USA Today Saints Wire | Delvin Breaux files suit against ex-Saints team doctors

jeanpierre · 09-26-2020, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

In addition, Louisiana has a malpractice cap of $500,000 even if a court awards millions. If there were clear negligence that would be a clean cut settlement ... under the radar.

And that is bad law, and this is why...

I'm no fan of trial lawyers, or lawyers in general; I've exactly two friends who happen to be lawyers, one is in subrogation and the other now does personal injury...

But all that malpractice cap is done is give actuaries a number to plug in to absorb those cases, causing everyone's medical bills to go up to absorb that cost...

Now, take that cap away and bad doctors can be sued out of practice, and that's as it should be - the market correcting itself...

But one thing you're right about, they're are many settlements that go for much more as the depositions for those doctors can get quite personal...

Once knew one who had to admit to three affairs in one day, no wonder she was exhausted with her patients; but her divorce proved to be more costly...

09-26-2020, 04:22 PM	#6
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: USA Today Saints Wire \| Delvin Breaux files suit against ex-Saints team doctors Originally Posted by AsylumGuido In addition, Louisiana has a malpractice cap of $500,000 even if a court awards millions. If there were clear negligence that would be a clean cut settlement ... under the radar. And that is bad law, and this is why... I'm no fan of trial lawyers, or lawyers in general; I've exactly two friends who happen to be lawyers, one is in subrogation and the other now does personal injury... But all that malpractice cap is done is give actuaries a number to plug in to absorb those cases, causing everyone's medical bills to go up to absorb that cost... Now, take that cap away and bad doctors can be sued out of practice, and that's as it should be - the market correcting itself... But one thing you're right about, they're are many settlements that go for much more as the depositions for those doctors can get quite personal... Once knew one who had to admit to three affairs in one day, no wonder she was exhausted with her patients; but her divorce proved to be more costly...
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