Va. Court to Rule on Malpractice Immunity for Charitable Care
East News • January 15, 2008
The Virginia Supreme Court is expected to rule this spring on case that would spare tax-exempt physician foundations from malpractice suits because of their charitable care for the poor.
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Subject: RE: RE: charitable care?!
Posted On: January 15, 2008, 1:19 pm CST
Posted By: SouthernBelle
Comment:
I agree, if they are filing their own litigation against patients they definitely should not be exempt. One percent charitable cases! With profits and bonuses they can afford to pay for malpractice insurance. Besides, it is not as easy as they make it sound to even make it to court with a malpractice suit.
My husband had a hernia repair, that cost him his right testicle (guys uncross your legs). He's okay but we were told before we even considered it, there was no basis for a law suit. We have lawyer friends who said that even though this happened before with the same surgeon, a lawsuit would not make it to court. One case can't be brought up for another, and there was no "negligible loss". This surgeon has caused the deaths of 3 people that I know of as well. One was the inner stitching of a stomach stapling ruptured. The other two was due to equipment being left inside them.
But I digress. Bottom line--you dun patients it's not charity!
Subject: RE: RE: charitable care?!
My husband had a hernia repair, that cost him his right testicle (guys uncross your legs). He's okay but we were told before we even considered it, there was no basis for a law suit. We have lawyer friends who said that even though this happened before with the same surgeon, a lawsuit would not make it to court. One case can't be brought up for another, and there was no "negligible loss". This surgeon has caused the deaths of 3 people that I know of as well. One was the inner stitching of a stomach stapling ruptured. The other two was due to equipment being left inside them.
But I digress. Bottom line--you dun patients it's not charity!