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Doctor's Advocate Takes "Free Swings" At Malpractice Crisis
Category: In Your Face
At Doctor's Advocate, a website created to peddle legal services to the medical profession under the banner of the malpractice crisis, the three culprits responsible for the crisis are identified.
The crisis stems from:*Trial lawyers who are paid on a contingency basis and, due to the nature of many legal systems, are allowed to take "free swings" at physicians in the courtroom. There is no disincentive and nothing to lose by suing a doctor.
*Insurance companies that are forced to settle in court to keep from paying outrageous legal fees. But settling on a doctor's behalf is an indirect "admission of guilt" by the physician. Not only does this trend drive up insurance premiums, but it affects the physician for the rest of his or her career.*Physicians who betray their colleagues by serving as "hired gun" medical experts and testify against their fellow doctors
Not even one footnote about medical errors is included.
Is it remotely possible that many insurance companies settle malpractice claims because they determine that a jury will properly decide there was a breach of the standard of care?
When did it become more important for physicians not to testify against their fellow doctors than to provide honest testimony that a breach of the standard of care has occurred?
Should trial lawyers be required to ignore breaches of the standard of care that result in serious injury?
By the way, anyone who says trial lawyers are allowed to take "free swings" at physicians in the courtroom is, how shall I put this, trying to drum up business.
Doctor's Advocate knows better. But, "free swings" sells.
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