A $217 million (!) verdict, but of course, “This isn’t about money, this was about the quest for justice.”
Some choice quotes from the plaintiff lawyer:
Family attorney Steve Yerrid said he’ll pursue damages from the insurance company, which is now claiming in a lawsuit that it has no duty to defend Austin because the doctor breached his contract.“We’re coming after them next,” vowed Yerrid, who was part of a team of lawyers that brought Florida’s landmark suit against tobacco companies and has won numerous other multimillion dollar verdicts.
“For all those people who believe in tort reform, they better find a new day job,” Yerrid said. “We’re here to stay.”
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“Limited access….purportedly sets up a system to provide high quality care by limiting acess …of the best and brightest”
I couldn’t agree more; we are limiting access of the best and the brightest by providing other, more attractive career opportunities.
Here’s a question, doctors:
Who among you would have discharged my 18-year old son, who had a tonsillectomy, lost 1,000 cc’s of blood upon extubation, was reintubated, taken back into surgery and discharged the same day?
Oh, let’s not forget that the second surgery was omitted from the record.
Can you say “addendum” boys & girls?
But only upon return to the hospital with a full bleed?
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