Posted on 01/03/2003 5:57:11 AM PST by NautiNurse
I suppose the trial lawyers are revved up to pad their wallets with more lawsuits for "patient abandonment." I don't expect the trial lawyers will cough up stats for increases in their coffers for the past ten or twenty years.
Agreed!
addendum: after the word "Lawyers" add..... wives, children, (natural, adopted, step,illegitimate), mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, legal aids, paralegals, legal secretaries, legal researchers, legal office custodians and others who benefit from the harassment and destruction of the medical profession by the legal profession.
I would love to know how often it is already happening.
Added note--the state rep identified in the article, lawyer Bill Galvano, and I had a chat just before the election in November. I made it clear to him that I did not vote for him in the primary. He replied (while wearing his pinstripe suit) that I must be in the health care profession. He caught up with me again later to tell me he was endorsed by various health care orgs in the state.
Looks like it's time for me to chat with him again.
Actually it's the lawyers who benefit from the harrasment initiated by the . wives, children, (natural, adopted, step,illegitimate), mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, etc. These people initiate the actions, the lawyers just represent them. You don't think that the lawyers are representing themselves in the suits do you? Place the blame where it belongs. Not on lawyers in malpractice suits, not on guns in murders. The law is a weapon the same as a gun. It's the person using it (plaintiff) that is responsible for it's use. The lawyer is just a part of the weapon.
But, how frequent were the claims against him? My general business liability (equivalent of malpracitce) premium is dependant more on the frequency of claims than the amount of a claim. Same way with my auto insurance. Or so my agents say.
From another artice in the Bradenton Herald: In all of his years of practice, he has never been sued, Palomino said.
A check of Florida health statistics shows he has a clean record with no complaints or judgments of more than $5,000 against him.
Balderdash!!
Of course they are representing themselves. They don't give a damn about the plaintiffs, they care only about the case.
If you're stating your personal opinion indicate it as such. Since you haen't done this I assume that you are claiming a fact. Care to validate your fact?
I don't know about what goes on in your world, but in mine Guns don't place millions of dollars in ads looking for "Malpractice suits", nor do they actively look under every rock for someone who might murder another. You obviously have never been at the scene of many accidents or Hospital emergency rooms. If you had, you would have noticed the Lawyers scrambling to see who would be first to give the "Victim", "Perpetrator" their card first.
Nothing like seeing a Lawyer try to give someone who is obviously overwhelmed with grief, their card.My opinion >>>>>>>> Most Lawyers are the scum of the earth, even the crud I scrape off the bottom of my shoes has higher standing in my book.
I have been in several emergency rooms in Denver for hours at a time. Never once seen a lawyer present. Seen it on TV and movies a number of times though. They wouldn't misrepresent things, now would they? And as for accidents. I've rendered assistance at several bad ones (I'm about 100 yards from a really bad intersection). Never seen a lawyer present. In fact, after the paramedics and cops arrived they have asked me to move away if I Witnessed it and wait to give a statement or just leave if I didn't witness it. Even reporters are kept at bay. Anyone other than emergency personell trying to scramble over one another to get to the victims would be arrested here, lawyer or not. But, again, I've seen it in the movies and on TV. They wouldn't just make that up, now would they?
So, that's my real life experiences with emergency rooms and accidents.
What, exactly, is yours?
Check out the yellow pages in your phone book. The attorney section will have the largest, loudest, and more ads than any other category. AUTO ACCIDENTS! PERSONAL INJURY!! WORKERS' COMPENSATION!!!
74 pages for attorneys in my phone book. Almost double that of physicians, restaurants, or automobiles (from auto air conditioning to salvage).
That's called the First Ammendment. I suppose you oppose this for attorneys? Who else would restrict from their rights? Any business (Doctor, Lawyer, or you and I) have the right to advertise for customers. Customers that are related to our specialty. Would you, for instance, only allow Doctors to advertise that they are a Doctor and not allow them to advertise to their respective specialties? My local phone book has 27 pages dedicated to physicians and 25 to attorneys. About the same number of full page and flashy ads as well. Who do you want to refuse advertising to and why?
The rest of us have to actually work for a living instead of living off other people's misery. In my opinion, Attorneys like having power, it's to compensate for areas of their life that they feel inadequate in. If society as we know it came to an end tomorrow and we had to go back to using our hands to make a living, most if not all Lawyers would die off.
Ironically, doesn't that sound just like a lawyer trying to practice medicine without a medical license? I think I smell a lawsuit...
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