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April 13, 2004
Indian Chiefs stay neutral
Doctors, lawyers in costly rivalry
In Florida, the trial lawyers and doctors are apparently playing chicken at the voting booth. In November, the doctors want a vote on a consitutional amendment that would limit contingency fees in malpractice cases to $150,000. (Only it seems, in malpractice cases.)
The lawyers, meanwhile, came up with a doozy, an amendment requiring the state to strip the licenses of doctors who lose or settle three malpractice suits. Obviously, there's no economic motive there, just malice. I love malice. They also have measures that would force doctors to standardize their fees and to show their records of "adverse medical incidents" upon request. My sympathy, of course, is with the lawyers, because my family are all lawyers. I think the dog is a lawyer now.
Posted by Mac Thomason at April 13, 2004 01:57 PM
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