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Tee wrote: However the con is that precedent is now set for high-dollar lawsuits across the country. Guess what happens when doctors & vets get sued? Insurance premiums go up (and generally they go up *alot*) and the increased cost gets passed to the consumer. The lawsuits that tend to incur huge costs are mass tort suits, which the one described certainly is not (nor would compensation for the death of any pet be). Also, the reason that insurance costs took such a huge jump several years ago was not because of losses from lawsuits but because insurance companies were being bloodied in the stock market, along with the rest of us, when it tanked in 2000. That's where they make their money - investment. I hate to come down on the side of lawyers (you have no idea how much), but it's increasingly the case that we're having to rely on civil law to protect us against charlatans, frauds, and outright thieves. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - The median tax cut for 2003 is $470. |
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In article ,
Tee wrote: However the con is that precedent is now set for high-dollar lawsuits across the country. Guess what happens when doctors & vets get sued? Insurance premiums go up (and generally they go up *alot*) and the increased cost gets passed to the consumer. The lawsuits that tend to incur huge costs are mass tort suits, which the one described certainly is not (nor would compensation for the death of any pet be). Also, the reason that insurance costs took such a huge jump several years ago was not because of losses from lawsuits but because insurance companies were being bloodied in the stock market, along with the rest of us, when it tanked in 2000. That's where they make their money - investment. I hate to come down on the side of lawyers (you have no idea how much), but it's increasingly the case that we're having to rely on civil law to protect us against charlatans, frauds, and outright thieves. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - The median tax cut for 2003 is $470. |
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In article ,
Tee wrote: However the con is that precedent is now set for high-dollar lawsuits across the country. Guess what happens when doctors & vets get sued? Insurance premiums go up (and generally they go up *alot*) and the increased cost gets passed to the consumer. The lawsuits that tend to incur huge costs are mass tort suits, which the one described certainly is not (nor would compensation for the death of any pet be). Also, the reason that insurance costs took such a huge jump several years ago was not because of losses from lawsuits but because insurance companies were being bloodied in the stock market, along with the rest of us, when it tanked in 2000. That's where they make their money - investment. I hate to come down on the side of lawyers (you have no idea how much), but it's increasingly the case that we're having to rely on civil law to protect us against charlatans, frauds, and outright thieves. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - The median tax cut for 2003 is $470. |
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Is the implication that another
veterinarian could have treated the dog and saved the dog's life? I can't answer that, Lia. Although the suit has been talked about (in part because of the owner's willingness to pursue the case whatever the cost), I haven't read details of the testimony. That hospital has been sued a lot. Is that the case of all of them .... and you just don't hear about it? |
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Is the implication that another
veterinarian could have treated the dog and saved the dog's life? I can't answer that, Lia. Although the suit has been talked about (in part because of the owner's willingness to pursue the case whatever the cost), I haven't read details of the testimony. That hospital has been sued a lot. Is that the case of all of them .... and you just don't hear about it? |
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Is the implication that another
veterinarian could have treated the dog and saved the dog's life? I can't answer that, Lia. Although the suit has been talked about (in part because of the owner's willingness to pursue the case whatever the cost), I haven't read details of the testimony. That hospital has been sued a lot. Is that the case of all of them .... and you just don't hear about it? |
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