Re: Patient Arbitration Pacts Are Alarming Attorneys
From: Joe (forcep@intercom.net)
Sun Mar 30 07:29:07 2008
Ron: I think we all might like to look at the copy. Thanks. Joe C
ainsron wrote:
> I’ll send a copy off list.
>
> Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG
>
> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Lynn
> Montgomery
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 6:45 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> Subject: Re: Patient Arbitration Pacts Are Alarming Attorneys
>
> Does anybody know how to obtain a copy of one of these ageements?
> Lynn
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net <ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net>
> Sent: Fri Mar 28 17:05:50 2008
> Subject: RE: Patient Arbitration Pacts Are Alarming Attorneys
>
> Malpractice attorneys should probably all be replaced by arbitrators. The
> practice of medicine would be greatly improved if they did.
>
> Charles Bloom, MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Dean
> Huffman .
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 6:56 PM
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> ,
>
> Patient Arbitration Pacts Are Alarming Attorneys
>
> The National Law Journal
>
> Binding arbitration agreements between doctors and patients -- in which
> patients
> waive their right to a jury trial -- are becoming more common, a trend that
> could put patients at a disadvantage if medical malpractice disputes
> surface,
> attorneys warn. A growing number of physicians, nursing homes and health
> care
> institutions are asking consumers to sign these agreements before offering
> services, says Stuart Ratzan of Miami's Ratzan & Rubio.
>
> http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206614812624
>
