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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:41:04 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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If lawyers were trolling the streets in 1776 advertising for victims
they would have been run out of town on a rail. In those days lawyers
defended people from the government, they didn't take on the powers of
the government to punish people, beyond the limits of what is
constitutional.


If polar bears showed up in Miami, they would be captured and removed. So,
your first sentence means nothing.

Secondly, lawyers did much the same work they do now. They did
significantly
more then "defend people from the gov't." As to the rest of the sentence,
that also makes no sense. Lawyers work within the laws that have been
established, and sometimes, depending on the case, they cause the court to
action that changes law. This is basic stuff.

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If lawyers are doing the job of the government, why not make the
government do it's job and try incompetent doctors in criminal court?

Reason ... there is a higher standard of proof. Civil court is an
emotional exercise with little protection for the defendant.


Incompetent docs do go to trial from time to time... e.g., Michael Jackson's
doc for a recent example.

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:09:42 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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If lawyers are doing the job of the government, why not make the
government do it's job and try incompetent doctors in criminal court?

Reason ... there is a higher standard of proof. Civil court is an
emotional exercise with little protection for the defendant.


Incompetent docs do go to trial from time to time... e.g., Michael
Jackson's
doc for a recent example.

Yup that's one in a row.
How many malpractice torts have been filed in LA County since
February?


No idea. Feel free to report back. You claimed that incompetent docs are not
going to criminal court. I cited a recent example.

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:33:32 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:09:42 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

If lawyers are doing the job of the government, why not make the
government do it's job and try incompetent doctors in criminal court?

Reason ... there is a higher standard of proof. Civil court is an
emotional exercise with little protection for the defendant.


Incompetent docs do go to trial from time to time... e.g., Michael
Jackson's
doc for a recent example.

Yup that's one in a row.
How many malpractice torts have been filed in LA County since
February?


No idea. Feel free to report back. You claimed that incompetent docs are
not
going to criminal court. I cited a recent example.

No, said they should all be tried in criminal court. You answered
with a very high profile anomaly.


How does one get to criminal court unless there's a strong supposition that
the doctor is incompetent? That's up to the local DA. If you're dissatisfied
with how the DA does his/her job, they can be removed at election time. You
asked how many torts get filed. Feel free to look it up. I imagine those
that are obviously due to negligence, especially repeated negligence do get
prosecuted. There are no facts so far that support the notion it was an
anomaly or a typical outcome.

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