An Erb Palsy case nets $2.7 million

“She said the family also was upset that Anastasi at no time acknowledged doing anything wrong during the delivery.
“This family felt like nobody was taking responsibility for this,” Nastri said. “

It’s like plea bargaining in criminal trials, except with no incentive for the doc to plead guilty. The implicit message from these folk is that they would not have sued if only an admission of guilt had been made. I find their suggestion improbable that they would have not pursued legal action in that case.

“The implicit message from these folk is that they would not have sued if only an admission of guilt had been made. I find their suggestion improbable that they would have not pursued legal action in that case.”

Then you are ignoring the statistical evidence that supports that exact claim. You can’t just clam up and expect people to go away as if it never happened.

http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=111458

CJD, you are talking about something entirely different. These parents were upset, per their attorney, because the doctors wouldn’t admit they were wrong or take responsibility for the disability.

Your link talks about the failure of doctors in responding to patient questions and explaining what has happened.

There is a HUGE difference between explaining what has happened to a patient and making an admission of guilt. I would think, as an attorney, you would recognize this.

Well, I can give credit where it is due for admitting you’re wrong. Thanks.

Or if he or his insurer had simply agreed to settle for policy limits. Looks like he has a bad faith claim against the insurer if it wasn’t his decision to rejet the settlement.