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Case?

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:23 pm
by Derek
I say sour grapes. What say you??

Suing your current employer??? Kinda dumb if you ask me.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/john-chavis-suing-lsu-texas/

Re: Case?

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:05 pm
by donovan
I say college football is out of control. The dollar amounts you are talking about are obscene.

Re: Case?

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:42 pm
by Spence
Contracts mean nothing. Maybe CFB is out of control, but not as much as tort in this country is out of control.

Re: Case?

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:05 pm
by Derek
Spence wrote:Contracts mean nothing. Maybe CFB is out of control, but not as much as tort in this country is out of control.


Very true.I went on vacation to Colorado a few weeks ago, and went snowmobiling with my family.

I could not believe how many forms I had to sign to say that someone else could not be held accountable for something that had not even happened yet. We have grown fond of suing someone else.

Re: Case?

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:00 pm
by donovan
and to add to the insanity.....we all pay a lot of liability money in case we are sued and they keep thinking up more ways we might be sued so they can issue new liability riders. One of the largest reasons physicians are leaving private practice is so they can get under the HMO's etc umbrella. It's real

Re: Case?

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:21 pm
by Spence
donovan wrote:and to add to the insanity.....we all pay a lot of liability money in case we are sued and they keep thinking up more ways we might be sued so they can issue new liability riders. One of the largest reasons physicians are leaving private practice is so they can get under the HMO's etc umbrella. It's real


I have a friend who is an obgyn and he quit the OB part for the same reason. He was tired of being sued. He takes everything to the end, so he rarely loses, but it would cost him less money if he just settled most cases.

Re: Case?

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:35 pm
by donovan
Spence wrote:
donovan wrote:and to add to the insanity.....we all pay a lot of liability money in case we are sued and they keep thinking up more ways we might be sued so they can issue new liability riders. One of the largest reasons physicians are leaving private practice is so they can get under the HMO's etc umbrella. It's real


I have a friend who is an obgyn and he quit the OB part for the same reason. He was tired of being sued. He takes everything to the end, so he rarely loses, but it would cost him less money if he just settled most cases.


Not to get too far afield. Generally the insurance company decided whether they are going to fight it or not...and they almost take the cheaper route. It is so screwed up..

Anyway...Contracts today, in football, life...seem to be nonsensical......

Re: Case?

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:03 pm
by Spence
Yes. Which when it gets there you have no choice except to settle. That is why he dropped the OB. It just wasn't worth it anymore. He could retire altogether, but he loves being a doctor. He takes missionary trips to other countries where he does all kinds of surgeries - not just women's health related. (he was a surgeon in the army during Vietnam) He loves it because he can practice medicine without fear of being sued and they can help so many people. It is unbelievable the amount of surgeries they do a day when they are there.