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Doctor with a Legal Settlement - Is This a Red Flag?
On the state's medical license verification site it lists information on the surgeon (board certified, where he went to school, publications etc) It also lists disciplinary action. Even though it lists no violations or offenses etc it does however list a settlement amount and the date. Is this a red flag that i shouldnt go with this surgeon? Everything else about the doctor seems great such a great reviews.
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Meg23
in Franklin, TN
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Lawsuits and plastic surgery
That depends on a lot of things. In the US patients can claim malpractice and sue for anything including a result that may be good but unexpected. The doctor may choose to settle the case rather than go to trial or arbitration for one or more reasons. An employee may have accidentally injured the patient. The suit could be frivolous and the patient will go away for a settlement less than the cost of litigation. The doctor may have done nothing wrong but there is a deficiency in the medical...
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Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Legal Settlement: Is This a Red Flag?
This is a very good question, and the answer is possibly yes, possibly no. To state the obvious, we live in a rather litigious society, making the possibility of a malpractice lawsuit toward a Physician more of a probability than a possibility. Some lawsuits are truly legitimate, but many are not. From a medical malpractice insurer's standpoint, bringing a case to trial costs in excess of $100,000 and also carries the risk of losing a judgment. Therefore, many insurance...
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