The moneys good, isn't it. Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDBA co-worker had some type of botched surgery where the doctor didn't remove all the tumors growing in his jawline and they regrew.
No. I have taken one med mal case in the past 10 years. Caps kill those cases. Money is good in other areas, most notably oil and gas litigation and patent litigation. But not med mal. You're very ill-informed. Victims with very good cases on liability can't get lawyers to touch their case in Texas because of caps. Expenses in a typical med mal case are about $150 - 250,000. You just can't handle them unless you have overwhelming economic damages. Originally Posted by TexTushHog
A co-worker had some type of botched surgery where the doctor didn't remove all the tumors growing in his jawline and they regrew.Socialize medicine. The fact that there is a cap to discourage ambulance chasers justifies it. Is Texas really saying that the most a body part is worth is a quarter million? Deep down, I don't think any person is really worth that but that's besides the point.
Several lawyers said he had a great case but they wouldn't touch it because the most he could get in Texas was $250K due to malpractice limits the state passed about 10 years ago. After expertise testimony and other costs, there wouldn't be much left. Originally Posted by gnadfly
A co-worker had some type of botched surgery where the doctor didn't remove all the tumors growing in his jawline and they regrew.same thing with a friends dad ... knee replacement, hospital related infection, 35 days later they removed his leg between the hip and knee .. Lawyers wouldn't touch it.
Several lawyers said he had a great case but they wouldn't touch it because the most he could get in Texas was $250K due to malpractice limits the state passed about 10 years ago. After expertise testimony and other costs, there wouldn't be much left. Originally Posted by gnadfly
The United States has the #1 healthcare in the world.Not that the United States doesn't have top notch Health Care, Not all areas of Medicine are superior here. President Reagan went to Germany for Cancer treatment.
When presidents of countries need major surgeries most come to the USA!
Most of these studies have signicant biases (flaws) which negate the findings.
The key is to understand how studies are made and which biases are associated with them Originally Posted by KRiggins
Really, post a link. Originally Posted by bambinoHere ya go.
No. I have taken one med mal case in the past 10 years. Caps kill those cases. Money is good in other areas, most notably oil and gas litigation and patent litigation. But not med mal. You're very ill-informed. Victims with very good cases on liability can't get lawyers to touch their case in Texas because of caps. Expenses in a typical med mal case are about $150 - 250,000. You just can't handle them unless you have overwhelming economic damages. Originally Posted by TexTushHogThe cap in Louisiana was put in place in 1972? 76? $600,000.
Is Texas really saying that the most a body part is worth is a quarter million? Deep down, I don't think any person is really worth that but that's besides the point. Originally Posted by JohnnyCap#1: The sales pitch for the Texas Constitutional amendment was that it would lower malpractice insurance premiums ... which would LOVER HEALTH CARE COSTS ... "sound familiar? ... and when it didn't after the first year the "new" sales pitch was that the carriers had to get rid of the existing malpractice suits, which would take about 5 years to "wash out" of the system, so the carriers would have to maintain and/or increase their premiums to the physicians for their malpractice insurance to cover the additional costs for the existing lawsuits that were not retro-actively covered by the constitutional amendment, which was then implemented into law ...
A co-worker had some type of botched surgery where the doctor didn't remove all the tumors growing in his jawline and they regrew.A solution for that situation is limit attorney fees recovery on medical malpractice claims like is done now in Texas with workmen's compensation claims .. and allow for an administrative decision like workmen's comp claims ... .... with judicial review,
Several lawyers said he had a great case but they wouldn't touch it because the most he could get in Texas was $250K due to malpractice limits the state passed about 10 years ago. After expertise testimony and other costs, there wouldn't be much left. Originally Posted by gnadfly
Socialize medicine. The fact that there is a cap to discourage ambulance chasers justifies it. Is Texas really saying that the most a body part is worth is a quarter million? Deep down, I don't think any person is really worth that but that's besides the point. Originally Posted by JohnnyCapThe generic term "ambulance chasers" is, IMO, not applicable to "medical malpractice."
