This isn\’t about money. Please what a load of B.S. Civil suits are ALL about money, especially for the lawyer. The could care less about their client, they only care about their cut. It\’s funny how deep pockets have to be perfect and have a crystal ball so they should have known about the situation prior to it happening.
My aunt went repeatedly to the doctor over several weeks with stroke symptoms, that he ignored. The last conversation we had, I said, after the long weekend we\’re going into Boston and seeing someone at MGH. She didn\’t make it through the weekend. However, she was still alive when I found her. My mom, her sister, complained over several months of heart symptoms, the doctors notes dismiss her. Then she had a heart attack and was in the hospital. Still complaining of pressure while in ICU, they dismissed her for several more days. Then her heart burst. They admitted they were at fault, but said, it was so unlikely that this would happen (conveniently forgetting her complaints while in ICU). My Dad complained for 10 months, before they finally did a scan and discovered Stage 4 metasisized cancer. We NEVER SUED anyone. Now, after 3 years of complaining about some dental work – I have a bone infection. Okay, doctors aren\’t gods, but they are arrogant beyond words. What\’s the right thing to do? And how do you get the B…… to listen to you?
Are you kidding me? I think you need to re-read the atricle!! They were awrded $116,000,000 in damages, which they are going to keep!! And then $101,000,000 in \”punitive damages\”, which they are aledgedly going to donate. Give me $216,000,000 and I\’ll gladly donate less than half of it. Besides that, what did this guy do that made his life, or loss of quality of life worth over 100 million dollars?
On 10/20/05 I was also misdiagnosed by two opthamolgists in 3 days in Urgent Care as having an occular migraine and no stroke, when in fact 8 days later, being nearly blind I was fianlly diagnosed with a stroke in the vision center of my brain at a local hospital. A year later I have not recovered my full vision due to the brain damage. My doctors will not address this problem since I am functional. Even so, my life has changed forever. I have talked to many lawyers during the past year and due to the fact that I woke up blind, I was told I\’m not damaged enough nor could they pinpoint the exact time of my stroke to have a case. I was an artist, built computers, was a great office manager and had done so many things with my eyes. Now I can\’t drive at night, deal with lights (I have not opened the blinds in my home for a year), take showers in the dark, and my visual detailing is gone completely. I am not the same person I once was. I grieve over the old me being gone, but consider myself lucky to be alive and where I am today. Ironically, I have been told my new eye doctor is one of those who misdiagnosed me. I have requested someone else. It makes me angry to be told I am not damaged enough to be considered for any legal actions, but this is what I live with today. It makes me think I\’m just not important enough, or that anyone cannot make enough money to take my medical issues on. At 62, being self-supporting, I am worried about my future.
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This isn\’t about money. Please what a load of B.S. Civil suits are ALL about money, especially for the lawyer. The could care less about their client, they only care about their cut. It\’s funny how deep pockets have to be perfect and have a crystal ball so they should have known about the situation prior to it happening.
Attorney may have been looking for $, but the family is not keeping the money…it\’s not all about money, read the article!
My aunt went repeatedly to the doctor over several weeks with stroke symptoms, that he ignored. The last conversation we had, I said, after the long weekend we\’re going into Boston and seeing someone at MGH. She didn\’t make it through the weekend. However, she was still alive when I found her. My mom, her sister, complained over several months of heart symptoms, the doctors notes dismiss her. Then she had a heart attack and was in the hospital. Still complaining of pressure while in ICU, they dismissed her for several more days. Then her heart burst. They admitted they were at fault, but said, it was so unlikely that this would happen (conveniently forgetting her complaints while in ICU). My Dad complained for 10 months, before they finally did a scan and discovered Stage 4 metasisized cancer. We NEVER SUED anyone. Now, after 3 years of complaining about some dental work – I have a bone infection. Okay, doctors aren\’t gods, but they are arrogant beyond words. What\’s the right thing to do? And how do you get the B…… to listen to you?
Are you kidding me? I think you need to re-read the atricle!! They were awrded $116,000,000 in damages, which they are going to keep!! And then $101,000,000 in \”punitive damages\”, which they are aledgedly going to donate. Give me $216,000,000 and I\’ll gladly donate less than half of it. Besides that, what did this guy do that made his life, or loss of quality of life worth over 100 million dollars?
Are these reports true?
Did the patient only get to see an unlicensed PA who flunked his boards four times?
Is it true that the case could have settled within policy limits, but the insurer would only offer $300.00 total?
The verdict is high.
How can we find out if those facts are true?
http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/116004039819390.xml&coll=2
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1160039129442
On 10/20/05 I was also misdiagnosed by two opthamolgists in 3 days in Urgent Care as having an occular migraine and no stroke, when in fact 8 days later, being nearly blind I was fianlly diagnosed with a stroke in the vision center of my brain at a local hospital. A year later I have not recovered my full vision due to the brain damage. My doctors will not address this problem since I am functional. Even so, my life has changed forever. I have talked to many lawyers during the past year and due to the fact that I woke up blind, I was told I\’m not damaged enough nor could they pinpoint the exact time of my stroke to have a case. I was an artist, built computers, was a great office manager and had done so many things with my eyes. Now I can\’t drive at night, deal with lights (I have not opened the blinds in my home for a year), take showers in the dark, and my visual detailing is gone completely. I am not the same person I once was. I grieve over the old me being gone, but consider myself lucky to be alive and where I am today. Ironically, I have been told my new eye doctor is one of those who misdiagnosed me. I have requested someone else. It makes me angry to be told I am not damaged enough to be considered for any legal actions, but this is what I live with today. It makes me think I\’m just not important enough, or that anyone cannot make enough money to take my medical issues on. At 62, being self-supporting, I am worried about my future.