Comments on: Suing your doctor http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/suing-your-doctor.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Supremacy Claus http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/suing-your-doctor.html/comment-page-1#comment-79358 Supremacy Claus Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/suing-your-doctor.html#comment-79358 My plaintiff lawyer sure took it personally when I counter-sued. He freaked. He left the state, and medmal entirely. I put this imprudent tort-feasor through the mill for two years, for about $10K, a bargain, until his biased lawyer pal on bench saved his rear end. <br/><br/>For five years after, lawyers at depositions would greet me with, "I can't believe you sued a lawyer." <br/><br/>I have a policy. I will always sue a lawyer if sued. If I lose, it will be my defense attorney. I announce this policy right after the first hand shake with the defense attorney. In a letter to plaintiff attorney, if I win, I take a blood oath. I will sue the plaintiff and the plaintiff lawyer. Always. <br/><br/>The vast majority of medmal claims are weak. Every doc has an affirmative duty to defend clinical care. Put away $10K. Then spend it on suing the land pirates seeking to plunder clinical care. To deter. My plaintiff lawyer sure took it personally when I counter-sued. He freaked. He left the state, and medmal entirely. I put this imprudent tort-feasor through the mill for two years, for about $10K, a bargain, until his biased lawyer pal on bench saved his rear end.

For five years after, lawyers at depositions would greet me with, “I can’t believe you sued a lawyer.”

I have a policy. I will always sue a lawyer if sued. If I lose, it will be my defense attorney. I announce this policy right after the first hand shake with the defense attorney. In a letter to plaintiff attorney, if I win, I take a blood oath. I will sue the plaintiff and the plaintiff lawyer. Always.

The vast majority of medmal claims are weak. Every doc has an affirmative duty to defend clinical care. Put away $10K. Then spend it on suing the land pirates seeking to plunder clinical care. To deter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/suing-your-doctor.html/comment-page-1#comment-79285 Anonymous Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/suing-your-doctor.html#comment-79285 When has a lawyer ever claimed that physicians don't take it personally?<br/><br/>Every lawyer knows they're suing the individual and they will take it personally. Nor does every case accuse a physician of malfeasance. Or any case for that matter. <br/><br/>Oddly though, doctors take the lawyers' actions more personally than the person who actually is filing suit. When has a lawyer ever claimed that physicians don’t take it personally?

Every lawyer knows they’re suing the individual and they will take it personally. Nor does every case accuse a physician of malfeasance. Or any case for that matter.

Oddly though, doctors take the lawyers’ actions more personally than the person who actually is filing suit.

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