Yeah, I thought he meant California
You can live right - no tobacco, booze, drugs and exercise etc etc
But if you have a mouth full of missing teeth or bad gums you are rightly fucked. The gums are a direct pathway to the heart etc etc
I don’t see a free implant or two as some kind of equitable settlement. I’d righteously fuck that dentist up. This isn’t casual shit.
Last edited by Sanlmar; 09-28-2018 at 07:42 AM.
I was a personal injury attorney for 10 years. If this happened in California, I wouldn’t even consider taking this case. The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 made cases like these unprofitable.
A quick Wiki shows it's just not worth their time.
Damage cap
Non-economic damages are limited to $250,000. Non-economic damages include claims for pain and suffering, loss of consortium, both of which permit the financial recovery for losing limbs, losing sight or hearing, the ability to walk, and all other losses that do not directly relate to economic losses.
Only two other states, Kansas and Montana, have a cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases as low as California's. In 21 states and the District of Columbia there is no cap on medical malpractice damage awards. (That includes two states, Maine and Oregon, that have no specific cap on medical malpractice damages but have a cap on noneconomic damages in any wrongful death action.) Six other states have no cap on medical malpractice damages under some circumstances.[3] Florida joined that list in 2014 when the Florida Supreme Court struck down its cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases involving wrongful death.[4]
California law does not include any provision to adjust the cap for inflation, so it has remained at $250,000 since it was enacted in 1975. Seven states with a cap (Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) have a statutory provision for increasing that cap over time, adjusting for inflation or other factors.[5]
Attorney's fee
Attorney fees that are taken from the amount of the settlement are limited. The plaintiff's attorneys cannot receive more than 40% of the first $50,000 recovered; 33-1/3% of the next $50,000 recovered; 25% of the next $500,000 recovered; and 15% of any amount recovered in excess of $600,000. Recovered "means the net sum recovered after deducting any disbursements or costs incurred in connection with prosecution or settlement of the claim….the attorney's office-overhead costs or charges are not deductible costs for such purpose."[6]
Time limits
Shortened statute of limitations for actions against healthcare providers.
Periodic payments
Doctors are allowed to pay the award over time, as codified bu a number of different locations in the California Codes: Business & Professions Code Section 6146, Civil Code Sections 3333.1 and 3333.2, and Code of Civil Procedure Section 667.7.
Find out his malpractice company and what limit they will just pay to avoid the hassle.
Also you can maybe include something about OSA needing vacation money for Colorado? Something like a 500 ball should do the trick.
Thanks in Advance.
what sort of american are you if you even have to ask this question ?
obviously your friend is supposed to get his gun and go shoot the dentist
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