'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' 1212
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times (free reg's yada, yada) has this article about Texas doctors running an online blacklist of patients who have sued. The searchable database is at doctorsknow.us. Nice to know that you can get blacklisted for suing the doctor that caused massive brain damage to your kid (and winning)." To add a plaintiff to the database, membership was not always required.
And what about lawyers... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Difficult? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Beat them at their own game (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Difficult? (Score:5, Funny)
Mods? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Difficult? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Difficult? (Score:5, Funny)
/kidding
Re:My knee-jerk reaction... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Difficult? (Score:3, Funny)
"I think it's fairly clear and the courts have recognized that in business, people have the right make decisions based on economic factors," Clark said. I found this most amusing. Basically, the lawyer for the people refusing to sell to the other lawyer agreed that it was a good idea not to trust lawyers.
You know... it's a really sad state of affairs when you have the lowest form of profession on the planet, and they know it well enough to actually be able to publicly say it with a straight face.
Re:even better.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:even better.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:even better.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Difficult? (Score:5, Funny)
True story:
I was at the medschool graduation ceremony of George Washington University 2 years ago. That year, the med school graduated about 150 students, and the law school graduated some 400-500+ students. The president of the university commented on this disparity as a joke and said something to the effect, "I hope there are enough MDs in the crowd to support the number of lawyers that we graduated." Jokes are funny because they always have some base of truth in them.
Re:And Yet... (Score:3, Funny)
I call BS
Re:The patient needs some responsibility as well (Score:2, Funny)
Well, you could have your life AND a million dollars, and only a limp in exchange
Re:Difficult? (Score:2, Funny)
How are those immutable characteristics? Just look at Michael Jackson.
Abbreviations on patients' notes (Score:3, Funny)
There was a bit of a brouhaha about this a while ago, when patients got the right to see their own records.
Re:even better.... (Score:1, Funny)