Comments on: Sore loser http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: RJShttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82078 RJS Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82078 Mulvey was the plaintiff's lawyer in the trial of Flea.<br/><br/>Just a random anecdote. Mulvey was the plaintiff’s lawyer in the trial of Flea.

Just a random anecdote.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82068 Anonymous Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82068 Yeah, those shysters give the other 0.001% a bad name Yeah, those shysters give the other 0.001% a bad name

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82065 Anonymous Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:13:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82065 For shysters (not reponsible, ethical attorneys) all deaths are "malpractice." And all losses in court are "injustice."<br/><br/>Ed Sodaro MD For shysters (not reponsible, ethical attorneys) all deaths are “malpractice.” And all losses in court are “injustice.”

Ed Sodaro MD

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82064 Anonymous Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82064 Which is why the plaintiff's bar will argue against a single-payer system even moreso than physicians. It'll never happen in this country. Which is why the plaintiff’s bar will argue against a single-payer system even moreso than physicians. It’ll never happen in this country.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82063 Anonymous Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82063 Reading the original article she was a 79 year old healthy active person who was found to have fluid in the lungs i.e. heart failure. Doesn't sound so healthy to me. At least with the new single party payer system we won't have to worry about malpractice cases like these because she wouln't have gotten the cardiac cath because we won't be doing heart surgery on anyone older than (pick your number) in the first place. Reading the original article she was a 79 year old healthy active person who was found to have fluid in the lungs i.e. heart failure. Doesn’t sound so healthy to me. At least with the new single party payer system we won’t have to worry about malpractice cases like these because she wouln’t have gotten the cardiac cath because we won’t be doing heart surgery on anyone older than (pick your number) in the first place.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82056 Anonymous Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82056 so Eric, are you saying it was a failure only because plaintiff didn't win? <br/><br/>Your increased time argument doesn't wash either because if plaintiff had taken the cue from the panel they would drop the claim saving everyones time. so Eric, are you saying it was a failure only because plaintiff didn’t win?

Your increased time argument doesn’t wash either because if plaintiff had taken the cue from the panel they would drop the claim saving everyones time.

]]> By: Eric Turkewitzhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82054 Eric Turkewitz Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/sore-loser.html#comment-82054 She's right. In NY and in many other states the panels have been dumped as a failure. There are no witnesses at the panels, making it impossible for the "jurors" to decide disputed issues of fact.<br/><br/>And because of a lack of interest by doctors in participating, it adds years to litigation.<br/><br/>I wrote about this very subject two weeks ago:<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2007/11/why-medical-malpractice-panels-fail.html" REL="nofollow">Why Medical Malpractice Panels Fail</a> She’s right. In NY and in many other states the panels have been dumped as a failure. There are no witnesses at the panels, making it impossible for the “jurors” to decide disputed issues of fact.

And because of a lack of interest by doctors in participating, it adds years to litigation.

I wrote about this very subject two weeks ago:

Why Medical Malpractice Panels Fail

]]>