Am I missing something on this one. The patient was within the EMT’s control, if the company feels it was their owned stretcher then bring action for subro. AMR needs to get a new spokesperson. Under what grounds could they appeal?
There’s not a lot of detail provided in the article and there could be any number of grounds for appeal of which we’ve not been made aware, but based on what was provided it certainly seems like the jury got it right. The judgement for $1.5M certainly doesn’t seem excessive, in fact it’s low for a Wrongful Death case of clear liability. The amount is likely due, at least in part, due to the woman’s age and medical condition.Life expectancy was probably lower than even the average for her age. Again, we don’t know if anyone in the product chain was brought into the case, but if it was the defendant’s argument that the gurney was faulty if all the players (and particularly the manufacturer) were still in business or had viable insurance policies it’s tough to imagine why they wouldn’t have been brought in. Given what we know, I would have been trying to settle this case early in the game. The plaintiffs might have been looking for a lot more than $1.5M though and it might not have been possible, but, again, given what little we know, I would be walking away from this verdict feeling pretty good. It seems unlikely that it will be appealed. Who would want to give a second jury a chance to come back with more $$$? A corporate defendant for PR sake has to announce they are disappointed because they “did nothing wrong,” but they (or their insurer) may have dodged a bullet here.
My dad was in a similar situation last year. My mom lives in a mobile home and the EMT’s felt they could not get the stretcher in their house? they didn’t even try and my mom’s home is a double wide the doors are big enough for them to get through. So the EMT’S decided to use my mom’s chair to get him out,there were 6 EMT’S rolling him in a chair !! and they dropped him back wards on his head,now he has a knot in the back of his head,no report was filled.My mom was told they followed protocol and did what was necessary??
Hi, am I missing something does the reporter or editor miss the point that a settlement is not a jury verdict. Can someone check the story and let us be well informed.
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Am I missing something on this one. The patient was within the EMT’s control, if the company feels it was their owned stretcher then bring action for subro. AMR needs to get a new spokesperson. Under what grounds could they appeal?
There’s not a lot of detail provided in the article and there could be any number of grounds for appeal of which we’ve not been made aware, but based on what was provided it certainly seems like the jury got it right. The judgement for $1.5M certainly doesn’t seem excessive, in fact it’s low for a Wrongful Death case of clear liability. The amount is likely due, at least in part, due to the woman’s age and medical condition.Life expectancy was probably lower than even the average for her age. Again, we don’t know if anyone in the product chain was brought into the case, but if it was the defendant’s argument that the gurney was faulty if all the players (and particularly the manufacturer) were still in business or had viable insurance policies it’s tough to imagine why they wouldn’t have been brought in. Given what we know, I would have been trying to settle this case early in the game. The plaintiffs might have been looking for a lot more than $1.5M though and it might not have been possible, but, again, given what little we know, I would be walking away from this verdict feeling pretty good. It seems unlikely that it will be appealed. Who would want to give a second jury a chance to come back with more $$$? A corporate defendant for PR sake has to announce they are disappointed because they “did nothing wrong,” but they (or their insurer) may have dodged a bullet here.
My dad was in a similar situation last year. My mom lives in a mobile home and the EMT’s felt they could not get the stretcher in their house? they didn’t even try and my mom’s home is a double wide the doors are big enough for them to get through. So the EMT’S decided to use my mom’s chair to get him out,there were 6 EMT’S rolling him in a chair !! and they dropped him back wards on his head,now he has a knot in the back of his head,no report was filled.My mom was told they followed protocol and did what was necessary??
Hi, am I missing something does the reporter or editor miss the point that a settlement is not a jury verdict. Can someone check the story and let us be well informed.