Yes, sue the stellar, worl-reknowned medical center that you were fortunate enough to get your loved one into; ruin the trials of the cutting edge treatment your loved one was fortunate enough to receive. Please do take out your unhappiness on the people who devote their lives to saving people. It’s not about the money? Will we see the family donate that money to the American Cancer Society?
I mention the experimental tx because the article does. And when decisions are being made where to make charitable donations, whether the trials are successful, and who to allow into the trials, bad publicity and massive payouts could negatively affect things for everyone else. People see articles like this in their local paper and it reflects negatively on the institute and possibly the trials. It’s human nature to overlook the details and make incorrect connections as I presume you thought I did.
Well put SMH. She would have to approve the experimental drug and she must have been pretty desperate. This doesn’t sound like a missed diagnosis, just one of the realities of life that people can’t seem to cope with. There are no guarantees with medical treatments. The professionals do the best they can. Sometimes there’s a bad outcome it’s nobody’s fault. Our legal system is badly flawed. These people neither need nor deserve to be unjustly enriched.
It doesnt say it in this article, but I live in the area and saw the story on the news this morning.
The patient agreed to the experimental treatment. But the family sued because they alleged that the patient had adverse reactions to the treatment which included severe diarrea. This led to serious dehydration and the patients eventual death. The family was not sueing because she died, but because she became sicker and the doctors did not do enough once they noticed her adverse reaction.
That being said, I agree with most of you. If you are desperate enough to accept a trial treatment method, then you are in a bad place to start. The patient MUST have been aware that there were risks involved and she accepted those risks.
These sharks not only follow the ambulance but have sattelite offices in the hospitals themeselves. I know someone who sued a hospital and know full well that it was the attorney who kept the lawsuit alive for 6 years, knowing that he never wanted to go to trial just kept up the pressure for a bigger settlement, to enrich himself. If insuracne is not intended to enrich the claimant, then that should extend to plaintiff’s attorney. Some way to make a living, not all are compassionate when there is a moral hazard to help himself.
There are no guarantees in this world – especially if you suffer from a severe health issue – How long would she have survived had she not been on this treatment? What are the “side-effects” of the drug – many include gastro interruptions – She was lucky to have been accepted into a drug trial – I’m sure without it she would have suffered the same fate. Another example of non-dependent ambulance chasers suing for monetary compensation when things don’t go their way – Shame on them
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Yes, sue the stellar, worl-reknowned medical center that you were fortunate enough to get your loved one into; ruin the trials of the cutting edge treatment your loved one was fortunate enough to receive. Please do take out your unhappiness on the people who devote their lives to saving people. It’s not about the money? Will we see the family donate that money to the American Cancer Society?
What does experimental treatment have to do with this? It seems the award was for missed diagnosis.
I mention the experimental tx because the article does. And when decisions are being made where to make charitable donations, whether the trials are successful, and who to allow into the trials, bad publicity and massive payouts could negatively affect things for everyone else. People see articles like this in their local paper and it reflects negatively on the institute and possibly the trials. It’s human nature to overlook the details and make incorrect connections as I presume you thought I did.
Well put SMH. She would have to approve the experimental drug and she must have been pretty desperate. This doesn’t sound like a missed diagnosis, just one of the realities of life that people can’t seem to cope with. There are no guarantees with medical treatments. The professionals do the best they can. Sometimes there’s a bad outcome it’s nobody’s fault. Our legal system is badly flawed. These people neither need nor deserve to be unjustly enriched.
Couldn’t this 13 million be better used for further cancer research?
It doesnt say it in this article, but I live in the area and saw the story on the news this morning.
The patient agreed to the experimental treatment. But the family sued because they alleged that the patient had adverse reactions to the treatment which included severe diarrea. This led to serious dehydration and the patients eventual death. The family was not sueing because she died, but because she became sicker and the doctors did not do enough once they noticed her adverse reaction.
That being said, I agree with most of you. If you are desperate enough to accept a trial treatment method, then you are in a bad place to start. The patient MUST have been aware that there were risks involved and she accepted those risks.
These sharks not only follow the ambulance but have sattelite offices in the hospitals themeselves. I know someone who sued a hospital and know full well that it was the attorney who kept the lawsuit alive for 6 years, knowing that he never wanted to go to trial just kept up the pressure for a bigger settlement, to enrich himself. If insuracne is not intended to enrich the claimant, then that should extend to plaintiff’s attorney. Some way to make a living, not all are compassionate when there is a moral hazard to help himself.
There are no guarantees in this world – especially if you suffer from a severe health issue – How long would she have survived had she not been on this treatment? What are the “side-effects” of the drug – many include gastro interruptions – She was lucky to have been accepted into a drug trial – I’m sure without it she would have suffered the same fate. Another example of non-dependent ambulance chasers suing for monetary compensation when things don’t go their way – Shame on them
What a bunch of money grubbing pigs.
does this make you feel better about yourself now that you said that to a grieving family?
I wonder how much the family really received?? In today’s world the attorney probably receive 10 million and the family the rest.