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Re: Example of out of control US legal system From: Pamela Hollsten (pahollsten@earthlink.net) Thu Apr 13 07:58:26 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dean Huffman .: "Re: Problem patient" Previous message: Joseph Shaeffer: "Re: GEN: Patients, do you know who your doctor is?" In reply to: D. Ashley Hill: "Example of out of control US legal system" Overlooked in cases very often is the fact that to get to a jury, there must be physician experts involved for both sides. Perhaps the real target here is not on the system itself, but on medical experts that participate in cases of questionable validity - thereby promoting/allowing these cases to go forward? Expert testimony is required for all medical malpractice cases to proceed. No expert, no case. Pam Hollsten Mailto:pahollsten@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of D. Ashley Hill Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Example of out of control US legal system >From Orlando Sentinel online, regarding a nearby suburb of Orlando. I do not know the details of this case, but $28,000,000 is a lot of money. The college and medical students I teach read these articles, so very few want to pursue ob/gyn. How can our society continue to afford to shell out such huge awards, particularly for cases like this one? SANFORD -- An Altamonte Springs woman today won a $28 million jury verdict in one of the biggest medical malpractice awards in Seminole County history. Jeanette Davis, 42, a state employee, sued her gynecologist, Dr. Robert Bowles, alleging he botched an operation. Davis, who had given birth to two children, suffered from minor incontinence, but after Bowles operated in 2001, she was unable to urinate naturally. Davis testified she must now catheterize herself two times a day, a condition that will last the rest of her life. A six-member panel deliberated two hours today before returning its verdict. Bowles' attorney, Richard Womble, said the doctor was not negligent. He said Bowles was monitoring Davis' progress, but then she stopped coming to him for care. Womble said the award was far out of line with the damage she suffered. He said he would ask for a new trial and that Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson reduce the award. Ashley -- D. Ashley Hill, MD Associate Director Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency and Loch Haven Ob/Gyn Group Orlando, Florida Next message: Dean Huffman .: "Re: Problem patient" Previous message: Joseph Shaeffer: "Re: GEN: Patients, do you know who your doctor is?" In reply to: D. Ashley Hill: "Example of out of control US legal system"

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