[Newtoidaho]

This most likely has to do with all the unnecessary tests that doctors do, for fear of being sued for negligence (by the parents) if they don’t do them, in the very unlikely event the patient has the actual condition they are testing for.

The country’s legal system is beyond repair, just like everything else that has any connection to the government.

[little jeremiah]

The country’s legal system is beyond repair, just like everything else that has any connection to the government.

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[Drew68]

The country’s legal system is beyond repair, just like everything else that has any connection to the government.

It really is a "damned if they do, damned if they don't" situation. We can probably find stories where children were misdiagnosed as having colds when they really had meningitis and malpractice suits were filed.

And it also appears that specific Idaho State law had much to do with this verdict.