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Conn. Jury Awards Record $38.5M in Malpractice Lawsuit
East News • February 11, 2008
A Superior Court jury in Stamford, Conn. has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003.
The verdict is believed to be among the ...
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| RE: RE: RE: RE: Bad Call | Fred | Feb 12, 2008, 8:16 am |
| RE: RE: RE: Bad Call | wudchuck | Feb 11, 2008, 5:29 pm |
| RE: RE: LISTEN UP DREAD | Gasdoc | Feb 11, 2008, 5:21 pm |
| RE: RE: Bad Call | Casual Observer | Feb 11, 2008, 4:34 pm |
| RE: Bad Call | Mary B. | Feb 11, 2008, 3:48 pm |
| RE: LISTEN UP DREAD | Dread | Feb 11, 2008, 1:46 pm |
| RE: RE: LISTEN UP , Listen Up | Be sure to report the appeal | Feb 11, 2008, 1:43 pm |
| RE: LISTEN UP , Listen Up | Calif Ex Pat | Feb 11, 2008, 1:24 pm |
| RE: LISTEN UP DREAD | Been Around | Feb 11, 2008, 1:18 pm |
| LISTEN UP DREAD | Been there! | Feb 11, 2008, 1:09 pm |
| Bad Call | Dread | Feb 11, 2008, 1:00 pm |
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Subject: RE: LISTEN UP DREAD
"a dereliction of professional duty or a failure to exercise an ordinary degree of professional skill or learning by one (as a physician) rendering professional services which results in injury, loss, or damage."
A disappointing outcome doesn't equate to malpractice. Sorry if you had a bad experience. Patients and families need to remember doctors are humans too. They're not infallible machines. They are highly educated and are called upon to exercise their best judgemnt and assume risks none of us would ever consider. Slamming them with a lawsuit because you're unhappy with an outcome serves no purpose but to make you feel better because you were awarded some money. Nothing in life comes with a 100% guarantee.