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To: Road Walker who wrote (504282)	8/12/2009 8:58:10 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578145

"Sorry man. If a doctor cuts off the wrong leg in Florida you have little recourse. Yeah if it's really stupid you might get $150K after legal fees because the insurance company doesn't want the publicity, but that's about it. If a Doc does something really stupid and kills your kid... ~$150K. " Wow! I thought Texas was bad with it's $250k cap! I think when it's something that will affect you for the rest of your life, they should pay for the rest of your life. Not a fortune, but something.

To: Road Walker who wrote (504282)	8/13/2009 12:34:26 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578145

Tort law is canceled for medicine. Because congress is already in the pocket of big pharma.

To: Road Walker who wrote (504282)	8/13/2009 9:23:14 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578145

Sorry man. If a doctor cuts off the wrong leg in Florida you have little recourse. Economic damages -- i.e., the damages for lost earnings, etc., are not capped. It is the "pain and suffering" award that is capped. So, your statement is really misleading. Not just a little misleading, but it is an Obama lie (that is a lie DESIGNED to mislead). The 150K cap applies to pain and suffering awards for emergency room cases -- where they're desperately trying to save a life and they're not very likely to cut off the wrong leg and things may be happening quickly. For a normal surgery, if the wrong leg is amputated, pain and suffering awards can be 500K or even 1.5M depending on who was at fault. But the economic damages -- unlimited. This is fair. Pain and suffering awards have always been the big ripoff because this is where attorneys earn their money, and generate HUGE awards that require no justification whatsoever. Over time, this will control the practice of defensive medicine but you can't expect physicians to change their entire thought processes overnight. Already, we're talking about massive savings and they will get larger.