Posted On: May 14, 2007, 8:02 am CDT

Posted By: Bill Reed

"send it back to committee"; "there are grounds for compromise". What a crock! The personal injury attorneys have again influenced their politician conterparts to block any effort to limit frivolous suits. Why? Because it affects their income. Instead, they let this drag-on while doctors and patients pay the price for ridiculously high medical expenses and Med Mal insurance. The standard for any tort claim against a medical professional should be "intentional acts or gross neglect". Medical results are never 100% guaranteed. Sometimes the doctors do everything 100% properly, yet there is a bad outcome. That's life people. They do their best but sometimes it isn't good enough. They take all the risks to help humanity. Attorneys do nothing but mine the few misfortunes that occur. They contribute nothing, but make millions. I propose that doctors bocycott treating any attorney who requires treatment, especially surger. Maybe then the attorneys will take a more objective look at who their suing.