With malpractice damages capped in Texas, lawyers are turning on themselves for cases:
Now that tort reform has capped certain malpractice damages against doctors, lawyers have become more enticing targets.A recent case won by Joe Jamail against John O’Quinn ““ two of the heaviest heavyweights in Texas law ““ shows how much times have changed.
The high-powered plaintiff attorneys squared off after a landmark breast implant case in which Mr. O’Quinn scored a huge bounty for his clients as well as a reported $263.4 million for himself.
Mr. Jamail sued on behalf of 3,000-plus clients over Mr. O’Quinn’s handling of expenses.
Unless Mr. O’Quinn wins an appeal, he’ll have to give back at least $35.7 million to his former clients. With interest and lawyer fees, that could reach $60 million, according to the Houston Chronicle.
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Kevin,
I’ll give you this – you don’t hesitate to stretch a point, no matter how far beyond the pale of reality.
Not sure if that’s a good thing, though. At least for your personal credibility.
“Doctors started getting sued when they stopped making house calls,” he says. “As soon as they turned medicine into a business instead of a practice of caring for patients, people started saying, ‘Screw ‘em. We can sue doctors just like we can sue anyone else.’
“Lawyers have done the same thing to the practice of law.”
So Kevin, when can we expect to see your pleas for tort “reform” for legal malpractice? Or do you only want different standards of justice for yourself?
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