N.H. Jury Awards $2.6 Million in Teen Overdose Malpractice Case
East News • June 28, 2005
A New Hampshire jury has awarded $2.6 million to the family of a teen who died after a massive aspirin overdose in 2001.
But it's not clear how much John and Gaie Mitchell will receive, because ...
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Subject: RE: RE: Humans subject to human faults........
Posted On: June 30, 2005, 6:06 pm CDT
Posted By: Dr. Millamos (internal medi)
Comment:
Beth,
Had Dr. O, transferred this patient to Dartmouth-Hitchcock without obtaining the appropriate labs and treatment it would increase the delay in treatment of the adolescence, thus potentially causing further harm. It generally takes 15+ minuets for an ambulance to initiate transfer. Then if you factor in the transportation time to the second hospital along with the time it takes the receiving hospital to attain the labs and asses treatment. In this case the initial hospital decreases the time to treat the patient if they opt for immediate evaluation and treatment. This Doctor is in a no win situation. People with your line of thinking are a perfect example of what is going wrong with our legal system. In Florida I understand that contractors are setting up "dummy" LLC's in order to minimize the effects of lawsuits in response to such an unforgiving tort system. If the contractor is sued, he simply closes that LLC and the Defendant is awarded the remaining assets (which are usually nothing). It seems Doctors are beginning to go bare in the state to. This seems to be the only way to combat people with your line of thinking. It will be a shame when someone who is truly injured by a negligent doctor, will not be able to collect on an award that is actually deserved. Good luck sleeping at night.
Dr. Millamos
Subject: RE: RE: Humans subject to human faults........
Had Dr. O, transferred this patient to Dartmouth-Hitchcock without obtaining the appropriate labs and treatment it would increase the delay in treatment of the adolescence, thus potentially causing further harm. It generally takes 15+ minuets for an ambulance to initiate transfer. Then if you factor in the transportation time to the second hospital along with the time it takes the receiving hospital to attain the labs and asses treatment. In this case the initial hospital decreases the time to treat the patient if they opt for immediate evaluation and treatment. This Doctor is in a no win situation. People with your line of thinking are a perfect example of what is going wrong with our legal system. In Florida I understand that contractors are setting up "dummy" LLC's in order to minimize the effects of lawsuits in response to such an unforgiving tort system. If the contractor is sued, he simply closes that LLC and the Defendant is awarded the remaining assets (which are usually nothing). It seems Doctors are beginning to go bare in the state to. This seems to be the only way to combat people with your line of thinking. It will be a shame when someone who is truly injured by a negligent doctor, will not be able to collect on an award that is actually deserved. Good luck sleeping at night.
Dr. Millamos