Posted On: November 9, 2004, 6:38 am CST

Posted By: Lb

So much of our increased medical costs are due to the sue happy society we have become and hopefully this will swing the pendulum back in the right direction. We have doctors quitting because they cannot afford malpractice insurance. We pay out $10,000 or more just to get rid of a nuisance claim. That just sets the tone. Sure there are those that are truly entitled to a settlement due to a doctors error but then that person should get that money not be swallowed up by attorneys. They certainly are entitled to an hourly fee but they are so over the top in everything they do including $2 a page for photocopies. Let them work out of a normal office for a change and work for a living.