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Re: Tort Reform From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Tue Aug 10 18:02:20 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: OB: Polyhydramnios case" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: GYN: IUD removal" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Tort Reform" "How about a nice game of chess?" - IMHO - this problem is far more complicated than chess!! - one winner-looser or draw - in this one (malpractice litigation)) there are many winners... At Tue, 10 Aug 2004, art fougner, md wrote: > >"Interesting game ... the only way to win is not to play." > >WOPR, "War Games" > >At Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Efrain Ramirez wrote: >> >>And another MD will testify on your behalf - earning some more money -- >>everybody wins - no way this business will disappear - ever -- why not a >>cap on EVERYONE? >> >>> At Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Armando Fuentes wrote: >>> >>>I am somewhat saddened and amused about all of the discussion on tort reform >>>from a national and state level. I have been very active in Florida on tort >>>reform and several weeks ago I had a very interesting discussion with a >>>legislative aide. He outlined the problem very succinctly. >>>The problem are the physicians themselves!!!! >>>Trial attorneys cannot win cases on their own, they rely on medical experts. >>>We physicians will testify against another physician for a price. >>>We advertise on their legal journals! >>> >>>Physicians make a great living on expert testimony and reviwing charts! >>> >>>Rarely will you EVER find an attorney to testify against another attorney. >>> >>>His solution was not to place a cap on non economic damages, place a cap on >>>how much an expert can make from a medical malpractice case. If we placed a >>>cap of $300 of expert testimony, you will see a SIGNIFICANT drop in Med Mal >>>cases! >>> >>>What a very interesting idea......... >>> >>>-- >>>Armando Fuentes >>>Director, >>>Maternal Fetal Center >>>Winter Park, FL. >>> >>-- >>"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. >>But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." >> >>Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) >> >-- >art fougner, md >ich bin ein New Yorker > -- "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) Next message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: OB: Polyhydramnios case" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: GYN: IUD removal" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Tort Reform"

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