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Date Posted: 06:55:40 03/28/02 Thu
Author: CrazyCat
Subject: I am not at all surprised. People think suing makes everything right, while I think that sort of action should be reserved for special circumstances.
In reply to: Lafaux 's message, "Anthrax victim's family sues HMO" on 18:18:44 03/27/02 Wed

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>Attorneys for the family of Thomas L. Morris Jr., the
>D.C. postal worker who died last year of inhalation
>anthrax, filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit yesterday
>accusing a Maryland medical center of misdiagnosing
>his symptoms three days before his death.

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[> [> What other recourse is there? This man went to doctors for help, and knowing about the anthrax in that post office, they ignored his symptoms. I know that suing is not the only answer, but it does get the attention of certain professions that have individuals who are careless. -- Lafaux, 07:58:48 03/29/02 Fri


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[> [> [> But the insurance company is not responsible, the doctor is! -- CC, 08:16:10 03/29/02 Fri

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[> [> [> [> Also, I think that people think suing may make there pain go away, and it will not. If they are going to after someone, go after the doctor, or the government who tested there dogs before the postal workers. The insurance company did not misdiagnose him, what did they do? -- CC, 08:18:56 03/29/02 Fri

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[> [> [> [> But the insurance company assumes that responsibility when they take an HMO or an individual as client(s). They gamble on them, but patients should have to gamble with their lives. -- Lafaux, 11:17:00 03/29/02 Fri


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[> [> [> [> [> but patients should not have to gamble with their lives. -- Lafaux, 11:19:26 03/29/02 Fri


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