Wisconsin Woman’s Estate Wins Legal Victory in Med Mal Case

April 24, 2008

  • April 24, 2008 at 7:53 am
    Hopeful says:
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    I hope they lose.

  • April 24, 2008 at 2:16 am
    Dread says:
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    There is something perversely flawed with a legal system that allows friends and relatives to profit from the alleged pain and suffering of a person now deceased. The only ones who can legitimately benefit from compensation for p&s is the person who suffered it. This ruling sucks.

  • April 24, 2008 at 4:50 am
    lawyer says:
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    Those who harm the innocent need to be punished and taught a lesson therein protecting those who have future dealings with the offending party.

  • April 25, 2008 at 8:57 am
    Dread says:
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    Spoken like a lawyer. While I don’t disagree with the concept of punishment for someone who harms another through negligence as opposed to an honest mistake, I think you’re being pollyanish to think anybody was punished here. The insurance companies make the payments, not the doctors or the hospital. Nobody got punished. Your self-righteous attorney brothers are always there to smell a dollar and attack medical professionals everytime there’s a bad outcome. When you present in a hospital nobody hands out 100% guarantees anymore than an attorney would guarantee the outcome of a trial. It isn’t that simple.

    In this case, the family wasted no time filing suit in 2003 against 5 doctors, 2 hospitals, and the State Health Fund. Now some “expert witnesses” hired by the plaintiffs argue the decedant “may have” been able to experience pain while in a vegetative state. Then the court in it’s infinite wisdom, opens the door to further exaggerate the complaint. The decedant isn’t going to Disneyworld on that money. The families will surely enjoy spending it. It this weren’t about money, they’d donate it to some charity.

    p.s. Thanks Hopeful

  • April 25, 2008 at 9:08 am
    Frank says:
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    While we’re on the subject, let’s talk about curbing the abuse and prostitution of our legal system by personal injury attorneys. These people derive their income (substantial ones at that) by preying on the misfortune of others. They search for accidents or mistakes then do all they can to captitalize on them under the montra of “compensation for the injured”. Then, they rake in their substantial “contingency fee”. There’s a built-in conflict here. The worse the attorney can make the injury/situation appear, the higher the value of the claim, AND, the higher the contingency fee. These people are nothing more than commission salesmen with a law degree. They contribute NOTHING to society in terms of improving situations or preventing injuries. They’re content to work the system and suck dollars out of those who step up to the plate and take risks……..like doctors.

  • April 25, 2008 at 10:01 am
    lawyer says:
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    You boys are really quite vicious and unrealistic. One has but to look at the scholastic training of most Government beauracrats and State and Federal Legislators to reach the conclussion that but for the legal profession this country would not be able to function at any level and those that suffer harm at the hands of the infamous tortfeasor would be sol. Lets get real and give credit where credit is due.

  • April 25, 2008 at 10:15 am
    Ann says:
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    All hail the attorneys, they will save us from themselves. It does have the appearance of an incestuous circle: where were most politicians, legislators, and judges educated? Try law school.

  • April 25, 2008 at 11:24 am
    lastbat says:
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    I would love to live life free of pain. Who do I sue for the pain I’ve suffered in my life? Had they hopped the woman up so she could never feel any pain the family and friends would have sued because the woman was kept high and in a vegetative state on purpose. Face it, these people would have sued for anything.

  • April 25, 2008 at 12:09 pm
    Get real? says:
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    Lawyer, have you really stepped back & taken a look at the shape this country is in because of your admired legislators and attorneys? The credit belongs to the people who actually work to an ameniable solution without clogging the courts with this kind of foolishness. Seems to me most of us function just fine without attorneys.

  • April 28, 2008 at 3:53 am
    Lawyer too says:
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    Yes! We should get rid of these leech lawyers who work for members of the community instead of corporations and insurance companies. In fact, the honor system is ten times better, why should we have any investigation into medical mistakes resulting in the death of a human being. We should trust what the insurance companies and hospital say regarding those types of mistakes. And these contingency fees, that allow poor people to sue, what’s up with that? What an awful system, I mean a way to let lawyers take on poor clients (albeit an extremely risky way that could potentially bankrupt the most well-intentioned lawyer). We should do away with it and not let poor people have any access to legal recourse. And what’s with those lawyers who actually take on this huge risk and help poor clients? That’s unacceptable, those guys need to fall in line and become a member of the many highly paid teams of lawyers who advise and represent insurance companies. What a ridiculous system, definitely skewed in favor those who are suing, something needs to be done to protect those poor insurance companies and hospitals.



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