Facts?
1) No one knew she had cancer until days after the surgery.
2) When they let Liew know about the cancer he agreed to keep the kidney.
3) He took the risk.
4) His wife had no say in his decision to keep the kidney so how can she sue a doctor for her husband’s decision.
5) Would she sue the DMV that gave her husband his license if a year later he was killed in a car accident? No she wouldn’t because the DMV didn’t know he would get in an accident. Same thing here. They didn’t know she had cancer until later. How can you sue for that? I hope they throw it out unless something wasn’t posted in this story that would make me think otherwise.
I agree 100 % with your logic & reasoning. And as a transplant recipient myself I disagree with the merits of his widow’s claim on an emotional level. I knew the inherent risks before I had the procedure. If my new kidney was a ticking uterine cancer bomb and I only had an additional seven months to live post transplant – those are seven months I would not have had without the transplant and I would have been estatic and thankful to live each one of them.
It is unfortunate and sad – but there are no guarantees in life. Period.
The article statea that it is believed that 1% of all cases result in a possible illness from the transplanted organ, but in the very next paragraph provide statistics from 2007 that suggest it is less than one tenth of 1 percent (23 out of 28000).
Very odd.
Congratulations “new kidney” on your successful surgery.
I found the article quite interesting as I write an excess policy on a donor organization in the southern US.
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Facts?
1) No one knew she had cancer until days after the surgery.
2) When they let Liew know about the cancer he agreed to keep the kidney.
3) He took the risk.
4) His wife had no say in his decision to keep the kidney so how can she sue a doctor for her husband’s decision.
5) Would she sue the DMV that gave her husband his license if a year later he was killed in a car accident? No she wouldn’t because the DMV didn’t know he would get in an accident. Same thing here. They didn’t know she had cancer until later. How can you sue for that? I hope they throw it out unless something wasn’t posted in this story that would make me think otherwise.
I agree 100 % with your logic & reasoning. And as a transplant recipient myself I disagree with the merits of his widow’s claim on an emotional level. I knew the inherent risks before I had the procedure. If my new kidney was a ticking uterine cancer bomb and I only had an additional seven months to live post transplant – those are seven months I would not have had without the transplant and I would have been estatic and thankful to live each one of them.
It is unfortunate and sad – but there are no guarantees in life. Period.
I also agree, but just wanted to say Congratulations to New Kidney.
The article statea that it is believed that 1% of all cases result in a possible illness from the transplanted organ, but in the very next paragraph provide statistics from 2007 that suggest it is less than one tenth of 1 percent (23 out of 28000).
Very odd.
Congratulations “new kidney” on your successful surgery.
I found the article quite interesting as I write an excess policy on a donor organization in the southern US.