Really fascinating report that reminds us doctors do, in fact, make mistakes and now the price of horrific errors is justifiably higher.
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Kansas Patients Can Now Win Big in Doctor Malpractice Suits
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Brenda Lundeen went in for routine surgery to relieve heavy periods. What the Overland Park mom and grade school teacher got was a nightmare, as a medical mistake caused 194-degree water to pour through a hole in her uterus and scald her insides.
It is the lawyers (plaintiff and defense) and insurance agent full employment act.
ReplyDeletePlaintiff attorneys were just avoiding complex med-mal cases in KS because of the caps. Is it really worth a measly 40% of $500k to take on a contingency case? Since these cases don't go to trial and involve minimal discovery and several settlement conferences - it's telling that $300k isn't enough $$$ for minimal work. They want the big paychecks. They want Jackson County, MO $$$. Never mind that these costs are passed along to the consumer and everyone else pays for it...
ReplyDelete1.First, select a good lawyer.
ReplyDelete2.The only good attorney is a winning attorney.
^See. I didn't say anything about shooting anyone. And, didn't denigrate jurists.