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In response to "It's not about profiting, it's about punishing. That's why they are called PUNITIVE damages. -- nm" by Beryllium

Like I said, I'd be concerned about getting the individual doctor punished.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Dec 22 '09, 10:38

Preferably by getting him fired. Making him pay damages just makes him file an insurance claim. Insurance rates go up, and the whole system suffers instead of the doctor in question.

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And how do you propose to get him fired? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:39 4
- I don't know. I haven't imagined my daughter's death all that thoroughly. - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:41 3
  - When the M&M board clears the doctor of wrongdoing, what recourse do you have? Litigation. It's a tool. Don't knock it. - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:42 2
    - Fine, but It's a vastly overused tool. Surely you can acknowledge that. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:45
    - (And, at that point, you also want to punish the M&M board, of course - so you name the hospital as a defendant) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:43

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Like I said, I'd be concerned about getting the individual doctor punished.

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