The ultimate sacrifice: A doctor martyrs himself in the fight against frivolous lawsuits
“Dr. Ticktin spent five years defending himself in a baseless lawsuit. Serving patients was his life. When he began to see the legal system prevent him from doing what he loved and lived for, life was no longer worth living. Dr. Ticktin took his life hoping his death would incite change in the legal system.”
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A joke right? This is a joke?
I’m a med student and as such a huge supporter of tort reform in this country but either this news story is a joke or this physician had serious problems beyond his malpractice case. I understand how devestating any lawsuit can be to a life, and how it can financially destroy someone and even their profession. In the case of many people a profession can be a life.
However, your comments on this blog seem to support the “press release” assertion that what this physician did was noble. Ridiculous. If this story is true this physician was a nutcase and with any common sense his “last wishes” will find no place in the public domain…too late.
sadly, it doesn’t seem like a joke:
http://www.nmfap.org/article.pdf
it’s sad that a physician would take his life due to a claim against him like this, but it’s even more disgusting that the organization that crafted this press release is using his death so dishonorably: they’re a physician asset protection company, and want to scare doctors into structuring their assets to protect them from a malpractice claim. What scumbags.
His estate may be entitled to money damages in a wrongful death lawsuit. The executor should contact one of the law firms advertising on TV.