He tried to hang himself and had a change of heart. Unfortunately he slipped, fell, and became quadriplegic.
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Sad case obviously
But just another example of how someones problems/bad decisions” etc are always SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT!! If everysuicide was a doctor or hospitals fault, they’d never let a depressed person out of the hospital. Can you imagine??
Why don’t you tell the rest of the story. This loser not only had his case thrown out, but he has to pay the legal costs for the defense! Why doesn’t this happen in the US (this took place in Australia):
“Mr Walker sued the Sydney West Health Service for negligence, claiming not enough was done to care for him prior to the accident.
He claimed the hospital should have prescribed him anti-depressant or anti-psychotic medication, counselled him and detained him as an involuntary patient for at least two weeks for assessment.
But NSW Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Simpson today dismissed Mr Walker’s negligence lawsuit, ruling that Sydney West Area Health Service staff had not failed to act “in a manner that … was widely accepted in Australia by peer professional opinion as competent professional practice”.
Justice Simpson found hospital doctors had assessed Mr Walker and decided not to give him anti-depressants because he refused to give up drinking alcohol, which could cause a reaction with the medication.
She also found the health service conducted home visits after his discharge, during which he reported feeling better.
Justice Simpson ordered Mr Walker to pay the health service’s legal costs.”
The title is wrong. He wasn’t a “victim” of a failed suicide but rather fell out of the tree while climbing down after changing his mind. He was a victim of the simple fact that climbing up is easier than climbing down.
In any common law country, anyone can sue for almost anything–what they apparently have right in Australia is that at least in this case, the target of the suit is to be made whole by having the loser pay.
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