Comments on: Medical Justice in the WSJ http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html medical blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:35:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mosaic http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77678 mosaic Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77678 Again, is this case apocryphal? It sounds made up. Again, is this case apocryphal? It sounds made up.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77669 Anonymous Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77669 Can anyone post a link to the full article? Or all you all WSJOnline subscribers? Can anyone post a link to the full article? Or all you all WSJOnline subscribers?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77654 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77654 LOLOL<br/><br/>You're right: I DO beat my wife! LOLOL

You’re right: I DO beat my wife!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77652 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77652 <i>Nowhere was it claimed that lawyers only take on cases that have merit.</i><br/><br/>Alright, you win.<br/><br/>Lawyers <b>do</b> take on cases that have no merit. Nowhere was it claimed that lawyers only take on cases that have merit.

Alright, you win.

Lawyers do take on cases that have no merit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77649 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77649 The economics for trying to hit the jackpot in med mal just don't work. <br/><br/><br/>I guess it didn't for this shyster, the cuckold and his meretricious wife.<br/><br/>I eagerly await the state trial bar to mercilessly "police its own." The economics for trying to hit the jackpot in med mal just don’t work.

I guess it didn’t for this shyster, the cuckold and his meretricious wife.

I eagerly await the state trial bar to mercilessly “police its own.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77648 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77648 Again, where is the quote? <br/><br/>Nowhere was it claimed that lawyers only take on cases that have merit. There are bad lawyers just like there are bad doctors.<br/><br/>Read for comprehension, Matthew. Again, where is the quote?

Nowhere was it claimed that lawyers only take on cases that have merit. There are bad lawyers just like there are bad doctors.

Read for comprehension, Matthew.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77646 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77646 Yes, you are correct. It is a misquote. Here is the actual CJD quote:<br/><br/><i>But I think the fact that you run your own show means you can appreciate why it's not in a plaintiff's lawyer's interest to take bad cases to trial. Not only does he lose his time, he loses all the costs he fronts. The average verdict is only $250,000. If it costs the defense $90K to take a case to trial (so they claim) it costs the plaintiff at least that much if not more. <br/><br/>The economics for trying to hit the jackpot in med mal just don't work.</i> <br/><br/>Link: <br/><a HREF="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/07/study-suggests-malpractice-litigation.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/07/study-suggests-malpractice-litigation.html</a> Yes, you are correct. It is a misquote. Here is the actual CJD quote:

But I think the fact that you run your own show means you can appreciate why it’s not in a plaintiff’s lawyer’s interest to take bad cases to trial. Not only does he lose his time, he loses all the costs he fronts. The average verdict is only $250,000. If it costs the defense $90K to take a case to trial (so they claim) it costs the plaintiff at least that much if not more.

The economics for trying to hit the jackpot in med mal just don’t work.

Link:
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/07/study-suggests-malpractice-litigation.html

]]> By: Matthew http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77643 Matthew Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77643 It's fun to claim you were misquoted when everything you stand for is proven wrong, isn't it?<br/><br/>That reminds me of when Charles Barkley claimed he was misquoted in his autobiography. Classic! It’s fun to claim you were misquoted when everything you stand for is proven wrong, isn’t it?

That reminds me of when Charles Barkley claimed he was misquoted in his autobiography. Classic!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77640 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77640 ""Lawyers only take on cases that have merit because the costs associated with them are so high. This is an effective filter against frivolous suits."<br/><br/>It's fun to misquote people, isn't it? “”Lawyers only take on cases that have merit because the costs associated with them are so high. This is an effective filter against frivolous suits.”

It’s fun to misquote people, isn’t it?

]]> By: Mosaic http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/medical-justice-in-wsj.html/comment-page-1#comment-77636 Mosaic Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/medical-justice-in-the-wsj.html#comment-77636 Is this lawsuit suit apocryphal? Where is the cite? Is this lawsuit suit apocryphal? Where is the cite?

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