This is for an american gov. paper for school, and I'm supposed to ask for people's opinions on questions like this one...so if you would be kind enough to help me out, I would really appreciate it.
bobbo195
not if they remove the wrong or healthy part
The Answer Boo
100000000000000000000000 dollars
Tyler D
Yeah, def.
bankchick
NO. Not every malpractice incident is the same.
mirablue (I love Jim)
No, because sometimes medical negligence can have serious consequences for the patient. I studied a case in college where a woman was left in a permanent coma after a routine appendix operation.
towanda
There are some real quacks that do horrible things to patients. Those people need to pay appropriately and do not deserve protection by capping monetary awards. On the other hand, there are some really frivolous suits that seem to get rewards too. So, I think the system needs to be fixed to stop the bad lawsuits, but not by giving the doctors that do harm a break so they can stay in business.
No Stranger To A Fish Supper
People have lost all perspective on the issue of lawsuits, imo.
It's as if they actually WANT something to go wrong just to get a big fat payday.
Jackie B
no, in some case's the person injury's continue for life so shouldn't the money if the doc is at fault? Here's an Idea for your paper, lets say a football player and a regular man both have a malpractice suits because the doctor cut off their leg and should have. You would think that since they both had a leg cut off that they would get the same amount of money right? wrong because since the football player used his legs to make a living, his leg would be considered more valuable therefore he would get more money while the other guy would be out of luck.
Here's another thought: say you go to the hospital and they give you the wrong medicine and it makes you go bold or something, 9 out of 10 times you would not be able to sue them for this because they have already made you sigh a piece of paper that says you can't sue them, should it be allowed the doctors can make people sign this.
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In my opinion, no. Individual states, have certain criteria that must be met before the suit can even be filed. Such as, having a licensed physician file an Affidavit that he or she believes there is merit to the case, or in other states, a medical review panel will review the documents and set forth their opinion. Sometimes these panels are made up of physicians and other times not. I would not, in all good conscience be able to put a cap on a family whose newborn child has suffered permanent brain damage because the standard of care was not met. Along with the pain and suffering the parents are feeling, the jury will have to base their award on long term care which is prorated on life expectancy. There are so many factors, that each case would and should contain its own parameters.
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