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re: Healthcare costs and tort reform - crushing your myths
Posted on 2/2/14 at 2:48 pm to lsusaintsfan4life
Posted on 2/2/14 at 2:48 pm to lsusaintsfan4life
quote:Contingency fee agreements actually keep the number of cases low because what lawyer is going to spend his own money hiring experts and paying expenses (such as depositions) and spend years of his/her time on a case that they cannot win? Med mal lawyers do not have the time or money to spend on frivolous cases. They are, in fact, very selective and will only take cases that they are reasonably sure they can settle or win at trial.
How about we make it illegal for lawyers to take cases based on contingency fees like in other countries??? Let's shake it up and create a loser pays system??? Watch what would happen to the number of cases filed. If a person had a legit case there would be plenty of lawyers ready to take it. The BS would stop.
As for the loser pays idea, I would not be opposed to it if the medical review panel was eliminated so that the system you refer to is fair. As it stands now, though (as I referred to in my previous post), the medical review panel is slanted heavily towards the doctor.
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Posted on 2/2/14 at 2:50 pm to northLAgoomba
I do find it hilarious that doctors are so tough on lawyers in this thread. As if there aren't plenty of whore doctors who are in bed with plaintiff attorneys for their own financial benefit.
Posted on 2/2/14 at 8:42 pm to northLAgoomba
You are absolutely wrong on your analysis. There are countless frivolous law suits because of the fact that it costs the accuser nothing. There are scum lawyers out there that file large numbers hoping that one big one hits.
The medical review panel has been instrumental in weeding out a lot of the BS. What you failed to write is that nothing stops the accuser from moving foward with a formal lawsuit regardless of the panels recommendation.
Seems to me you might just be one of the bad guys.
The medical review panel has been instrumental in weeding out a lot of the BS. What you failed to write is that nothing stops the accuser from moving foward with a formal lawsuit regardless of the panels recommendation.
Seems to me you might just be one of the bad guys.
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