The physician is also going after the patient for his legal costs:
“The world doesn’t need any more lawsuits. Dr. Watkins provides excellent medical care. Why some patients sue their doctors – particularly when they’re doing fine, as in Ms. Nimmie’s case – is beyond me.”
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Behold, the countersuit.
I talked to my lawyer about this. I even contacted an attorney who does this type of thing. Impossible in Massachusetts, according to him. You have to live in a Red state, where the Politicians aren’t owned by the Lawyers.
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