CBS: Doctor Sues Patient for Negative Review on Yelp

[drusso]

This is an encouraging development for pain specialists...

Manhattan Doctor Sues Patient For $1 Million For Posting Negative Reviews Online

Legal experts say it’s important to choose your words carefully when reviewing a business online. “Truth is an absolute defense,” attorney Steve Hyman said. “If you do that and don’t make a broader conclusion that they’re running a scam factory then you can write a truthful review that ‘I had a bad time with this doctor’.”

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[bedrock]

I’m glad it made National news. Patients shouldn’t feel they can just say whatever they want online.

We choose our words carefully, so should they.

 

[clubdeac]

“After I got a bill for an ultrasound and a new patient visit, whatever that means, and it was not billed as an annual I wrote a review about it,” she told CBS2’s Lisa Rozner.

The doctor saw her once and billed her a new patient visit. She doesn't know the first thing about E/M codes and therefore flips out and slanders him. A million dollars is a bit much but I hope he wins. Teach her and her kind a lesson

 

[SeniorWrangler]

Yelp is the absolute worst.

 

[SSdoc33]

lets just say id spend a lot on legal bills if i chased every bad review....

 

[lonelobo]

Yelp is the absolute worst.

Think it is fine if I am looking for a a local pub or grabbing a bite, but choosing a healthcare provider based on this is pretty silly

 

[lobelsteve]

lets just say id spend a lot on legal bills if i chased every bad review....

Pah/leeze.

Go check out my reviews. I win.

 

[SSdoc33]

Pah/leeze.

Go check out my reviews. I win.

i already have. they are pretty amusing

 

[hyperalgesia]

This is an encouraging development for pain specialists...

Manhattan Doctor Sues Patient For $1 Million For Posting Negative Reviews Online

Legal experts say it’s important to choose your words carefully when reviewing a business online. “Truth is an absolute defense,” attorney Steve Hyman said. “If you do that and don’t make a broader conclusion that they’re running a scam factory then you can write a truthful review that ‘I had a bad time with this doctor’.”

Good for him! Libel is libel.

 

[Doctodd]

If her review wasn’t truthful or based on fact, then she deserves it.