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2005-04-15 11:11:32 AM
I'd really be interested to know as long as you've been in practise for at
least 5 years, so no beardless boys just out of dental college need answer.
If you've been sued did you win or lose?
I'll assume Joel's been sued since I seem to have touched a nerve :o)
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Shyster wrote:
Never even had a complaint filed. I hear that the average here is one
out of every ten get sued.
Jorge Bonilla, DMD
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"Jorge Bonilla" <yoyobon@msn.com>wrote in message
it goes to trial the plantiff wins 80% of the time.

med dentistry
Dentally related topics; all about teeth

"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
a wannabe
Thought I had your sorry butt killfiled but it is now - go study for your
next retake.
carabelli
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Jorge Bonilla wrote:
amalgam? That is unbelievable.
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"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
will not, under any circumstances, accept an attorney, or any of their
family as a new patient. One wonders why they have come to embrace such a
practice philosophy.
Chew on it
carabelli
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"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
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"carabelli" <huerter@worldnet.att.net>wrote in message
case haha

"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
peer review board thinks that the patient might have a case. So I'm
surprised that the number is that low. I figured it would be in the
mid-90's. I guess there are some dumb attorneys who sue anyhow...even when
it's obvious to any prudent fellow that there's no case.
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"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
course, being an attorney is probably considered a handicap under the
Americans with Disabilities Act. You guys are deficient in ethics...and I'm
sure some industrious attorney could spin that into a handicap.
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"NOYB" <NOYB@NOYB.COM>wrote in message

"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
Ever lose a case? I bet my record is better than yours.
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"NOYB" <NOYB@NOYB.COM>wrote in message
drivel. That is utter bullshit, I do not have to accept any patient
walking in the door wanting elective health services. A piece of advise
shyster, slow down to a walk when you see the brake lights on the ambulance
you're chasing, I would hate to see you lose any teeth running into the
bumper.
carabelli
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NOYB <NOYB@NOYB.COM>wrote:
Sweep this dirt out the door and get on with your (real) life.
Let him go back to school..... ;-)
SP
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Finally: take out the TRASHH
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"NOYB" <NOYB@NOYB.COM>wrote in message
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| "Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
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|>"carabelli" <huerter@worldnet.att.net>wrote in message
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|>>"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
|>>news:EhG7e.14512$Xm3.11192@trndny01...
|>>>I'd really be interested to know as long as you've been in practise for
|>at
|>>>least 5 years, so no beardless boys just out of dental college need
|>>>answer.
|>>>If you've been sued did you win or lose?
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|>>>I'll assume Joel's been sued since I seem to have touched a nerve :o)
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|>>>
|>>One last comment, I have more than one colleague in general practice that
|>>will not, under any circumstances, accept an attorney, or any of their
|>>family as a new patient. One wonders why they have come to embrace such
|>>a
|>>practice philosophy.
|>
|>You can really be sued for that! Violation of Civil Rights is even a
|>better
|>case haha
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| Unless you're a minority, gay, or have AIDS...good luck with that one. Of
| course, being an attorney is probably considered a handicap under the
| Americans with Disabilities Act. You guys are deficient in ethics...and I'm
| sure some industrious attorney could spin that into a handicap.
|
Occupational disease?
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Roy
rem NADA to reply
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"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
| I'd really be interested to know as long as you've been in practise for at
| least 5 years, so no beardless boys just out of dental college need answer.
| If you've been sued did you win or lose?
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| I'll assume Joel's been sued since I seem to have touched a nerve :o)
|
|
Licensed for 15 years.
Never had an official complaint.
Never been sued.
4 cases considered a failure due to patients unrealistic expectations.
1 additional case I considered a failure due to an unidentified physical
abnormality. Radiology could not get a good shot of the TMJ to confirm my
suspicions. The patient was satisfied with what I had done and refused further
diagnostics. History indicated an untreated fracture of the mandible. The
patient had an immediate side shift of over 5mm with multiple CR's. It seemed
that 1 condyle was improperly positioned or resorbed.
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Roy
rem NADA to reply
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"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message
But I have a little trick for that. Most suits are disgruntled
patients. I make sure that patients do not get to that stage .......
Its easier to catch up with my own work than to hire
lawyers and stuff. Besides, remaking a bridge is tax-deductible!
Joel
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Around here, before sueing, one needs a "Cerificate of Merit,"
that is someone outside the issue putting their name on the line!
Joel
"NOYB" <NOYB@NOYB.COM>wrote in message

<clintonz@prodigy.net>wrote in message
NEXT QUESTION~!
Joel

"carabelli" <huerter@worldnet.att.net>wrote in message
Actually two, but fortunately, neither one is on the
firing line with these kinds of cases!
Joel

"Shyster" <shyster@lawyers.org>wrote in message