Georgia affirms 75 million verdict against EM doc

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Brigade4Radiant said:
Trying to hide assets after a malpractice verdict is very bad
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What about before a verdict?
In my state homestead + 160 acres is protected from bankruptcy. I'm still working on paying off my house, but with my low mortgage rate we are just throwing extra money into CDs as they make 30% more than my mortgage rate. One concern I have with this is a lawsuit that exposes the CDs.

With a divorce, the initial filing usually comes with an order prohibiting changes to joint assets (can't drain accounts, cancel cell phone contracts, turn off utilities, etc). I assume something similar would happen with the initial filing of a malpractice claim, but I don't know.

If this isn't the norm, then the time between being served and actual trial would be a good time to hide those assets.
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maxxor said:
The very frustrating thing about this case to me is how much standard of care changed from 2015 to when this eventually came to litigation that I think the experts seriously oversold what would have been possible in 2015 in very much not an experienced hospital for thrombectomy.

Mr. Clean, the trial that brought thrombectomy to the main stream didn’t report out until 1/1/2015. The plaintiff expert also made claims that the plaintiff would have done well “based on a BATMAN score of 8/9” except BATMAN wasn’t created until 2017.

it is an open question if Grady docs would have even intervened in 2015 in a basilar occlusion as most LVO data was for MCA from MR. CLEAN.

The 2 docs did a lot to sabotage their own case, but also, I think the defense lawyers were incompetent here. By the standards of 2015, I think the biggest thing was they should have gotten the MR sooner (or repeated the CTA if it was as unclear as claimed. The images have never been posted so who knows).

As a rad, I never criticize ER colleagues for ordering imaging. Imaging is amazing and noninvasively diagnoses so much. But no one will protect you for being a resource steward.

The only gripe I have is when the history provided is trash. Give me something please . I’ll even dig into your notes, but often the notes are blank and I’m working with what the check in desk wrote the patient says.
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I always put something in the comments. Hopefully those get pushed through to the radiologist.
 
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maxxor said:
The very frustrating thing about this case to me is how much standard of care changed from 2015 to when this eventually came to litigation that I think the experts seriously oversold what would have been possible in 2015 in very much not an experienced hospital for thrombectomy.

Mr. Clean, the trial that brought thrombectomy to the main stream didn’t report out until 1/1/2015. The plaintiff expert also made claims that the plaintiff would have done well “based on a BATMAN score of 8/9” except BATMAN wasn’t created until 2017.

it is an open question if Grady docs would have even intervened in 2015 in a basilar occlusion as most LVO data was for MCA from MR. CLEAN.

The 2 docs did a lot to sabotage their own case, but also, I think the defense lawyers were incompetent here. By the standards of 2015, I think the biggest thing was they should have gotten the MR sooner (or repeated the CTA if it was as unclear as claimed. The images have never been posted so who knows).

As a rad, I never criticize ER colleagues for ordering imaging. Imaging is amazing and noninvasively diagnoses so much. But no one will protect you for being a resource steward.

The only gripe I have is when the history provided is trash. Give me something please 😂. I’ll even dig into your notes, but often the notes are blank and I’m working with what the check in desk wrote the patient says.
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excellent point
 
Didn't realize things had gotten so bad in Georgia.

Homestead your house, keep 100,000-200,000 around for current accounts, put the real assets in a Cook Islands trust.
 
Old_Mil said:
Didn't realize things had gotten so bad in Georgia.

Homestead your house, keep 100,000-200,000 around for current accounts, put the real assets in a Cook Islands trust.
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Georgia is ranked as one of the worst litigation hellholes lately. Worse than Illinois.

The new tort reform should help... praying at least!
 
It’s the lawyers isn’t it funny that people can break into your house and sue you or they can be drunk and get in a car accident and face minor penalties. however you work in the ER and someone suffers an injury that you didn’t do but they can sue you for tens of millions.

Police don’t face this but doctors do.
 
Powdermonkey said:
I feel your jaded ethos, but could you explain a little for the crayon eaters in the back?
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Jesus guys, stop taking me seriously when I'm just stirring the pot.

Common complaint is that every thread on here devolves into political mudslinging.

Welllll, it wouldn't be an SDN-EM thread without it then, right?
 
RustedFox said:
Jesus guys, stop taking me seriously when I'm just stirring the pot.

Common complaint is that every thread on here devolves into political mudslinging.

Welllll, it wouldn't be an SDN-EM thread without it then, right?
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I did Smith machine squats until I couldn't walk back into my house last week. I think I'm going to swap out front squats for SSB squats next training cycle but leave the smith machine squats in. I'm only typing Smith machine squats repeatedly because I know you don't think they count
 
TooMuchResearch said:
I did Smith machine squats until I couldn't walk back into my house last week. I think I'm going to swap out front squats for SSB squats next training cycle but leave the smith machine squats in. I'm only typing Smith machine squats repeatedly because I know you don't think they count
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1. You got me to laugh HARD.
2. THIS guy gets the tenor of the joke.
3. Did you lean BACK into the Smith rack like a girl instead of standing up like a man?
 
TooMuchResearch said:
I did Smith machine squats until I couldn't walk back into my house last week. I think I'm going to swap out front squats for SSB squats next training cycle but leave the smith machine squats in. I'm only typing Smith machine squats repeatedly because I know you don't think they count
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Also: "In before Cyanide buys calls on your one rep max."
 
RustedFox said:
Jesus guys, stop taking me seriously when I'm just stirring the pot.

Common complaint is that every thread on here devolves into political mudslinging.

Welllll, it wouldn't be an SDN-EM thread without it then, right?
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🤣🤣😅

I figured, but I was also curious if you had a take I hadn't heard yet.

Also, stop at parallel or ass to grass squatting?
 
Powdermonkey said:
🤣🤣😅

I figured, but I was also curious if you had a take I hadn't heard yet.

Also, stop at parallel or ass to grass squatting?
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Parallel. Don't complicate the lift; just don't be a sissy and load up the smith machine, then "lean back and lift."

Be a man. Stabilize yourSELF.
 
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