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Yes, I can acknowledge that it's overused, when fucktards sue McDonalds for spilling coffee.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Dec 22 '09, 10:47

But when you're talking about something as serious as medical malpractice that is, for example, condoned by the hospital itself, or when you're talking about a corporation that poisoned thousands of people (Erin Brokovich, hello), litigation is not an evil. It is a tool of the people, used to put corporations in their place when they've begun to abuse their size and become bullies.

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The 'punitive' part needs to be rethought... - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:53 2
- again, what do you propose? stocks? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:54 1
  - Maybe the court could force the defendant to have a conversation with you for an hour. - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:56
Pawn Stars spoiler from last night - peglegpete Dec 22, 10:51
Hot Coffee Documentary -- (link) - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 10:51
It's a matter of trying to get rid of those "spilled coffee" outliers, which *are* egregious. The GOP plan seems to want to do that by - TWuG Dec 22, 10:49 2
- well, the spilled coffee one isn't actually an outlier. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:50 1
  - Exactly. The more you know about the case, the more reasonable the judgement is. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 10:56
[insert more to the McDonald's case than you think, find another example macro] -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 10:49 2
- Quiet, you. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:49 1
  - (OK, fine, wendy's chili finger hoax) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:50
In Vermin's world, if you defend yourself in any way, you're playing the victim. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:48 24
- Entirely wrong. - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:50 22
  - That's based on how you present yourself here. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:51 4
    - Your poorly-formed opinion is noted. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:55 3
      - Again, Guy-level logic here. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 11:02 2
        
        me or Vermin? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 11:04 1
        
        Vermin. "I won't tell you how I arrived at my position, but I will judge you based on your interpretation of it." -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 11:06
  - You didn't provide an example of how you *would* defend yourself in the example. What *do* you do when a company or a representative of a company - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:51 16
    - Sue, but offer to settle for firing the doctor instead of demanding a big cash payout. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:54 14
      - "Punitive" means the healthcare organization has to take a hit. Firing the doctor means just that doctor takes the hit - con_carne Dec 22, 10:57 9
        
        Uh... the doctor is the one responsible. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 10:58 8
        
        the hospital administration ]doesn't have any responsibility for allowing him to practice in that state? -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 11:01 5
        
        not that I know of. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 11:06
        
        Eh. Where does it end? - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 11:04 3
        
        it doesn't. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 11:09
        
        It ends when your child is brought back to life. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 11:05 1
        
        Now THAT'S lawyerin'! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 11:07
        
        Whew. Dodged that one! Where's the next doctor that'll work for cheap? -- nm - Hospital Dec 22, 11:00 1
        
        and thank goodness we don't have to review our practices! -- nm - Hospital 2 Dec 22, 11:02
      - then the doctor moves to another state, doesn't tell them about the incident and gets a job at another hospital. - znufrii Dec 22, 10:56 1
        
        yep, my brother recently had to fire one of those who landed at his hospital and killed someone. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:57
      - and if you need money to care for your permanently disabled family member? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:55
      - and if they don't agree? -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 10:55
    - (And, presume that I'm also including pets as family members here) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:51
- He's going to have an interesting time as a parent. Especially with a daughter. - Beryllium Dec 22, 10:49

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