https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/02/25-million-for-yanking-hospital-privileges/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/02/25-million-for-yanking-hospital-privileges/comment-page-1/#comment-10851 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:21:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5898#comment-10851 This case shows the problems of our tort system in two ways. First of course is the crazy jury verdict. The second is why the case happened in the first way. West Virginia is home to the one of the worst legal climates to practice medicine and is in crisis. The surgeon had tried to set up a fund to cover potential medmal payments instead of getting commercial insurance. For him it was a better deal. Pay into a fund. The problem was that medmal is all about the money. If he was sued for more that the fund actually had, the hospital would be hit because of “joint but several” legal attacks. So, because of the crazy legal system the hospital would be held financially responsible if the doctor was sued, the doctor who could not afford the commercial insurance ends up suing the hospital. The end result, patients lose because to save money the hospital has to cut the staff that takes care of patients. Every other doc will try to get out of med mal insurance making the hospitals more of a target.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/02/25-million-for-yanking-hospital-privileges/comment-page-1/#comment-10850 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:49:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5898#comment-10850 The idiocy of juries never ceases to amaze.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/02/25-million-for-yanking-hospital-privileges/comment-page-1/#comment-10849 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:14:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5898#comment-10849 OK. Then, the hospital should pay the settlement, as his money comes in.

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