10-07-2008, 08:08 AM
Kathy has hit on a great point.
In order to win a medical malpractice case, you need competent medical testimony that the actions of the doctor was outside established practice. The insurance companies have absolutely NO problem getting LOCAL doctors to testify that the other LOCAL doctors didn't do anything wrong. Why shouldn't they? After all the doctor testifying in favor of their friend may need that doctor to support them in a malpractice suit someday.
One hand washers the other.
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
What goes around comes around.
Don’t need a brain surgeon to figure this out!
As for the injured party, they rely primarily on experts outside the community and the attorneys representing the doctor and insurance company always make them look like paid money grubbing hired hands.
So, until the medical community stops covering for bad and incompetent doctors, I say sue them and keep on suing them.
In order to win a medical malpractice case, you need competent medical testimony that the actions of the doctor was outside established practice. The insurance companies have absolutely NO problem getting LOCAL doctors to testify that the other LOCAL doctors didn't do anything wrong. Why shouldn't they? After all the doctor testifying in favor of their friend may need that doctor to support them in a malpractice suit someday.
One hand washers the other.
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
What goes around comes around.
Don’t need a brain surgeon to figure this out!
As for the injured party, they rely primarily on experts outside the community and the attorneys representing the doctor and insurance company always make them look like paid money grubbing hired hands.
So, until the medical community stops covering for bad and incompetent doctors, I say sue them and keep on suing them.