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Re: Malpractice solution?? From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com) Fri Sep 22 17:36:59 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: 47 xxx" Previous message: Andrew Folley: "Re: 47 xxx" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Doc kills self after verdict" Next in thread: Lynn Montgomery, MD: "Re: Doc kills self after verdict" Proposed Solution to Crisis: 30,000 obgyns paying 60,000 per year (conservative estimate) in malpractice per doctor. Total National monitary pool = $1,800,000,000 1.8 billion dollars???? (somebody check the math) I speculate that we could pay every "bad outcome" that comes along in OB or gyn including medical bill lost earnings etc and never accuse any OB gyn of malpractice and still have money left over. The downside of course is that the lawyers on both sides would have to find real jobs somehwere else. Just my thought. andrew >From: DoctorJoe@aol.com >Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> >Subject: Re: Doc kills self after verdict >Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:12:37 -0500 > >In a message dated 9/22/2006 1:08:09 P.M. Central Standard Time, >dahmd@cfl.rr.com writes: > >I would submit that most of us either have lawyers hired by our insurer >(or employer, if we work for a hospital or health care system). If we >can choose our own lawyer, how do we know which one is best? > >Exactly the problem. You're stuck with someone paid by the "company," and >their loyalty is, at best, divided. > >Choosing a good lawyer is difficult -- in each area, I guess word'o'mouth >and other such networking processes are the best way. > >You need a good DEFENSE lawyer who's good at MEDICAL cases. It might be >prudent to get a lawyer from a "big defense firm", just like your hospital >might >do. But a different firm than them. > >Joe P. > Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: 47 xxx" Previous message: Andrew Folley: "Re: 47 xxx" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Doc kills self after verdict" Next in thread: Lynn Montgomery, MD: "Re: Doc kills self after verdict"

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