I'm amazed that there is still someone in this country who is ignorant of the fact that lawsuits are one of the largest areas of expense for most hospitals in the US. The costs of liability and defensive medicine now represent 10% of health care spending. Of course lawsuits are treated seriously. To spout off on a public forum that hospital administrations are unconcerned with lawsuits is foolishly presumptuous and absurdly ignorant.
I hate to break this to you guys, but an incident like this would be handed down to junior members of the legal team to settle or litigate.
Had you read the original question (and I doubt that someone so certain in their errors would) you would already know that a negotiated non-monetary settlement is what the victim in this case is trying to obtain. The victim wants to make sure that this horrible procedural error never happens to anyone else. It's a noble cause and worthy of our reasoned consideration and thoughtful assistance.
I'll also add that I think it is sad and quite telling that a poster would strike out so vehemently (and so erroneously) at those offering assistance to the sorrowful. Such an abject lack of empathy reveals a great deal about that poster. I don't know what you have done, but I hope you can find forgiveness.
I know now, and have known far too many people in hospital administration, and the medical field in general to believe otherwise. You may continue in your fairy tale belief that the threat of a lawsuit causes panic in administration, but that just makes you the one who is absurdly ignorant.
I don't know what you have done, but I hope you can find forgiveness.
Spare me the amateur psychology.