Stupid things people sue over

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While looking for something on google for another thread, I found some crazy stories of people sueing for some things that I felt were really out there. I figured I'd post the links. If anyone else comes any more feel free to post.

http://www.nursinglaw.com/Apr05PageOne.pdf

This lady tried to sue the nurse for talking down to her:bow:

http://www.kentuckylawblog.com/2007/11/medical-nursing.html

And this one was a LTC pt sueing for being "dumped" :eek:

This has really gotten out of hand.:no:

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It HAS gotten out of hand - to the point that certain things aren't done out of fear of a lawsuit, or docs won't practice in certain areas of the country, etc.

Here's the link to the American Tort Reform Association's Web site:

http://www.atra.org

We need tort reform badly!

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Patient punched me in the chest, and then tried to complain because her hand hurt. You could not make it up, could you!!!

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