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Sunday, August 19, 2007At each stop, he let out the same battle cry: a populist attack on big oil, big pharmaceutical companies, big insurance companies and corporate lobbyists in Washington. These he described as being “powerful insiders” that had “rigged the system” against the ordinary working man, leaving him poorer, degrading the environment and blocking access to affordable health care. “I’ve been fighting these people all my entire life,” said Mr. Edwards, holding forth at Cronk’s Restaurant in Denison. “I fought them in the courtroom, and I’ve beat them and beat them...." You often hear lawyers describe their job this way. They aren't suing doctors and small business owners or citizens unfortunate enough to have had an auto accident. They're suing insurance companies. But, I can assure you, it isn't the insurance company that sits in a court of law accused of malfeasance. I know a woman who sued her best friend after they were in a car accident in which the friend was the driver. To this day she can't understand why her friend is her ex-friend. Her lawyers told her she wasn't suing her friend; she was suing her friend's insurance company. Her friend, understandably, failed to see that distinction. It wasn't the insurance company that drove that car and made whatever driving mistake it is the lawyers accused her of to cause the accident. And it wasn't the insurance company whose name was on the court summons. And it certainly wasn't the insurance company that had to defend herself and her driving habits in court. posted by Sydney on 8/19/2007 12:18:00 PM 2 comments 2 Comments:
When has a physician been accused of "malfeasance"?
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The John Edwards's seem to see bad apples everywhere they look. In reality, doctors are doing a great job for patients every day, yet that part isn't news. We only hear the bad stuff, and that probably isn't representative of what's really going on.
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