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09/02/2014
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (MEDICAL/LEGAL) - PART 1A
From: Jeffrey Kass, DPM, Elliot Udell, DPM
I fail to see how "name withheld" is a serial malpracticer when no judgment was made against him. I would have taken issue with the hospital.
When I first started in practice, podiatrists were getting sued, and our premiums were sky high. Why? Insurance companies were willing to settle every lawsuit, whether it had merit or not. Every negligence attorney knew that suing a podiatrist meant a quick settlement with very little work. For the insurance industry, it was cost-effective to settle every case and raise everyone's premiums at the end of the year, and even add on more profits for themselves. They did not care one iota that settling an unwarranted med mal case would be on a doctor's record and interfere with his or her ability to be on staff of certain hospitals. Today, carriers fight back and, unlike the past, they cannot force doctors to settle bogus, nuisance cases.
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