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How is legislators weighing the value of P&S different than juries? Please explain why one is preferable to the other.
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
James Cool | August 12, 2009 3:00 PMVoices
Ike: As with Jim, I agree with some of what you say. I don't doubt that there are instances where juries reward plaintiffs because the doctor is "rich" and the plaintiff is "poor". And, I argued t...
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
Mark Bello | August 12, 2009 2:29 PMVoices
As an attorney that protects doctors from the bottomless appetite of the litigation system I will have to agree with Jim as to the yardstick used today, which is based on collectibility as much or mo...
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
IKE DEVJI, J.D. | August 12, 2009 2:14 PMVoices
It’s not just the hospitals that are liable should a patient contract hospital MRSA infections. It’s the doctors! Doctors do not wash their hands. The chances are only 50-50 that the doctor treating ...
Medical Errors Claim 200,000 Lives Each Year
Sharon McEachern | August 12, 2009 2:12 PMHouston, TX
Jim: Obviously, we will not agree on this; we come from opposite experiences and have deeply held convictions about the issues. I simply suggest that juries decide cases on the facts and the law, a...
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
Mark Bello | August 12, 2009 12:11 PMVoices
Dear Mark- Thanks for your reply. I believe that you have decided that the appropriate ruler for pain and suffering is: the emotions of a jury. What ruler do they use? anything objective? Let us ar...
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
jim O'Hare | August 12, 2009 12:00 PMVoices
Jim: In some respects, you are correct. Policy limits act as a "reasonable cap", in some instances, to malpractice claim. However, the doctor usually is someone of considerable means, so he has a ...
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
Mark Bello | August 12, 2009 11:29 AMVoices
Why not just do away with policy limits of the physician's policy? Leave it open to compensate without end. Would that work for you? Money is objective and pain is subjective, therefore not su...
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
Jim O'Hare VP med mal claims | August 12, 2009 10:33 AMVoices
The need to take care of the patents and report it when they don't . Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
Dead By Mistake: Must Read For All Consumers.
Mike Bryant | August 12, 2009 12:11 AMSt. Cloud, MN
You are nailing home, the point all the frivolous talk of tort reform is truly to limit and to eliminate their liability for problems they cause.
Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Unconstitutional?
Mike Bryant | August 11, 2009 11:45 PMVoices

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