On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Michael wrote: > > Ah yes, i'm sure that 2 million will ease the pain of having the wrong leg > amputated. Provided you have the resources to mount a lawsuit that is. >
The point is not to ease the pain but to provide both a legal punishment to the idiot doctor and some form of recompense to the victim. As for resources, US lawyers regularly work on contingency in these sorts of cases, meaning that they earn nothing if they lose and they earn a percentage of the award if they win. There have been arguments for years about whether to limit the size of the awards in such claims. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296011 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
