Comments on: Fieger files: $30M medical malpractice verdict tossed in South Carolina https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/03/fieger-files-30m-medical-malpractice-verdict-tossed-in-south-carolina/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: TC https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/03/fieger-files-30m-medical-malpractice-verdict-tossed-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-6355 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:11:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4651#comment-6355 “…as Fieger directed his closing argument at her, calling her a killer and a liar.”

Slander come to mind!

But first give the judge a gold star! This is what we desire from judges, he should have gone on and awarded all defendants attorney fees and wage compensation!

With at least 50% of it coming from the plaintiff’s attorney.

Take a BITE outta the TLA!!!

]]> By: Bozoer Rebbe https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/03/fieger-files-30m-medical-malpractice-verdict-tossed-in-south-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-6354 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:41:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4651#comment-6354 I live in the Detroit area and Feiger’s office is about 2 miles from here. Feiger first came to my attention years ago when he won a multimillion dollar birth trauma malpractice verdict for a family whose child had a severe disability by convincing a jury to ignore the scientific evidence that showed, conclusively, that it was a genetic disorder. Feiger made an emotional summation that called the evidence “junk science”, which brings to mind pots and kettles.

The doctors were speechless that hard science could be so ignored.

The trial lawyers established a precedent with the tobacco litigation that a legal industry can be compelled to pay the costs that the industry causes society. Since the threat and reality of litigation is a key factor in the cost of medicine, with everything from drugs to electrical outlets needed to be vetted and insured against litigation, I say hoist the trial lawyers on their own petard. We should have a national health insurance plan funded by a 50% surtax on attorneys’ fees in personal injury cases.

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