<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Overlawyered on the $217M misdiagnosed stroke case</title> <atom:link href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/overlawyered-on-217m-misdiagnosed.html/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/overlawyered-on-217m-misdiagnosed.html</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: CJD</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/overlawyered-on-217m-misdiagnosed.html#comment-67702</link> <dc:creator>CJD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:06:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/overlawyered-on-the-217m-misdiagnosed-stroke-case.html#comment-67702</guid> <description>Some facts in the OL story that might help us understand the award, or at least why the jury is so pissed:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;I honestly don&#039;t know whether liability is appropriate for the use of an &quot;unlicensed physician&#039;s assistant&quot; to do triage, so I&#039;ll defer to the medical experts.  Is that &quot;putting profits first&quot; or ensuring that a scarce supply of doctors are reserved for important issues? The insurance company plainly thought that this was a nuisance case. What do doctors think?&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;and&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Where was the hospital?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;and&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;[Plaintiffs&#039; attorney Steve] Yerrid told the Tampa newspaper he tried to get the insurance company to settle for the maximum allowed under the policy - $1 million for the doctor and $1 million for the physicians&#039; group. Instead, he said, the insurance company wanted to settle for $300, offering $100 for Navarro, $100 for his wife and $100 for his 10-year-old son.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some facts in the OL story that might help us understand the award, or at least why the jury is so pissed:</p><p>&#8220;I honestly don&#8217;t know whether liability is appropriate for the use of an &#8220;unlicensed physician&#8217;s assistant&#8221; to do triage, so I&#8217;ll defer to the medical experts.  Is that &#8220;putting profits first&#8221; or ensuring that a scarce supply of doctors are reserved for important issues? The insurance company plainly thought that this was a nuisance case. What do doctors think?&#8221;</p><p>and</p><p>Where was the hospital?</p><p>and</p><p>&#8220;[Plaintiffs' attorney Steve] Yerrid told the Tampa newspaper he tried to get the insurance company to settle for the maximum allowed under the policy &#8211; $1 million for the doctor and $1 million for the physicians&#8217; group. Instead, he said, the insurance company wanted to settle for $300, offering $100 for Navarro, $100 for his wife and $100 for his 10-year-old son.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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