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In reply to the discussion: Man Dies During Threesome, Family Wins $3M for Medical Malpractice [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(27,427 posts)... to jump to ANY conclusion whether it is a good award or not.
I'll lean toward good award for a couple reasons:
1.) The judge and jury sat through the ENTIRE case and heard the evidence.
2.) I don't believe in "frivolous" awards. Frivolous cases, yes, but not frivolous awards. Frivolous cases usually get tossed in pre-trial and/or get adjudicated properly (in the vast majority of cases).
3.) I can easily see where evidence could exist, at trial, where it was shown the doctor SHOULD HAVE ordered NO physical activity. NONE. But failed to do so. Physical activity could have been mowing the lawn - but died mowing the lawn wouldn't be a flashy headline, would it.
4.) I know the insurance lobby likes to push theses so called "frivolous" cases in the media. See: McDonald's coffee case.
5.) I have personal experience with my father's heart condition. His RESPONSIBLE doctor sent him directly to the HOSPITAL when he mentioned intermittent chest pains over a period of time while performing physical activity. He even forbid him from taking a stress test as he believed it would CAUSE a heart attack. He was sent directly to the CATH Lab for an angiogram.
6.) I know doctors and hospitals fuck up and kill a lot of people through negligence. My father being ultimately one of them - sent to convalesce with pneumonia and no breathing treatment or anti-biotics. Shipped out of the hospital on a Sunday night by himself with no contact of the family. Then LIED through their teeth when called on it - they claimed they talked to my sister's daughter (she has no daughter).
I wouldn't call the other poster a freeper. But that sure is a freeper lizard-brained response to someone "getting over" on the system.
