Posted on 05/04/2003 12:27:40 PM PDT by gas_dr
Edited on 04/21/2004 9:00:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Was this the study was in that colorful little box in USAToday?
Well, I suppose that means when you close the hospitals there'll be a lot less malpractice. But then, what'll the poor lawyers do then? Find honest work?
The insurance is unavailable and unaffordable. We just can't afford to support our parasites in the style to which they want to become accustomed. When all is said and done, it won't matter who does the malpracticing if the system to insure against it is destroyed.
There are all kinds of destructive professionals who get a pass from liability. Judges, for one, who put the wrong person in jail or award the wrong person--they ruin lives every day, and no one sues them. Yet, the world keeps on a-turnin'.
In arguments with lawyers--they won't address this. It's as if money grows on a settlement tree and the evil hospital just stands in the way. The money comes from premiums and investments--if you don't shepherd the insurance, if you abuse it, it won't be there for you (or that person, um, oh yeah...your client).
It's always cute to watch a profession dominated by incompetents and knaves climb up on a high horse to criticize docs and hospitals...And the focus is always on the docs, when it's also the hospitals that are sagging under the direct and indirect costs of litigiousness.
It'd be interesting for USAtoday to have a study, and ask the question--Does your lawyer return your calls after he banks your retainer check? Maybe the ABA would be so kind...
Let's sue the judge.
PS--like I said, the world just keeps on a-turnin'--but at least he can still get to the ER if he gets in an accident after being turned loose...
Excuse me? During my first 15 years of practice, I regularly worked 80 hours a week spread over seven days, never came close to using my allotted vacation time, and spend far too many nights in airports and hotels rather than home with my young children and wife (now ex-wife). And while doctor's typically have 7 years of formal training after college to a lawyer's three years, the first four to five years of practice as a lawyer is learning the most basic skills that the average "Law and Order" or "LA Law" fan takes for granted.
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