QUOTE(BeingReal @ Jun 12 2008, 08:49 AM)
Quite frankly, Bigby, those aren't the only two options. We've had personal experience with a doctor I would argue fell into the "negligent" zone in our case. Despite the near-disastrous situation we encountered, we chose not to sue. Why? Because another doctor in the practice discovered the mistake, sent us immediately to specialists and, honestly, may have saved my child's life. We had evidence of the doctor's arrogance, too, so we could have sued. Instead, I shared my perspectives of that doctor's treatment/manner with the doctor who rectified the situation. The doctor who mistreated my child left the practice shortly thereafter.
You might berate me for choosing to handle the situation this way, but I am at peace with the decisions we made. I hope and pray that the doctor who misread the situation learned from his mistakes and became a better doctor, recognizing that he sometimes didn't know as much as he thought he did and thus referring others to specialists for second opinions. (In our situation, he'd seriously underestimated the severity of the situation and failed to perform a simple test which would have demonstrated this.)
Edited to clarify point.
Why would I berate you when the practice took responsibilty and made it right. So simple.
If someone drives their car into mine and it's their fault, their insurance pays to fix my car.If they refuse , I will sue.
