Comments on: February 27 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2007/02/february-27-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-27-roundup Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ima Fish http://overlawyered.com/2007/02/february-27-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-6059 Ima Fish Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:48:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4579#comment-6059 <em>"when the doctors screw up horribly multiple times in succession, it isn't even six figures."</em> While it may seem that way, it's not always the case. In the court I work in we had an egregious birthing case that left the baby dead and the mother retarded and blind. (Lack of oxygen during the birth.) After the plaintiff's presented proofs the parties settled for 12 million. “when the doctors screw up horribly multiple times in succession, it isn’t even six figures.”

While it may seem that way, it’s not always the case. In the court I work in we had an egregious birthing case that left the baby dead and the mother retarded and blind. (Lack of oxygen during the birth.) After the plaintiff’s presented proofs the parties settled for 12 million.

]]> By: Peter http://overlawyered.com/2007/02/february-27-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-6058 Peter Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:57:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4579#comment-6058 On the med-mal, When negligence on the part of the doctor is questionable at best, it's in the millions of dollars, but when the doctors screw up horribly multiple times in succession, it isn't even six figures. On the med-mal,
When negligence on the part of the doctor is questionable at best, it’s in the millions of dollars, but when the doctors screw up horribly multiple times in succession, it isn’t even six figures.

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