By reader acclaim: trial lawyer allies are crying “blacklist” about a fledgling service, DoctorsKnow.us, which makes available to paying subscribers the names of patients who have filed suits against doctors in the past, along with their lawyers and expert witnesses. “You may use the service to assess the risk of offering your services to clients or potential clients,” the Web site says. The site’s slogan is: “They can sue, but they can’t hide.” (Ralph Blumenthal, “In Texas, Hire a Lawyer, Forget About a Doctor?”, New York Times, Mar. 5)(Slashdot thread) Sydney Smith, MedRants and Cut to Cure all comment. The site DoctorsKnow.us is blank as of Monday evening, and, no, we don’t know why. Update: site is back up, with what looks like changes meant to answer/acknowledge criticism. Older version here. Plus: Chris Rangel (RangelMD) turns a definite thumbs down.
Malpractice plaintiff database
By reader acclaim: trial lawyer allies are crying “blacklist” about a fledgling service, DoctorsKnow.us, which makes available to paying subscribers the names of patients who have filed suits against doctors in the past, along with their lawyers and expert witnesses. “You may use the service to assess the risk of offering your services to clients […]
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