not just defensive medicine and ordering too many tests, every darn decision is made first "of the lawyers, by the lawyers, and for the lawyers." New policies, protocols, equipment, supplies...the "lawyer tax" on time and effort is gargantuan. Do we buy this new machine? The old one is still very good. But if we fail to buy the new and brighter version, will we be in "bad faith" and not in "standard of care" and will there be a paper trail that will make us look bad in court? Every memo must be parsed, because it's evidence...
The "no fault" idea has been batted around--I like it because it would bring technicians "in from the cold" and provide some safe harbor for improving patient care while addressing adverse outcomes.
Far more often, they get sued for what they do intentionally rather than negligently. I'm curious...does lawyer liability insurance pay for intentional torts? Most liability insurance for everyone else specifically excludes intentional torts.
BTW, I'm reading in the recruitment literature that Texas is way up in getting doctors to come from other states to practice there, ever since the tort reform measure passed. You may not be aware that Texas has great and expensive (to Texas taxpayers) medical schools, but lots of the docs leave and have left the state because of the adverse legal climate. Now they are returning--and some of the very much needed specialty surgeons at that--
The promised "doctor glut" of the Hillary years never emerged. Hospitals are suffering a shortage of general and specialty surgeons, particularly trauma surgeons. Enormous cities are doing without high-level trauma care, particularly in Florida. Drive very carefully when you vacation in Orlando.
Looks like the "little guy" is going to enjoy increased availability of physicians and there will be downward pressure on physician services costs (a tiny part of medical costs, BTW) in the state of Texas.
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