Posted On: March 20, 2008, 1:32 pm CDT

Posted By: Dread

This phenomenon exists everywhere, not just Ohio. Surgeons invest a great deal of time and money in their education and developing their skills. They deal with life and death issues. They used to be respected. Enter the money grubbing plaintiff attorney who see's them as a cash cow. We can thank the plaintiff bar for discouraging these professionals to the point of them abandoning their practice becasue of malpractice insurance cost. I only hope that someday some plaintiff attorney will need a good surgeon, and not be able to find one. Maybe then they'll get the message.

Since plaintiff attorneys make their money from alleged malpractice cases, they should "pay to play". Let them pay for malpractice premiums. They take no risks, have a fraction of the surgeons education, and do nothing but belly up to the trough doctors have to pay for. Here's another novel idea. Instead of capping awards to the plaintiff, cap the plaintiff attorney compensation. Want to hear a pig squeel? Or, assign a % of every award to a malpractice insurance fund to lower premiums.