Comments on: The woman who sued a doctor for making a difficult labor worse http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ema http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88793 ema Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88793 To <i>support the claim that he deliberately subjected her to procedures and examinations in order to increase her pain</i> wouldn't you have to show that:<br/><br/>1) <i>The suit said the doctor told Skol she would soon have the baby and that there was no time for pain medication.</i><br/><br/>He knew, in advance, the exact time of delivery for a multip in active labor.<br/><br/>2) <i>The doctor conducted a painful vaginal exam in the middle of a contraction and then told Skol to start pushing, despite not being fully dilated, according to the suit.</i><br/><br/>He reduced the fully effaced cervix over the presenting part to delay delivery, not speed it up.<br/><br/>3) <i>"Shut up, close your mouth and push,"</i><br/><br/>The aim of giving a patient pushing instructions is to increase her pain. To support the claim that he deliberately subjected her to procedures and examinations in order to increase her pain wouldn’t you have to show that:

1) The suit said the doctor told Skol she would soon have the baby and that there was no time for pain medication.

He knew, in advance, the exact time of delivery for a multip in active labor.

2) The doctor conducted a painful vaginal exam in the middle of a contraction and then told Skol to start pushing, despite not being fully dilated, according to the suit.

He reduced the fully effaced cervix over the presenting part to delay delivery, not speed it up.

3) “Shut up, close your mouth and push,”

The aim of giving a patient pushing instructions is to increase her pain.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88746 Anonymous Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88746 Venue, smenue. Every case ought to be determined on its own merits. Venue, smenue. Every case ought to be determined on its own merits.

]]> By: Supremacy.claus http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88740 Supremacy.claus Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88740 From this year's Judicial Hellhole list. <br/><br/>"Cook County, Illinois<br/>Cook County, Illinois, with its reputation for hostility toward corporate defendants, has long been known as a receptive host for lawsuits. In past years, the Chicago area experienced a surge in asbestos claims, embraced class action lawsuits and became known for excessive awards. Cook County still hosts significantly more than its proportional share of lawsuits in the state, as its courts permit "forum shopping" whereby lawyers from other parts of the state or country can bring lawsuits that have little or no connection to Cook County. It was also a Cook County court that threw out a state law aimed at solving medical liability problems that had set physicians fleeing the state. At press time, the Illinois Supreme Court was still considering the appeal." From this year’s Judicial Hellhole list.

“Cook County, Illinois
Cook County, Illinois, with its reputation for hostility toward corporate defendants, has long been known as a receptive host for lawsuits. In past years, the Chicago area experienced a surge in asbestos claims, embraced class action lawsuits and became known for excessive awards. Cook County still hosts significantly more than its proportional share of lawsuits in the state, as its courts permit “forum shopping” whereby lawyers from other parts of the state or country can bring lawsuits that have little or no connection to Cook County. It was also a Cook County court that threw out a state law aimed at solving medical liability problems that had set physicians fleeing the state. At press time, the Illinois Supreme Court was still considering the appeal.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88735 Anonymous Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88735 I note the nurses seem to have backed up the patient. <br/>They seem to be ready to corroborate her story that he wanted her taught a lesson for what he felt was a lack of courtesy to him by calling ahead. <br/><br/>Perhaps she made him cranky by interfering with his plans to go sailing that day.<br/><br/>I went to his practice web-site and, while fairly standard in format, at first glance, it's actually kind of weirdly focused on the doctor's sailing hobby instead of his practice. I detect a touch of narcisissm, your mileage may vary. I note the nurses seem to have backed up the patient.
They seem to be ready to corroborate her story that he wanted her taught a lesson for what he felt was a lack of courtesy to him by calling ahead.

Perhaps she made him cranky by interfering with his plans to go sailing that day.

I went to his practice web-site and, while fairly standard in format, at first glance, it’s actually kind of weirdly focused on the doctor’s sailing hobby instead of his practice. I detect a touch of narcisissm, your mileage may vary.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88734 Anonymous Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88734 And she is a police officer, too! It will be an interesting outcome. And she is a police officer, too! It will be an interesting outcome.

]]> By: secretwave101 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88733 secretwave101 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88733 I'm never willing to believe these claims when printed in the news. These are ONLY the complaints, made to sound as terrible as possible. The defendant may have a very different story.<br/><br/>Labor messes with perceptions. The doc definitely needs a day in court. I’m never willing to believe these claims when printed in the news. These are ONLY the complaints, made to sound as terrible as possible. The defendant may have a very different story.

Labor messes with perceptions. The doc definitely needs a day in court.

]]> By: SarahW http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88729 SarahW Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88729 She's suing him for deliberately inflicting unecessary pain. The "a-hole" behaviour listed, and any testimony or other evidence offered in proof of the behaviour, will be used to support the claim that he deliberately subjected her to procedures and examinations in order to increase her pain. She’s suing him for deliberately inflicting unecessary pain. The “a-hole” behaviour listed, and any testimony or other evidence offered in proof of the behaviour, will be used to support the claim that he deliberately subjected her to procedures and examinations in order to increase her pain.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/woman-who-sued-doctor-for-making.html/comment-page-1#comment-88727 Anonymous Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/the-woman-who-sued-a-doctor-for-making-a-difficult-labor-worse.html#comment-88727 Wow. So she is sueing him for being an a hole. I wish I could sue every a hole I meet. Only in medicine. Wow. So she is sueing him for being an a hole. I wish I could sue every a hole I meet. Only in medicine.

]]>