Unexpected side effect

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If they can prove his death was due to negligence or improper care, his widow, who now is in assisted living, may qualify for additional VA death benefits.
Since Texas voters supported a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in malpractice cases in 2003, none of the lawyers the family approached would take […]

So who is supposed to hold physicians accountable?

Lawmakers air complaints that Texas Medical Board is too tough

The meeting was packed, mainly with doctors who think the board is “overenforcing” the law.
Dr. Roland Chalifoux, a former neurosurgeon in the Fort Worth area, said the board unfairly took his license after a patient died, forcing him to leave the state. If he is a […]

Don’t worry, malpractice rates won’t increase and everyone will be held accountable

So do you think if this happened to a physician’s relative that he or she would think the $250,000 is adequate non-economic damage awards?
Man Claims Healthy Kidney Removed; Cancerous Kidney Left | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Back in August 2006, Donald Brown, 80, went to Methodist Transplant and Specialty Hospital. He was to have his left […]